June 8, 2002

Akallabeth
Lauri

Ok, I'm only on page 50 of The Silmarillion, but I've read other sources and maps and something kinda sticks out to me. Maybe someone already posted this, but I've never seen it. I think that the sinking of Numenor could have been referring to Atlantis. After it sank, the area was called something like "Atalantea". I have a book of maps from all of Tolkien's books and Middle Earth looks like the Eastern Hemisphere. The former spot of Numenor is right where Plato said it would be. Maybe Tolkien heard stuff about the ledgend of Atlantis and liked it? I don't know, I thought it was cool.