Is Middle-Earth meant to be Earth?

Originally Answered: Is Tolkien’s Middle Earth supposed to be our own Earth in mythical times or some different place? Yes. Explicitly so. The LOTR and other works were ‘found’ and translated by JRR Tolkien to modern English – and that is how we have them.

Is Arda supposed to be Earth?

According to J.R.R. Tolkien, Arda is indeed our own Earth. He estimated that the events chronicles in The Lord of the Rings would have taken place six thousand years ago. Middle-earth is one of Arda’s continents, corresponding to Europe in our times.

What was the future of Middle-Earth?

When the events of The Lord of the Rings begin to take place, Middle-earth is identified to be a dying world “for lack of reproduction” (Drout 26). The time of Elves and Ents comes to an end (Tolkien, Fellowship of the Ring 340). Instead, the narration suggests that the future of Middle-earth belongs to Men (340).

Can humans go to the undying lands?

Sorry, but no. Otherwise no humans would be there. Tolkien’s world, Arda, according to Tolkien, is our own earth set in a fictional time that is supposedly forgotten by people today. It consists of various land-masses, out of which we’ve only seen Middle-Earth.

Where is Middle-earth in Arda?

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. Tolkien’s tales of Middle-earth mostly focus on the north-west of the continent.

Does Lord of the Rings take place on earth?

The story of the LOTR takes place in J.R.R.Tolkiens’ fictional fantasy Legenderium universe of ; Ea , more specifically on the planet world of Arda – where the continent of Middle-Earth resides .

Is Middle Earth in the future or past?

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.

Does Middle Earth have a fifth age?

As far as Tolkien’s writing in the books and stories and histories, there is no mention of a Fifth Age (in fact, there’s no mention of how long the Fourth Age is, or much of what happens during the Fourth Age once all the members of the fellowship die or leave Middle Earth.)

Why were men not allowed in the undying lands?

They knew nothing of the nature of Men at the time, because the Men had not yet awoken. So it was made specifically for the Elves. It is so intense a place that mortals who go there are worn out and die more quickly. It requires the spiritual strength of an Elf to survive there.