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doug*platypus · 01-04-2003, 02:50 AM

I think you answered your own question in your first post! Galadriel definitely pined for the Undying Lands. You don't have to look far in our own world to see examples of settlers naming new places after familiar old ones, either because they look similar or just because they were homesick.

New York and New Orleans in the US, Newcastle in Australia, Dunedin in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Maybe she wasn't trying to create a New Lorien, and it was just homage. Probably no other places in Valinor reminded her of the Golden Wood so much.

01-04-2003, 02:50 AM	#9
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	I think you answered your own question in your first post! Galadriel definitely pined for the Undying Lands. You don't have to look far in our own world to see examples of settlers naming new places after familiar old ones, either because they look similar or just because they were homesick. New York and New Orleans in the US, Newcastle in Australia, Dunedin in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Maybe she wasn't trying to create a New Lorien, and it was just homage. Probably no other places in Valinor reminded her of the Golden Wood so much. __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.