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Old 08-06-2003, 11:23 AM   #7
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I interpreted the creation story in the Silmarillion as being at least partly a myth
I agree that is does seem mythical, and I think perhaps Professor Tolkien thought of it more as a creation myth, although he obviously did not mean for the Valar or Iluvatar or the Themes to be myths. I consider myself a spiritual person, with some Christian beliefs, but I do not believe in the Creationist theory that God created Earth in Seven Days, etc. I think the story of the creation of Sun and Moon is similar to that, a story that some may take seriousy and some may take as myth.

If it is but a myth told by the Elves, then I suppose that Roverandom could in some way be tied up with Ea and Middle Earth.
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