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

KingCarlton · 04-13-2002, 01:19 AM

Belethiriel - This is a fairy tale, though of much more complex nature.
It's all made up, just for entertainment. It is a fantastic history of a time and place imagined.

Thinhyandoiel - Good Job there.

I had read somewhere before that Tolkien actually loathed the idea of having any religious significance interpreted in his work.

The Gods, creatures and characters in the LOTR Books and the Sil have all defintely been influenced from various cultural and religious sources around the world, but only just for creative purposes and not for any moral significance.
And like every other story it potrays the age old formula of Good defeating Evil.

Besides every religion is a story with a set of rules that somebody sat down and wrote.

Taking LOTR for some religious significance would be wrong and an insult to J.R.R.Tolkien.

Know Peace !

[ April 13, 2002: Message edited by: KingCarlton ]

04-13-2002, 01:19 AM	#6
KingCarlton Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dream Kingdom Posts: 119	Belethiriel - This is a fairy tale, though of much more complex nature. It's all made up, just for entertainment. It is a fantastic history of a time and place imagined. Thinhyandoiel - Good Job there. I had read somewhere before that Tolkien actually loathed the idea of having any religious significance interpreted in his work. The Gods, creatures and characters in the LOTR Books and the Sil have all defintely been influenced from various cultural and religious sources around the world, but only just for creative purposes and not for any moral significance. And like every other story it potrays the age old formula of Good defeating Evil. Besides every religion is a story with a set of rules that somebody sat down and wrote. Taking LOTR for some religious significance would be wrong and an insult to J.R.R.Tolkien. Know Peace ! [ April 13, 2002: Message edited by: KingCarlton ] __________________ Know ye People, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, And the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. Hither came Carlton, the King, black haired, bronze hued, mightily thewed, sullen eyed. Sword in hand, a warrior, a destroyer, a conqueror. With gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jewelled thrones of the Earth, under his sandalled feet.

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