Tolkien and Norse Mythology - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalaith · 11-21-2005, 05:48 PM

Put "Norse" into the search engine and you should get a fair amount of stuff already talked about on here.

One of my favourite Old Norse poems has got a lot of Tolkienesque themes in it: there is a cursed sword, Tyrfing, made by the dwarf Dwalin - a Viking daughter travels to a haunted barrow to claim it from her dead father...here's a translation by WH Auden: (scroll past the hideous illustration)
http://meadhall.homestead.com/Angantyr.html

11-21-2005, 05:48 PM	#4
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	Put "Norse" into the search engine and you should get a fair amount of stuff already talked about on here. One of my favourite Old Norse poems has got a lot of Tolkienesque themes in it: there is a cursed sword, Tyrfing, made by the dwarf Dwalin - a Viking daughter travels to a haunted barrow to claim it from her dead father...here's a translation by WH Auden: (scroll past the hideous illustration) http://meadhall.homestead.com/Angantyr.html __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling

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