I know one place Tolkien got his inspiration for the Rings of Power...
He looked into Norse mythology and indeed much of ME was inspired from that mythology right down to Tolkien's description of Gandalf the Grey...
I recommend you look into Norse mythology and just see how much of ME and its people comes from it...
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'I love him. He's like that, and sometimes it shines through, somehow. But I love him, whether or no.' - Samwise Gamgee
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