I thought Gondor was the Normans
Rohan is certainly the Saxons
Harad is the middle east. I'm in the middle of reading it to my 9 year old at the moment and it's clear
(, Wed 26 Jan 2022, 10:53, Reply)
I really waving my nerd credentials about the place now, but
Rohan may well be portrayed as Saxons in all the adaptations, but the Prof never intended that. In the Appendix "On Translation" in LotR, he says that he used Anglo-Saxon styles and language for the Rohirrim to create a sense of connection to the modern English-speaking hobbits, and he specifically said that he didn't mean for this to imply that they were connected to the real Saxons.
Here's a link to a comparison map:
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Wed 26 Jan 2022, 11:04,
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So this means that Rohan is *checks map*... Switzerland
I've gone right off them for some reason
(, Wed 26 Jan 2022, 12:13, Reply)
Lederhosen horse lords
It's almost like the real geography isn't featured in Middle Earth. Stupid Tolkien!
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Wed 26 Jan 2022, 12:54,
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