Losing sight of the basics......

[Evenstar1]

Well, I don’t know about Texas...

(You knew you'd ruffle someone's feathers with this one, didn't you? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]) Well, Mr. Bill, what can I say: Texas is Mordor. In fact, Texas is the heart of Orodruin! With foliage and critters to match! But the orcs that used to live there have been supplanted by Great and Friendly Numenoreans, and our King has temporarily left the White City to go set a spell in the White
House. (I currently live in Colorado, but I left my heart in Texas!)

*Back to the topic:* Child -- I'm not much of a literary scholar, but didn't the Arthurian legends predate 1066? Also, the stories of St. George slaying the dragons? If so, wouldn't these have been considered "English mythology?" (I'm not sure whether I'm asking this to you or to JRRT...?) Also, because of the widespread English rule/domination over many world cultures over many, many centuries, isn't it possible that the Celtic/Nordic/Romanic/etc. mythologies we've been fed have actually been shaped, themselves, by English lore?

(As I said, I don't know a lot about literary history, but these thoughts just crossed my mind, and if it will take too much time to set me straight on all of this, please just hand me another pint of 1420 and I'll be quiet for now!)

[ September 30, 2002: Message edited by: Evenstar1 ]