Let's discuss what the awakening site looks like.
It is a bay on the shore of the sea of Helcar. The Wild wood is there, and not far away are the Orocarni, the Red Mountains.
There are different maps of Arda showing this region, but most look something like this:
Some look like this:
The second one makes less sense to me - for instance, the positions of Utumno and Angband seem incorrect - (and there are other things that don't seem to match the texts). Maybe it is because it is supposed to show Arda before the destruction of the Lamps, but then - why is Angband there? And Numenor?
So unless those of you who are better Tolkien scholars than I am have any objections, I suggest we use the first one (if not yet another).
The first map gives me the impression that the sea of Helcar could be seen as (almost representing) the Mediterranean. It made me think that the Firstborn awaken in an environment that is similar to the shores of the eastern Mediterranean. Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel. But also, there is supposed to be a great, wild, wood there. And, in the background, red mountains.
Those are my initial thoughts. What do you think?
It is a bay on the shore of the sea of Helcar. The Wild wood is there, and not far away are the Orocarni, the Red Mountains.
There are different maps of Arda showing this region, but most look something like this:
Some look like this:
The second one makes less sense to me - for instance, the positions of Utumno and Angband seem incorrect - (and there are other things that don't seem to match the texts). Maybe it is because it is supposed to show Arda before the destruction of the Lamps, but then - why is Angband there? And Numenor?
So unless those of you who are better Tolkien scholars than I am have any objections, I suggest we use the first one (if not yet another).
The first map gives me the impression that the sea of Helcar could be seen as (almost representing) the Mediterranean. It made me think that the Firstborn awaken in an environment that is similar to the shores of the eastern Mediterranean. Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel. But also, there is supposed to be a great, wild, wood there. And, in the background, red mountains.
Those are my initial thoughts. What do you think?
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