Lewis referred to Numinor several times over the course of his book That Hideous Strength, which was set in post-WWII England. Lewis' Space Trilogy and Tolkien's Lord of the Rings Trilogy was a collaboration, taking place in our universe. Also that letter is written in more ad-hoc style, without the precise calculations found in this text.Ĭ.S. However that letter was written in 1958, two years prior to the text I've quoted. Note that some of the other answers quote a letter from Tolkien where he gave an estimate of 6,000 years. Tolkien's 16,000 year estimate was probably rounded, so 9,300±500. The Nature of Middle-earth - 'The Awaking of the Quendi', note 30Īdding on another 61 years brings us from 1960 to 2021. XI:346), then that entrance occurred 290 + SA 3441 + TA 3021 = 6,752 years before the end of the Third Age. Therefore, if Men entered Beleriand in Bel. 310' was 6,752 years before the end of the third age. The Nature of Middle-earth - 'The Awaking of the Quendi'Ĭarl Hofstetter notes that the year 'Bel. Men had then existed for 448 VYs + 22 SYs: i.e., 64,534 Sun Years, which, though doubtless insufficient scientifically (since that is only – we being in 1960 of the 7th Age – 16,000 years ago: total about 80,000), is adequate for purposes of the Silmarillion, etc. If they awoke in VY 1050 that would give 40 VYs, or 5,760 Sun Years in which Melkor could have dealings with them and corrupt them, before his captivity. In 1960, Tolkien said that the year 'Bel. The Lord of the Rings took place about 9,300 years ago, give or take 500 years.

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