Quote:
He first created for the sons of men
Heaven as a roof, the holy Creator,
then Middle-earth the keeper of mankind,
the Eternal Lord, afterwards made,
the earth for men, the Almighty Lord.
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This make refference to three parts: heaven, middle-earth, and earth. It sounds like earth is were men live and heaven is the upper-limit of the world, but Middle-Earth is "the keeper of mankind"??? Does that make sense to anyone?