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**The Saucepan Man** · 04-20-2004, 06:47 PM

I believe that it may be more appropriate to equate Avalon with Numenor, Aethelwine. Tolkien himself expressly made the link between Numenor and Atlantis, and I think that the Atlantis myth is itself connected with the tale of Avalon.

04-20-2004, 06:47 PM	#7
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Avalon ... Atlantis ... Numenor I believe that it may be more appropriate to equate Avalon with Numenor, Aethelwine. Tolkien himself expressly made the link between Numenor and Atlantis, and I think that the Atlantis myth is itself connected with the tale of Avalon. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!