What planet does Lord of the Rings take place on?

What planet does Lord of the Rings take place on?

Middle-earth Tolkien's most widely read works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, are set entirely in Middle-earth; "Middle-earth" has also become a short-hand for the legendarium and Tolkien's fictional take on the world.

Is Lord of the Rings set in the future?

No. Tolkien was quite clear that they take place in an imaginary past of our own world. The only way that they are post-apocalyptic is if you assume that he just didn't bother to write about the apocalyptic events of the actual Really Much Older World of this planet.

Why do they call it Middle Earth?

Name. The term "Middle-earth" was not invented by Tolkien. Rather, it comes from Middle English middel-erde, itself a folk-etymology for the Old English word middangeard (geard not meaning Earth, but rather enclosure or place, thus yard, with the Old Norse word miðgarðr being a cognate).

What is LOTR based on?

The Lord of the Rings started as a sequel to Tolkien's work The Hobbit, published in 1937. The popularity of The Hobbit had led George Allen & Unwin, the publishers, to request a sequel. Tolkien warned them that he wrote quite slowly, and responded with several stories he had already developed.

How old is Aragorn?

87 Aragorn was aged 87 at that time, nearing the prime of life for one of royal Númenórean descent. With Aragorn's help, the Hobbits escaped the pursuing Nazgûl. The elf-lord Glorfindel later arrived and led them to Rivendell.

Is LOTR a metaphor for ww2?

According to Tolkien, those who see the narrative as an allegory for World War II have got the wrong war. Many theorize that Frodo shows signs of post traumatic stress disorder, an affliction that was originally identified at the Battle of the Somme, in which Tolkien fought.

When does The Lord of the Rings take place?

• I know that The Lord of the Rings is located in Middle-earth and by the looks of clothes and props, we're looking at well before the 18th century. What's the best guess at the time period that The Lord of the Rings was set in? This question doesn't make sense. Middle-earth is not Earth.

How many Lord of the Rings have there been?

• The Lord of the Rings, an epic high fantasy novel by the British author J. R. R. Tolkien, set in his fictional world of Middle-earth, has been adapted several times. Three film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings have been made.

Is there a Middle earth in The Lord of the Rings?

• Middle-earth is not Earth. It is another planet, called Arda, of which Middle-earth is simply a part. There are other parts, like Aman. – DampeS8N Mar 3 '11 at 14:22 @benhowdle89: :) yay knowledge! However, if you were wondering when in earth-history we had technology like that in LoTR. That's roughly the 1000-1500 range.

Why did Tolkien create the maps in The Lord of the Rings?

• The maps in The Lord of the Rings were developed by Tolkien in parallel with his development of the narrative. This was one of his efforts to obtain ' inner consistency ' in the story; in particular so that the characters achieved realistic travel distances.