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==History==
==History==
The Straight Road, so called because it followed the old path across [[Belegaer]] from before the [[Akallabêth]] when the Flat World was [[Changing of the World|made Round]], was only kept open to [[Elves]], who were allowed to sail to it on their ships by a special grace of the [[Valar]].<ref>{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref>
The Straight Road, so called because it followed the old path across [[Belegaer]] from before the [[Downfall of Númenor]] when the Flat World was [[Changing of the World|made Round]], was only kept open to [[Elves]], who were allowed to sail to it on their ships by a special grace of the [[Valar]].<ref>{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref>


Some mortals were allowed to take the Straight Road to Aman.  [[Bilbo Baggins]] and [[Frodo Baggins]] sailed into the West on the [[White Ship]].<ref>{{RK|VI9}}</ref> Later [[Samwise Gamgee]] and [[Gimli]] were also permitted to depart for Aman.<ref>{{App|Later}}</ref>
By the [[Third Age]] the Elves would take ships to follow the Straight Road and return to Aman from the [[Grey Havens]] or [[Edhellond]].<ref>{{UT|Amroth}}</ref>
 
Some mortals were allowed to take the Straight Road to Aman.  [[Bilbo Baggins]] and [[Frodo Baggins]] sailed into the West on the [[White Ship]].<ref>{{RK|VI9}}</ref> Later [[Samwise Gamgee]] and [[Gimli]] were also permitted to depart for Aman.<ref>{{App|Later}}</ref> Long after the [[Fourth Age]], [[Ælfwine]] of England found the Straight Road and visited [[Tol Eressëa]].<ref>[{LT2|VI}}</ref>


==Other writings==
==Other writings==

Revision as of 16:28, 23 February 2013

The Straight Road was the route that left the Middle-earth's curvature through sky and space to the ethereal land of Aman.

History

The Straight Road, so called because it followed the old path across Belegaer from before the Downfall of Númenor when the Flat World was made Round, was only kept open to Elves, who were allowed to sail to it on their ships by a special grace of the Valar.[1]

By the Third Age the Elves would take ships to follow the Straight Road and return to Aman from the Grey Havens or Edhellond.[2]

Some mortals were allowed to take the Straight Road to Aman. Bilbo Baggins and Frodo Baggins sailed into the West on the White Ship.[3] Later Samwise Gamgee and Gimli were also permitted to depart for Aman.[4] Long after the Fourth Age, Ælfwine of England found the Straight Road and visited Tol Eressëa.[5]

Other writings

Smith appears to have found a conceptually similar road, leading him to the land of "Faery".[6]

See also

References