Númenor
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Númenor, also called Elenna-nórë or Westernesse, is a fictional place in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings. It was the kingdom occupying a large island to the west of Middle-earth, the main setting of Tolki
The downfall of Númenor has been compared to the Biblical fall of man. The serpent tempts Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit, Notre Dame de Paris.
Tolkien likened the winged crown of Gondor to the Egyptian winged atef crown.
"The Atlantis Wave" by H. R. Millar in The Story of the Amulet by E. Nesbit, 1908
"Looming marble structures": the port city of Armenelos in Númenor in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, as envisaged by production designer Ramsey Avery
Old Straight Road
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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 parad
Tolkien habitually used difficult passages in Beowulf as a source of inspiration, for instance creating Orcs from line 112, eotenas ond ylfe ond orcneas, "ogres and elves and demon-corpses".
In Norse mythology, Bifröst is the rainbow bridge between the earthly realm of Midgard and the god's realm of Asgard. 1895 drawing by Lorenz Frølich