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Old Straight Road

The Old Straight Road, the Straight Road, the Lost Road, or the Lost Straight Road, is J. R. R. Tolkien's conception, in his fantasy world of Arda, that his Elves are able to sail to the earthly paradise of Valinor, realm of the godlike Valar. The tale is mentioned in The Silmarillion and in The Lord of the Rings, and documented in The Lost Road and…

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Old Straight Road

Nodes102
Edges101
Triples66
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019608
Components1

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related to Bifröst · 30
Old Straight Road → Arda, Asgard, Bifröst, Elizabeth Whittingham, Elves, Evening Star, Eärendel, Finnish Kalevala, Garth, Gods, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's The, Hiawatha, His, John Garth, Middle-Earth, Midgard, Norse, Númenor, Second Age, Silmarils
related to Cosmology · 21
Old Straight Road → According, Akallabêth, All, Arda, Death, Earth, Earthly Paradise, Elf-centred, Elves, Halls, In Tolkien's, It, Mandos, Men, Sea, The, Tolkien, Tolkien's, Valar, Valinor
related to Legacy · 9
Old Straight Road → Always Coming Home, Bratman, California, David Bratman, In, The Old Straight Road, The Tolkien, Tolkien, Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea
related to "The Fall of Númenor" · 6
Old Straight Road → After, Númenor, Númenóreans, The, The Fall, Tolkien

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road valinor straight tolkien world valar men elves númenor middle-earth lost beowulf sea west sail scyld tolkien's lord theme old

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Old Straight Roadrelated to "The Fall of Númenor"Tolkien0.60section
Old Straight Roadrelated to "The Fall of Númenor"The Fall0.60section
Old Straight Roadrelated to "The Fall of Númenor"Númenor0.60section
Old Straight Roadrelated to "The Fall of Númenor"After0.60section
Old Straight Roadrelated to "The Fall of Númenor"Númenóreans0.60section
Old Straight Roadrelated to "The Fall of Númenor"The0.60section
Old Straight Roadrelated to BifröstElizabeth Whittingham0.60section
Old Straight Roadrelated to BifröstThe Fall0.60section
Old Straight Roadrelated to BifröstNúmenor0.60section
Old Straight Roadrelated to BifröstBifröst0.60section
Old Straight Roadrelated to BifröstNorse0.60section
Old Straight Roadrelated to BifröstMidgard0.60section

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