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Meriadoc1961 · 01-30-2008, 04:16 PM

I guess I really do not see the contradiction, either. Tolkien created a mythological world that, nonetheless, was still THIS world which existed in a very ancient, pre-historical (or lost historical) setting. And although we may not see many of the peoples and races that figured so predominantly in the books, they still are among us, but choose to remain hidden from us as men have been sundered from them throughout the long centuries.

Merry

01-30-2008, 04:16 PM	#2
Meriadoc1961 Wight Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 101	I guess I really do not see the contradiction, either. Tolkien created a mythological world that, nonetheless, was still THIS world which existed in a very ancient, pre-historical (or lost historical) setting. And although we may not see many of the peoples and races that figured so predominantly in the books, they still are among us, but choose to remain hidden from us as men have been sundered from them throughout the long centuries. Merry __________________ "If I yawn again, I shall split at the ears!"