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'''Tode''' was a marsh mentioned in the [[The Shire|Shire]]-poem ''[[The Mewlips]]''.<ref>{{AB|Mewlips}}</ref>
'''Tode''' was a marsh mentioned in the [[The Shire|Shire]]-poem ''[[The Mewlips]]''.<ref>{{AB|Mewlips}}</ref>


It is unknown if Tode refer to an actual marsh in [[Middle-earth]], or if it was just an invention by the poet. [[Robert Foster]], while emphasising that it was likely fictitious, has suggested that Tode "''may have been patterned on the marsh at the eastern end of the [[Old Forest Road]]''".<ref>[[Robert Foster]], ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'' (1978, p. 386)</ref>
It is unknown if Tode refers to an actual marsh in [[Middle-earth]], or if it was just an invention by the poet. [[Robert Foster]], while emphasising that it was likely fictitious, has suggested that Tode "''may have been patterned on the marsh at the eastern end of the [[Old Forest Road]]''".<ref>[[Robert Foster]], ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'' (1978, p. 386)</ref>
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Revision as of 13:01, 30 January 2012

Tode was a marsh mentioned in the Shire-poem The Mewlips.[1]

It is unknown if Tode refers to an actual marsh in Middle-earth, or if it was just an invention by the poet. Robert Foster, while emphasising that it was likely fictitious, has suggested that Tode "may have been patterned on the marsh at the eastern end of the Old Forest Road".[2]

References

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