The etymology of “Middle Earth”
“Take Our Word For It”, the internet etymology magazine, has an article in its current issue about the derivation of the phrase “Middle Earth”. This includes interesting information about where Tolkien derived this term from and its roots in European folklore. You can read the full article here.
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WOW!! You learn something new every day!! That’s a pretty good article!!
Hard to take seriously an article that mis-spells Tolkien (Tolkein?) and refers to Middle-earth as Middle Earth 🙂