Is Middle-earth real?
So, to answer the question, “Is Middle-earth real?” Yes, Middle-earth is real but the stories are complete fiction. The geography used in the stories is also complete fiction. There is no historical riverland that looks like the vales of Anduin. The stories of Middle-earth are adventures in the imagination.
Why is it called Middle-earth?
Name. The term “Middle-earth” was not invented by J.R.R. Tolkien. Rather, it comes from Middle English middel-erde, itself a folk-etymology for the Old English word middangeard (geard not meaning ‘Earth’, but rather ‘enclosure’ or ‘place’, thus ‘yard’, with the Old Norse word miðgarðr being a cognate).
What planet is Middle-earth on?
planet of Arda
The geography of Middle-earth encompasses the physical, political, and moral geography of J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional world of Middle-earth, strictly a continent on the planet of Arda but widely taken to mean the physical world, and Eä, all of creation, as well as all of his writings about it.
Where is Legolas from in Lord of the Rings?
Northern Mirkwood
Legolas is a Sindarin Elf from the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood. His father, Thranduil, is the King of the Silvan Elves living in that realm, making Legolas the Prince of Mirkwood.
Who created Middle-earth?
J. R. R. Tolkien
Middle-earth is the main continent of Earth (Arda) in an imaginary period of the Earth’s past, ending with Tolkien’s Third Age, about 6,000 years ago….
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Created by | J. R. R. Tolkien |
Genre | Fantasy |
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Type | Central continent of fantasy world |
Where is the Lonely Mountain?
The Lonely Mountain appears in Peter Jackson’s film adaptations of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug, and The Battle of the Five Armies. The actual setting was Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand.