why middle earth

[yavanna II]

Originally Posted by Rune Son of Bjarne

where there is Asgård (The home of the gods) Midgård (Middle Earth, The home of men) and Jotunheim (Home of the giants)

So maybe he just transfered a name for the world in witch men lived.

Hehe.. always thought ME was the world for the "dominion of men" thing, and Aman the place of the immortals...

Really, I agree with feonor that Tolkien never used useless words, so he used "middle" as the sorta border twixt the holies [the Ainur and Co.] and the villains [Melkor Morgoth and Co.]...

hehe...



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