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Middle earth map overlay europe9/17/2023 It isn't as simple as white people = good black = bad.Īlso your overlay makes little sense, you could literally resize or rescale it so mordor is anywhere you want. So this issue has been addressed fairly extensively, honestly although there are definitely themes that could be considered racist or xenophobic by todays standards the evil vs good paradgim that Tolkeins work addresses is extremely complex hence why the top universities in the world offer courses in it. It should possess the tone and quality that I desired, somewhat cool and clear, be redolent of our 'air' (the clime and soil of the North West, meaning Britain and the hither parts of Europe: not Italy or the Aegean, still less the East) Of course there was and is all the Arthurian world, but powerful as it is, it is imperfectly naturalized, associated with the soil of Britain but not with English and does not replace what I felt to be missing. There was Greek, and Celtic, and Romance, Germanic, Scandinavian, and Finnish (which greatly affected me) but nothing English, save impoverished chap-book stuff. I was from early days grieved by the poverty of my own beloved country: it had no stories of its own (bound up with its tongue and soil), not of the quality that I sought, and found (as an ingredient) in legends of other lands. There were Celtic stories like the Arthurian saga but they weren't connected to Germanic England. He said that he felt like England was lacking a collections of national myths like the Finnish Kalevala or the Persian Shahname. The narrative is the reason he started writing fantasy in the world place. This map is interactive! More locations »Īnd then there is this west=good, east=bad narrative in the books.Related Subreddits SubredditĬasual conversations focused around Europe.įlag of Ukraine with the EU flag stars, in solidarity with Ukraine.īy u/Sjamsjon Some local European subreddits During the week, please use /r/CasualEurope instead. Non-OC photograph posts are only allowed on weekends. Interested in doing an AMA? Know someone who is? Message the mods! Rules on photo posts
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