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Originally Posted by VarTalman
Again, the Biblical account of the Flood closely parallels Tolkien's Flood end of the flat world and beginning of a globe. Earendil's fleet being the only to survive is like Noah's family being saved. The fleet having no navigational control in the washout is like Noah not steering the ark. The floodgates are opened in both stories.
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VarTalman, I am sure you're conflating Elendil with Earendil and the War of Wrath (ending the First Age) with the Downfall of Numenor (ending the Second). The *latter* (which, though it too may have similarities to the Flood story, is most obviously based on that of Atlantis) is the one which involves the change from a flat to a round world.