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Which symbol would you choose to represent Middle-earth?

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Curufinwe

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Is there one defining symbol which symbolises middle-earth and when you see it reminds you of middle-earth? As some of you know in the Myst series there is a symbol which you would recognis and associate to it and that is the circle with lines through it. Is there one like this? All i can think of is the initials J.R.R.T all put into one letter.
 
Ah, you mean an actual written symbol. I thuoght for a minute that you were talking in the litarature-sense of the word. :)
Umm.. Well yes I'd say the JRRT-symbol was one, but that actually reminds me more of the histories and epic tales of the Silmarillion rather than the LotR.
The Dwarf-runes used both on Balin's tomb (the Cirth) and on Thorin's Map in the Hobbit (which are actually slightly modified Anglo-Saxon runes) both remind me of Middle-Earth, and the events of the War of the RIng and its prelude. That's not really a single symbol, but anyway. :)
 
For some reason the "G" rune used by Gandalf (and myself) have always reminded me of Middle-earth anytime I see it. But that is just me. ;) (See the "G" Rune as it tiles in my avatar.)
 

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