Would the Middle Earth saga be considered a religion in of itself? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 04-11-2002, 07:32 PM

I was part of a similar discussion some while back - on another Tolkien site - asking what if there were no religious writings, such as the Baghavad Gita, the Bible, or any of them, but we had all of Tolkien's works - what would life be like? As I recall the discussion petered out pretty quickly. So I agree that there is a completeness about it; but isn't that precisely what Tolkien was aiming for, making myth?

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04-11-2002, 07:32 PM	#1
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I was part of a similar discussion some while back - on another Tolkien site - asking what if there were no religious writings, such as the Baghavad Gita, the Bible, or any of them, but we had all of Tolkien's works - what would life be like? As I recall the discussion petered out pretty quickly. So I agree that there is a completeness about it; but isn't that precisely what Tolkien was aiming for, making myth?