Smith of Wootton Major in Middle Earth? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 04-15-2005, 01:04 AM

I'll need more time to ponder this interesting question, lmp, but my first spontaneous thoughts are these: The Sea is the passage-way from one to the other. The Elven mariners in Smith come over the Sea, the Sea separates Middle-earth from Valinor, which can be reached only by finding the Straight Path, so could we speculate that there is another Straight Path somewhere in the Sea between Valinor and our Earth? Of course, according to Tolkien's original plan, Middle-earth is our earth, only very long ago or in another time dimension. That raises the question of time travelling by Sea, perhaps?

04-15-2005, 01:04 AM	#2
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I'll need more time to ponder this interesting question, lmp, but my first spontaneous thoughts are these: The Sea is the passage-way from one to the other. The Elven mariners in Smith come over the Sea, the Sea separates Middle-earth from Valinor, which can be reached only by finding the Straight Path, so could we speculate that there is another Straight Path somewhere in the Sea between Valinor and our Earth? Of course, according to Tolkien's original plan, Middle-earth is our earth, only very long ago or in another time dimension. That raises the question of time travelling by Sea, perhaps? __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'