middle-earth-art: World-ship by J. R. R. TolkienThis is a very early conception of the world that wo
middle-earth-art: World-ship by J. R. R. TolkienThis is a very early conception of the world that would become Arda. According to Christopher Tolkien, the motif of the world-ship in this image may have come as an afterthought, upon Tolkien noticing a resemblance. No other part of the cosmology uses the idea of the world as a ship. I think it’s a cool idea, though, and begs the question: what is the ship sailing on? And to where is it voyaging? -- source link