I believe it would be a bit off a stretch to compare the battle of Wolf-Sauron and Huan to the Greek tale of Thetis and Peleus. Peleus and Thetis is a tale with a great deal of sexual symbolism (as were many of the tales of Greco-Roman mythology) [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]. I shudder at the thought that the battle of Sauron and Huan could have any sexual connotations [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] . Aside from that, the stories are only vaguely similar (Thetis is a shapeshifter, so is Sauron, etc.) It is a very interesting idea, Iarwain [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] but I do not think there is a direct link. As with all prominent mythology, however, I am sure that Professor Tolkien has read this story and that this type of mythology greatly influenced his writing.
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