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are Rohan and Gondor on the side of the Free Peoples, and Mordor and its allies Harad (Southrons) and Rhûn (Easterlings) on the side of the Dark Lord. Gondor, once extremely powerful, is by that time much reduced in its reach, and has lost control of Ithilien (bordering Mordor) and South Gondor
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consistent with the map, something that Tolkien found himself unable to do. Danielson writes that in addition, Fonstad created "the most comprehensive set" of thematic maps of Middle-earth, presenting geographic data including political boundaries, climate, population density, and the routes of
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have traced many features of Middle-earth to literary sources or real-world places. Some places in Middle-earth can be more or less firmly associated with a single place in the real world, while other locations have had two or more real-world origins proposed for them. The sources are diverse,
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Other scholars such as Walter Scheps and Isabel G. MacCaffrey have noted Middle-earth's "spatial cum moral dimensions", though not identically with Magoun's interpretation. In their view, North and West are generally good, South and East evil. That places the Shire and the elves'
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At the end of the Third Age, much of the northwest of Middle-earth is wild, with traces here and there of ruined cities and fortresses from earlier civilisations among the mountains, rivers, forests, hills, plains and marshes. The major nations that appear in
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occupied a large part of the region. After its collapse, much of Eriador became wild; regions such as Minhiriath, on the coast south of the River Baranduin (Brandywine), were abandoned. A small part of the region was occupied by
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I wisely started with a map, and made the story fit (generally with meticulous care for distances). The other way about lands one in confusions and impossibilities, and in any case it is weary work to compose a map from a
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in the Northwest as certainly good, and Mordor in the Southeast as certainly Evil; Gondor in the Southwest is in their view morally ambivalent, matching the characters of both
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In the northwest of Middle-earth, Eriador was the region between the Ered Luin and the Misty Mountains. Early in the Third Age, the northern kingdom of Arnor founded by
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and in ships capable of passing out of the sphere of the earth. Tolkien then equated Arda, consisting of both Middle-earth's planet and the heavenly Aman, with the
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Habermann, Ina; Kuhn, Nikolaus (2011). "Sustainable Fictions – Geographical, Literary and Cultural Intersections in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings".
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notes that his quest will involve misty mountains peopled with orcs and giants, while the mountains' character was partly inspired by Tolkien's travels in the
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was built in the First Age beneath the midpoint of the mountain range. The two major passes across the mountains were the High Pass or Pass of Imladris near
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Stentor Danielson, a Tolkien scholar, notes that Tolkien did not provide the same "elaborate textual history" to contextualise his maps
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was across the sea, Belegaer, from Middle-earth. At the end of the Second Age, NĂșmenor was destroyed and Valinor removed from
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on Tolkien's maps. In addition, Tolkien's rivers fail to behave like natural rivers, forming regularly-branched streams in
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Some Middle-earth placenames were based on the sound of places named in literature; thus, Beleriand was borrowed from the
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Languages, Myths and History: An Introduction to the Linguistic and Literary Background of J. R. R. Tolkien's Fiction
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25 September 1954, #156 draft to Robert Murray 4 November 1954, #227 to Mrs E. C. Ossen Drijver 5 January 1961
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Brisbois, Michael J. (2005). "Tolkien's Imaginary Nature: An Analysis of the Structure of Middle-earth".
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Larsen, Kristine (2008). Sarah Wells (ed.). "A Little Earth of His Own: Tolkien's Lunar Creation Myths".
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of Middle-earth. Tolkien scholars have traced many features of Middle-earth to literary sources such as
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writes that Gondor recalls "a kind of decaying Byzantium"; its piratical enemy Umbar like the seagoing
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Imagemap with clickable links of Tolkien's moral geography of Middle-earth, according to John Magoun
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or Wilderland to the east of those mountains, and return home to the Shire. The cartographer
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Newman, J. K. (2005). "J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings': A Classical Perspective".
