Arnt Roger Ugland
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I have with great interest followed the "Exploring The Lord of th Rings" class on Twich (sadly only on VOD, since the live view is nightime here).
There is one thing though that has been nagging me for a long time now, and that is the structure of the Ages in Middle Earth (1st, 2nd, 3rd age etc). I kinda have a hard time understand how this works and the purpose of them. F.eks how and what decide when an Age ends and begins? What is an "Age" exactly?
As i understand it, the 2nd age ended with the Great Alliance and the defeat of Sauron and the 3rd Age ended after the War of the Ring. But how and what decides this? Is this something that is decided after the fact? And did the people of Middle Earth know that the 4th age was beginning after the destruction of the Ring? (wasnt it someone that said that "the 3rd age is coming to a close" in the text?) If so, how did they know? Who decided this? And in the fourth age; does that have a timeline to like the other ages? And how is it decided? When is it decided?
Looking forward to some clarification on this issue.
With regards:
Zalarod
There is one thing though that has been nagging me for a long time now, and that is the structure of the Ages in Middle Earth (1st, 2nd, 3rd age etc). I kinda have a hard time understand how this works and the purpose of them. F.eks how and what decide when an Age ends and begins? What is an "Age" exactly?
As i understand it, the 2nd age ended with the Great Alliance and the defeat of Sauron and the 3rd Age ended after the War of the Ring. But how and what decides this? Is this something that is decided after the fact? And did the people of Middle Earth know that the 4th age was beginning after the destruction of the Ring? (wasnt it someone that said that "the 3rd age is coming to a close" in the text?) If so, how did they know? Who decided this? And in the fourth age; does that have a timeline to like the other ages? And how is it decided? When is it decided?
Looking forward to some clarification on this issue.
With regards:
Zalarod