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by Cheese King on November 27th, 2004

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Why is it called Middle Earth?

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  • by Susan Appleby on January 19th, 2005

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    Tolkien drew heavily from Norse mythology when he wrote his books. Middle earth is taken from the Norse world of "Midgard", which means Middle-earth. Mirkwood is also a part of their mythology, as well as many of the races used in the books. Another theory is that people of Tolkien's time called England "middelerthe". The only reason I know this is because I did a report on Norse Mythology, and the sources all mentioned this. And I have nerdy friends. Hope I helped :)

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  • by anonymous on January 26th, 2009

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    I think it's because it's in between 2 things. . . i think it said the sea and the sky. It doesn't really make sense, but I remember reading it somewhere. I'm probably wrong though.

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  • by Nebuchadnezzar999 on June 29th, 2008

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    Well .. it is believed by many that the earth is hollow... I know .. there are believed to be many entrances. The main two being located at the poles. Either way, middle earth is believed to be located on the inside of our planet. . warmed and iluminated by the burning core of the earth ..

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  • by Heather Soderstrom on December 15th, 2004

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    After consulting with several friends and watching the special features of all the movies there seems to be not particular reason that it is called middle earth. However if I was to guess an underlying reason for the name I would say it is called middle earth because it is in the middle of good and evil at all times. That is just my personal take on it.

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  • by ScorpionX on January 1st, 2011

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    It sounds strange but it is named Middle Earth because Tolkien believe in the Atlantis theory.In Tolkien's books Numenor (where Aragorn's family line comes from) is Atlantis.In his stories Numenor was consumed by huge waves just like Atlantis and many refuges come to the island called Middle Earth.This island was between the mainland (Europe) and Atlantis so it was named Middle Earth.Tolkien himself described dreams where he is in a land that is about to be destroyed by huge waves, he believe that was memories from a past life in Atlantis.Faramir describes such a dream, in the third book of the trilogy, when he talks with Eowyn the first time they meet.
    So, yes,basically Middle Earth is Great Britain at least that's how Tolkien imagined it.

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