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East of the Misty Mountains, Anduin, the Great River, flows southwards, with the forest of
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With his "Southrons" from Harad, Tolkien had – in the view of John Magoun, writing in the
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to its east. On its west bank opposite the southern end of Mirkwood is the Elvish land of
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Fonstad created "the most comprehensive set" of thematic maps of Middle-earth, such as
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To the east of Rhovanion and to the north of Mordor lies the Sea of Rhûn, home to the
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suggested that the political and strategic situations of Gondor and Mordor in the
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Scheps, Walter (1975). "The Interlace Structure of 'The Lord of the Rings'". In
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Just to the South of both Fangorn and Isengard is the wide grassy land of the
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and then across the Misty Mountains, involve further travels in the lands of
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has created detailed thematic maps for Tolkien's major Middle-earth books,
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built the ships in which the Elves departed from Middle-earth to Valinor.
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The Road to Middle-Earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology
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The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Places that Inspired Middle-earth
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In the Ring Goes Ever on: Proceedings of the Tolkien 2005 Conference
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appear first in the Eastfarthing, while the once good but corrupted
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take place in the north-west of the continent of Middle-earth. Both
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in the West, opposed to peoples under the control of the Dark Lord
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The Medieval Hero on Screen: Representations from Beowulf to Buffy
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J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment
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were forged. At the Grey Havens (Mithlond), on the Gulf of Lune,
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begin in the Shire, travel east through the wilds of Eriador to
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Geography of J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth
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The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary
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of medieval romance. Tolkien tried out many invented names
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The Power of Tolkien's Prose: Middle-Earth's Magical Style
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for an early version of Beleriand. 1868 illustration by
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Tolkien's Middle-earth was part of his created world of
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The extreme west of Middle-earth in the First Age was
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of the late Middle Ages. NĂșmenor echoes the mythical
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The Misty Mountains were thrown up by the Dark Lord
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"East, The". In 1277:, pp. 324–328 "The Lost Straight Road". 684:, notes that the atlas provides historical, 519:Across the river to the East is the land of 148:as analogues of places in Middle-earth. The 90:is described as having free peoples, namely 4211:The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion 1701: 819:influences on the geography of Middle-earth 4336: 4322: 2540: 2526: 1801: 1745: 1194:, #131 to Milton Waldman c. 1951, #154 to 939:About the origins of his storytelling and 791:), in a tradition which he traces back to 329:with clickable links of the north-west of 65:, was drowned in the War of Wrath. In the 4343: 2215: 2106:. In Driver, Martha W.; Ray, Sid (eds.). 2069: 1962: 1899: 1844: 1480: 1239: 1207: 1191: 1179: 1167: 1089: 1083: 654:to clarify and map the two journeys – of 4246:Tolkien's Art: 'A Mythology for England' 4197:The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide 4123:Things named after Tolkien and his works 2334: 2049:. Oxford University Press. p. 170. 