Heheh, yes "curvature" sounds more likely than "colours"
Round world mythology had appeared at least twice before this interview, and I see the statements here as a confirmation of an always round earth, while flat-to-round world tales remain part of mannish myths.
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( . . . ) Unfortunately, changing round the early parts of the QS would have required a lot of bulldozing.
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Couldn't that depend upon the tradition involved? For example, in my opinion, if we have QS being a mostly Mannish account mixed with certain Elvish tales, we could still have Men awakening with the Sun.
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(Also, he might have been stopped short if he had remembered that, in print, Bombadil talks about the Sun and Moon being created after the Earth.)
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May I ask what line of Tom's you're referring to here?