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Lolidir · 01-29-2005, 04:42 PM

The thing is that Tolkien wanted it TO BE a mthyology. if you read some of the other threads im sure they will say the same thing, but tolkien got a lot of his inlfuence from some of the other mytholgies. such as Beowulf, the Kalevala (a finnish folktale/ mythology) and many others. infact while he was writing The Hobbit and the Trilogy and would make notes about what to put in other books to make it more of a mythology. so in all reality he wrote this to turn it into a mythology. and it has not only turned into that, but also a world wide phenomenon.

01-29-2005, 04:42 PM	#5
Lolidir Wight Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Roaming the plains of Middle Earth Posts: 103	The thing is that Tolkien wanted it TO BE a mthyology. if you read some of the other threads im sure they will say the same thing, but tolkien got a lot of his inlfuence from some of the other mytholgies. such as Beowulf, the Kalevala (a finnish folktale/ mythology) and many others. infact while he was writing The Hobbit and the Trilogy and would make notes about what to put in other books to make it more of a mythology. so in all reality he wrote this to turn it into a mythology. and it has not only turned into that, but also a world wide phenomenon. __________________ "Its a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to"