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Well, the obvious mythological comparison is to the nordic myth, eventually made into a Wagner opera, namely "The Rings of the Nibelungen"
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But Tolkien didn't like that comparison at all!
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"both Rings are round, and there the resemblance ends."
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he said.
Thank you (belatedly) for the great link, Sharku! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
I've never seen anything of the Kalevala before.