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[[Image:Middle-earth.jpg|right|thumb|A map of the north-western part of Middle-earth at the end of the Third Age.|300px]]

[[Image:Middle-earth.jpg|right|thumb|A map of the north-western part of Middle-earth at the end of the Third Age.|300px]]

'''Middle-earth''' was the name given to the setting of a series of [[mythological]] stories written by [[Oxford]] [[Professor]] [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. The name was derived from [[Midgard]]<ref>http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/norse/articles.html</ref>, the "Middle World" of Norse Mythology inhabited by people and located underneath Asgard (Norse Heaven) and above Hel (The Norse spelt Hell with one L).  

'''Middle-earth''' is a fictional fantasy world invented by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]. It is the setting of several of the stories written by him, such as ''[[The Hobbit]]'' or ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. Although Middle-earth is only one continent in Tolkien's world, it is often used for the whole fictional world and all stories Tolkien invented for it.

 

The name was derived from [[Midgard]]<ref>http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/norse/articles.html</ref>, the "Middle World" of Norse Mythology inhabited by people and located underneath Asgard (Norse Heaven) and above Hel (The Norse spelt Hell with one L).  

Tolkien did not create another Earth for his novels, although the shape of our lands have changed since the Third Age.  Middle-earth corresponds to the [[Eurasian]] land mass, "east of the Sea."  ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' tells of how the [[Noldor]], immortal [[Elves]] from the West, invade Middle-earth on a quest for three [[Silmaril]]s stolen by [[Morgoth]].  There they find the younger race of mortal Men, whose souls are not bound to Arda but depart beyond the circles of the world upon death.

Tolkien did not create another Earth for his novels, although the shape of our lands have changed since the Third Age.  Middle-earth corresponds to the [[Eurasian]] land mass, "east of the Sea."  ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' tells of how the [[Noldor]], immortal [[Elves]] from the West, invade Middle-earth on a quest for three [[Silmaril]]s stolen by [[Morgoth]].  There they find the younger race of mortal Men, whose souls are not bound to Arda but depart beyond the circles of the world upon death.

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