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Salocin · 03-22-2003, 01:55 PM

If your looking for conections between Aragorn and Arthur you should read Tolkien's Ring by David Day. It tries to trace many of the influences on Tolkien's mythology. He draws connections between Aragorn, Arthur, and Sigurd (a character in a Norse Myth). All three have a Wizard mentor, a legendery sword that breaks under extraordinary circumstances, and the orphaned son of the true king. Other conections include Sigurds sword only being able to be pulled out of a tree by the true King, it having been put in the tree by the wizard/mentor (in this case Odin in discise), and it being reforged after it breaks.

03-22-2003, 01:55 PM	#19
Salocin Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Zion Posts: 106	If your looking for conections between Aragorn and Arthur you should read Tolkien's Ring by David Day. It tries to trace many of the influences on Tolkien's mythology. He draws connections between Aragorn, Arthur, and Sigurd (a character in a Norse Myth). All three have a Wizard mentor, a legendery sword that breaks under extraordinary circumstances, and the orphaned son of the true king. Other conections include Sigurds sword only being able to be pulled out of a tree by the true King, it having been put in the tree by the wizard/mentor (in this case Odin in discise), and it being reforged after it breaks. __________________ Christ is Risen!