2022:. 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Tolkien Encyclopedia 974:"; that "Dol Amroth makes a fine 86:, Middle-earth at the end of the 4510: 2838:The Lost Road and Other Writings 2547: 1098:, book 1, ch. 6 "The Old Forest" 1020: 892:Battle of the Catalaunian Fields 821:. All locations are approximate. 817:Classical, medieval, and recent 570:; between those and Mirkwood is 73:, was created in the Great Sea, 5560:The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien 4155:A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien 4032:Poems and Songs of Middle Earth 3754:Finnish language and literature 2724:The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien 2222:The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien 2189:Acks, Alex (10 October 2017b). 2036: 2000: 1774: 1511: 1201: 1173: 1170:, #306 to Michael Tolkien, 1967 1161: 1149: 1137: 1125: 900:, where the protagonist in the 475:, home of the tree-giants, the 6245:The Battle for Middle-earth II 6006:Peter Jackson's interpretation 5508:The Adventures of Tom Bombadil 4661:Ancestry as guide to character 4295:The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien 4267:Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth 3544:Ancestry as guide to character 2680:The Adventures of Tom Bombadil 2224:: Revised and Expanded Edition 1746:MacCaffrey, Isabel G. (1959). 1603:10.1179/1743277411y.0000000024 1280: 1113: 1101: 1077: 910:in 1911. Mirkwood is based on 1: 6440:The One Ring Roleplaying Game 4435:The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen 4204:J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia 2668:The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen 2162:Acks, Alex (1 August 2017a). 2070:Swycaffer, Jefferson (1983). 1662:, pp. 143–147, 151, 154. 1066: 888:Battle of the Pelennor Fields 337:, showing Eriador (left) and 6329:The Lord of the Rings Online 1638:, pp. 132–133, 136–137. 1220: 880:in search of the right sound 508:to its southerly neighbour, 458: 174: 7: 6231:The Battle for Middle-earth 6138:Game Two: Shadows of Mordor 5567:The History of Middle-earth 4500:Tolkien's impact on fantasy 3727:Tolkien's impact on fantasy 2895:The Peoples of Middle-earth 2830:The Shaping of Middle-earth 2473:The Shaping of Middle-earth 1488:Journal of Tolkien Research 1063:demarcated by high ground. 861:. Other elements relate to 844:Tolkien scholars including 756:J.R.R. 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(2019). 1756:Harvard University Press 1590:The Cartographic Journal 1055:and at both ends of the 1043:which shape the Earth's 941:the place of cartography 924:have been linked to the 403:. Northeast of there is 6182:Vol. II: The Two Towers 5899:The War of the Rohirrim 5700:Margrethe II of Denmark 4871:A mythology for England 4046:An Evening in Rivendell 3919:Margrethe II of Denmark 3798:A mythology for England 1972:(2006). "Mirkwood". 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C. 1418:. pp. 622–623. 1254:. pp. 422–427. 1242:Drout, Michael D. C. 992:Mehmed the Conqueror 809:Tolkien's influences 582:, and afterwards to 264:near the end of the 6579:Middle-earth themes 6145:War in Middle Earth 6091:The Hunt for Gollum 5645:The Last Ringbearer 4931:Narrative structure 4926:Impression of depth 4543:Company of the Ring 3564:Round World dilemma 3116:EĂ€rendil and Elwing 2769:The Fall of NĂșmenor 2468:Christopher Tolkien 2436:Christopher Tolkien 2404:Christopher Tolkien 2308:Douglas A. Anderson 2246:Fonstad, Karen Wynn 2217:Carpenter, Humphrey 1933:North Landing Books 1925:Solopova, Elizabeth 1674:, pp. 141–142. 1650:, pp. 138–139. 1441:Drout, Michael D.C. 1406:Drout, Michael D.C. 1297:The Tolkien Society 1134:, pp. 271, 281 966:were "analogous to 708:Political geography 237:, analogous to the 201:. 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Hostetter 2778: 2777: 2751:Beren and LĂșthien 2732:Bilbo's Last Song 2510:978-0-230-61992-0 2487:978-0-395-42501-5 2464:Tolkien, J. R. R. 2455:978-0-395-29917-3 2432:Tolkien, J. R. R. 2423:978-0-395-25730-2 2400:Tolkien, J. R. R. 2368:Tolkien, J. R. R. 2336:Tolkien, J. R. R. 2327:978-0-618-13470-0 2304:Tolkien, J. R. R. 2295:978-0-261-10275-0 2237:978-0-35-865298-4 2121:978-0-7864-1926-5 2056:978-0-19-258029-0 2029:978-0-7864-6482-1 1941:978-0-9816607-1-4 1931:. 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Index

geography
J. R. R. Tolkien
Middle-earth
Arda
the physical world
EĂ€
Aman
Valar
First Age
Beleriand
Second Age
NĂșmenor
Belegaer
The Lord of the Rings
Third Age
Men
Hobbits
Elves
Dwarves
Sauron
implying a moral geography
Beowulf
Poetic Edda
MyrkviĂ°r
Venice
Rome
Constantinople
Byzantium
cartographer
Karen Wynn Fonstad

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