Hell and Middle-earth
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title:
Hell and Middle-earth
text:
Scholars have seen multiple resemblances between the medieval Christian conception of hell and evil places in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth. These include the industrial hells of Saruman's Isengard with its underground furnaces and labouring Orcs; the dark tunnels of Moria; Sauron's evil land of Mordor; and Morgoth's subterranean fortress of Angband. The gates to some of these realms, like the guarded West Door of Moria, and the Black Gate to Mordor, too, carry echoes of the
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Theme in Tolkien's writings
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_and_Middle-earth
date created:
2024-08-16T18:48:29Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T09:25:22Z
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