Hobbit2 - Chapter 07 - Queer Lodgings

[jallanite]

Originally Posted by Morthoron

In any case, Tolkien composed personal myths from fragments of old folktales, ancient myths and literature he read as a boy. The marvel is his synthesis and regeneration of the shards into a whole.

I agree with this totally.

I am quite satisfied that Tolkien may be the only author who ever told a tale in which the host has animal servants without bringing in a special point in which the kindness of the protagonist is contrasted with the laxness of the host.

Yet I have also long felt that I have read some such tale. Perhaps not.