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Dain · 02-17-2003, 10:53 AM

If you look at the time which Tolkien lived and wrote, rather than wars at the beginning of the century he was born at the end of, you will find WWI, where both France and the USA were allies in a dreadful struggle that I think influenced him more than the wars of the early 1800s. Of course, the eagle was also an imperial German symbol. I think he just decided eagles were the more magnificent and regal of birds. Which they are. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

02-17-2003, 10:53 AM	#3
Dain Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Iron Hills Posts: 127	If you look at the time which Tolkien lived and wrote, rather than wars at the beginning of the century he was born at the end of, you will find WWI, where both France and the USA were allies in a dreadful struggle that I think influenced him more than the wars of the early 1800s. Of course, the eagle was also an imperial German symbol. I think he just decided eagles were the more magnificent and regal of birds. Which they are. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Only I have looked through the shadow of the Gate. Beyond the shadow it waits for you still: Durin's Bane.