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It is not clear if the Last Desert could really fit in the known maps of [[Arda]], or if it was simply a creation of [[Hobbits|Hobbitish]] folklore. | It is not clear if the Last Desert could really fit in the known maps of [[Arda]], or if it was simply a creation of [[Hobbits|Hobbitish]] folklore. | ||
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In the earliest drafts of ''[[The Hobbit]]'', Bilbo offered to walk from the [[The Shire|Shire]] | In the earliest drafts of ''[[The Hobbit]]'', Bilbo offered to walk from the [[The Shire|Shire]] "to ''[cancelled: [[Wikipedia:Hindu Kush|Hindu Kush]]]'' the [[Wikipedia:Gobi Desert|Great Desert of Gobi]] and fight the Wild Wire worm(s) of the [[Wikipedia:China|Chinese]]."<ref>{{HH|Pryftan}}, p. 9</ref> In a slightly later version [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] altered this to say "to the last desert in the East and fight the Wild Wireworms of the Chinese",<ref>{{HH|Bladorthin}}, p. 40</ref> and in the final version it was altered once more to say "to the East of East and fight the wild [[Were-worms]] in the Last Desert."<ref>{{H|Party}}</ref> | ||
{{References}} | {{References}} | ||
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[[Category:Eastern lands]] | [[Category:Eastern lands]] | ||
[[Category:Fields, plains and deserts]] | [[Category:Fields, plains and deserts]] | ||
Revision as of 07:47, 8 May 2016
The Last Desert was a distant and perhaps mythical desert in the far east of Middle-earth, the abode of Were-worms.[1]
It is not clear if the Last Desert could really fit in the known maps of Arda, or if it was simply a creation of Hobbitish folklore.
Other versions of the legendarium
In the earliest drafts of The Hobbit, Bilbo offered to walk from the Shire "to [cancelled: Hindu Kush] the Great Desert of Gobi and fight the Wild Wire worm(s) of the Chinese."[2] In a slightly later version J.R.R. Tolkien altered this to say "to the last desert in the East and fight the Wild Wireworms of the Chinese",[3] and in the final version it was altered once more to say "to the East of East and fight the wild Were-worms in the Last Desert."[4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "An Unexpected Party"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, John D. Rateliff (ed.), The History of The Hobbit, Mr. Baggins, The First Phase, "The Pryftan Fragment", p. 9
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, John D. Rateliff (ed.), The History of The Hobbit, Mr. Baggins, The First Phase, "The Bladorthin Typescript", p. 40
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "An Unexpected Party"
| Legendary locations in Arda | |
| Islands: | Isle of Meneltarma |
|---|---|
| Mountains: | Astulat · Mountains of the Moon · Merlock Mountains |
| Regions: | Aerie · Belmarie · Fantasie · Last Desert · Sindanórie · Thellamie · Tode |
| Rivers: | Derrilyn |
| Other: | Caves of the Forgotten · Gorbelgod |
