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Re: Tolkien Inspirations
if tolkien undoubtedly knew of these (avari, mithras, aragon) as sharku seems to believe, then my conclusion would be that there could indeed be a link, even if it is only linguistic.
Aldaron's point adds furthur repute to this notion; if Mithraism had a following in england, surely tolkien would have been aware of it's existence: I know little of the cult (please feel free to enlighten) but Mithrandir can be interpreted as a sort of messiah/savior figure within the text, thus making the parralels between the two more relevant.
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