Tolkien and Catholic Saints - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***Sharkû*** · 01-07-2003, 01:29 AM

Sub-creation, lindil, and St. