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Magician of Nathar · 03-15-2003, 05:58 PM

The first time I saw LOTR, I was thinking, "cool, this stuff is just like The Ring!(the opera, NOT the new horror movie)"
There is the ring motive. A ring of ultimate power of dominance, but it's cursed and deadly to its bearers, yet all are tempted to pocesse it. I do thing Tolkien drew many motifs from the old Norse/Germen mythology. There are many similar plot devices, even similar scenes. I find the first meeting between Aragorn and Eowyn strikingly similar to that of Siegfried and Gutrune. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

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03-15-2003, 05:58 PM	#38
Magician of Nathar Animated Skeleton Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 46	The first time I saw LOTR, I was thinking, "cool, this stuff is just like The Ring!(the opera, NOT the new horror movie)" There is the ring motive. A ring of ultimate power of dominance, but it's cursed and deadly to its bearers, yet all are tempted to pocesse it. I do thing Tolkien drew many motifs from the old Norse/Germen mythology. There are many similar plot devices, even similar scenes. I find the first meeting between Aragorn and Eowyn strikingly similar to that of Siegfried and Gutrune. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]