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   From: bredband.net@ojevind.lang   
      
   "Steve Morrison"  skrev i meddelandet   
   news:131q9j15hht1380@corp.supernews.com...   
      
   [snip]   
      
   > But I can't seriously see any of this as much more than the general   
   > picture of northwest Europe being invaded from the south and east,   
   > which Tolkien and Lewis inherited from traditional sources.   
      
   Furthermore, Tolkien himself observed that the Enemy had to dwell in the   
   East because the Blessed realm was in the west, just as in ancient Celtic   
   mythology. And during the First Age the Enemy dwelt in the north, which   
   became very cold and almost uninhabitable in the destuction following the   
   Battle of the Valar. So east and south were the only remaining points of the   
   compass.   
      
   Öjevind   
      
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