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Groin Redbeard · 11-26-2008, 05:10 PM

While Tolkien's fantasy world could be taken as a play house, but than again isn't that what fantasy should be: to transport you out of this world into new realms that are there for us to explore? I picture Tolkien's work as he intended it to be: a revival of myth. Tolkien used myth not allegorically but to express Catholicism (in a sense his own view) in the form of a myth, a sanctifying myth one might say.

11-26-2008, 05:10 PM	#8
Groin Redbeard Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Facing the world's troubles with Christ's hope! Posts: 1,635	While Tolkien's fantasy world could be taken as a play house, but than again isn't that what fantasy should be: to transport you out of this world into new realms that are there for us to explore? I picture Tolkien's work as he intended it to be: a revival of myth. Tolkien used myth not allegorically but to express Catholicism (in a sense his own view) in the form of a myth, a sanctifying myth one might say. __________________ I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old, familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeatof peace on earth, good-will to men! ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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