Is there any evidence the Lord of the Rings world is round? The world was canonically created with magic, so it doesn’t need to follow our version of physics
Not a lore expert, so if anyone else challenges me on this, they’re almost certainly right.
The world was flat at one point, but canonically became round at the end of the second age (before LOTR). That said, some beings can still perceive the world differently. Primarily this is in reference to elves’ ability to just piss off and leave the world behind, but maybe all non-humans have some latent ability to see things humans can’t?
So the way I understand it is that the elves can sail to the Undying Lands. And by doing that they use the “straight road” and just take a hard pass on gravity and sail tangent to the round earth
I wonder if you could calculate that. I thought that on a level area, the horizon is about 6 miles out (or is it 12?) based on that, could you calculate the size of the world based on the height of mount doom and the distance it would be?
As an answer to your not-a-question, I think it would imply that Arda is an absolutely massive planet, such that your sight line would be further.
Is there any evidence the Lord of the Rings world is round? The world was canonically created with magic, so it doesn’t need to follow our version of physics
Not a lore expert, so if anyone else challenges me on this, they’re almost certainly right.
The world was flat at one point, but canonically became round at the end of the second age (before LOTR). That said, some beings can still perceive the world differently. Primarily this is in reference to elves’ ability to just piss off and leave the world behind, but maybe all non-humans have some latent ability to see things humans can’t?
So the way I understand it is that the elves can sail to the Undying Lands. And by doing that they use the “straight road” and just take a hard pass on gravity and sail tangent to the round earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJvi5UDb7VA
Good to know, I’ve only read/seen LotR and The Hobbit, so I don’t know some of the deeper lore
Yes. It started out flat but was made round in the 2nd age. LOTR occurs in the 3rd age.
I wonder if you could calculate that. I thought that on a level area, the horizon is about 6 miles out (or is it 12?) based on that, could you calculate the size of the world based on the height of mount doom and the distance it would be?