Numenor and the British Empire - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Iarephelion · 03-28-2003, 08:25 PM

This will no doubt be answered more completely by someone else, but Tolkien intended originally that Britain be represented in a physical sense by the island Tol Eressea (see BoLT2). In later years, as I understand it, The Shire of the Hobbits came to represent England culturally as Tolkien fleshed out his mythology.

03-28-2003, 08:25 PM	#1
Iarephelion Pile O'Bones Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The womb of my mother Posts: 11	This will no doubt be answered more completely by someone else, but Tolkien intended originally that Britain be represented in a physical sense by the island Tol Eressea (see BoLT2). In later years, as I understand it, The Shire of the Hobbits came to represent England culturally as Tolkien fleshed out his mythology. __________________ My brain has hijacked my body and won't let me in...