The One question to rule them all!!!- or not as the case may be. - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

10-30-2003, 01:46 PM

There is one thing i'd like to know more than
anything else about Tolkien's world, which i can't find the answer to. I
was hoping you guys or gals could help me.
The question is- If Middle Earth is part of
a great land, then what are the other parts? I know about Beleriand and
Middle- Earth, but what about the rest of the country, and what is the
other side of the Great Sea? And could someone describe the Undying lands, and why all the Elves go there?

I would really appreciate it if you help me with this, and i can't find
the answer to this, but then again i haven't read the history of Middle-
Earth, so there may be an answer. I can't seem to find any maps of other places other than Beleriand and Middle- Earth. If anyone knows where i can find any, please could you give me the URL if it's online?

Earendilyon · 10-30-2003, 02:13 PM

The only thing I can recommend to you, is to log out from your computer, run to the book shop, buy The Silmarillion and read it to find all the answers you seek. After that, you probably will have some other questions which we can discuss here ...

dancing spawn of ungoliant · 10-30-2003, 02:27 PM

There are some maps floating around the Net but don't know how accurate they are...try searching them from google.

[ October 30, 2003: Message edited by: dancing spawn of ungoliant ]

Earendilyon · 10-30-2003, 03:21 PM

If you're looking for maps, go visit Tolkien-Maps.com. It has many maps of all lands of ME and the rest of Arda also.

Inziladun · 10-30-2003, 03:44 PM

Another interesting possibility is The Atlas of Middle Earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad. I bought my copy several years ago and haven't seen it in stores in quite a while, so it may be out of print.
While the authenticity of it is debatable in some areas, it is nonetheless worth looking into.

ArathorofBarahir · 11-02-2003, 01:49 PM

Yes I recommend the Atlas of Middle Earth Book and the TolkienMaps website they are both really good and have great maps.

Olorin_TLA · 11-02-2003, 05:38 PM

Well Middle-earht is meant to be our earth...since other places won't have been thorugh as many land-drowning phases as the north-west, due to lack of Morgoth [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] they'd would bear a resemblance to our world - Far Harad for Africa, Far Rhun for Asia, etc.

10-30-2003, 01:46 PM	#1
Robert B Guest Posts: n/a	The One question to rule them all!!!- or not as the case may be. There is one thing i'd like to know more than anything else about Tolkien's world, which i can't find the answer to. I was hoping you guys or gals could help me. The question is- If Middle Earth is part of a great land, then what are the other parts? I know about Beleriand and Middle- Earth, but what about the rest of the country, and what is the other side of the Great Sea? And could someone describe the Undying lands, and why all the Elves go there? I would really appreciate it if you help me with this, and i can't find the answer to this, but then again i haven't read the history of Middle- Earth, so there may be an answer. I can't seem to find any maps of other places other than Beleriand and Middle- Earth. If anyone knows where i can find any, please could you give me the URL if it's online?

10-30-2003, 02:13 PM	#2
Earendilyon Wight Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 166	The only thing I can recommend to you, is to log out from your computer, run to the book shop, buy The Silmarillion and read it to find all the answers you seek. After that, you probably will have some other questions which we can discuss here ... __________________ "For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me." Dominus Anulorum TolkienGateway - large Tolkien encyclopedia.

10-30-2003, 02:27 PM	#3
dancing spawn of ungoliant Mischievous Candle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: So near to Russia, so far from Japan, quite a long way from Cairo, lots of miles from Vietnam. Posts: 1,234	There are some maps floating around the Net but don't know how accurate they are...try searching them from google. [ October 30, 2003: Message edited by: dancing spawn of ungoliant ] __________________ Fenris Wolf

10-30-2003, 03:21 PM	#4
Earendilyon Wight Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 166	If you're looking for maps, go visit Tolkien-Maps.com. It has many maps of all lands of ME and the rest of Arda also. __________________ "For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me." Dominus Anulorum TolkienGateway - large Tolkien encyclopedia.

10-30-2003, 03:44 PM	#5
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	Another interesting possibility is The Atlas of Middle Earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad. I bought my copy several years ago and haven't seen it in stores in quite a while, so it may be out of print. While the authenticity of it is debatable in some areas, it is nonetheless worth looking into. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

11-02-2003, 01:49 PM	#6
ArathorofBarahir Wight Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Crickhallow Posts: 247	Yes I recommend the Atlas of Middle Earth Book and the TolkienMaps website they are both really good and have great maps. __________________ King of the Dead: The dead do not suffer the living to pass. Aragorn: You will suffer me.

11-02-2003, 05:38 PM	#7
Olorin_TLA Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gardens of Lórien, Valinor. Posts: 420	Well Middle-earht is meant to be our earth...since other places won't have been thorugh as many land-drowning phases as the north-west, due to lack of Morgoth [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] they'd would bear a resemblance to our world - Far Harad for Africa, Far Rhun for Asia, etc. __________________ "For I am Olórin! And Olórin means me!" ELENDIL! - Join "Forth Tolkiengas!"