More on round-world vs flat-world

[Galin]

Heheh, yes "curvature" sounds more likely than "colours"


Round world mythology had appeared at least twice before this interview, and I see the statements here as a confirmation of an always round earth, while flat-to-round world tales remain part of mannish myths.

Originally Posted by William Cloud Hicklin

( . . . ) Unfortunately, changing round the early parts of the QS would have required a lot of bulldozing.

Couldn't that depend upon the tradition involved? For example, in my opinion, if we have QS being a mostly Mannish account mixed with certain Elvish tales, we could still have Men awakening with the Sun.

(Also, he might have been stopped short if he had remembered that, in print, Bombadil talks about the Sun and Moon being created after the Earth.)

May I ask what line of Tom's you're referring to here?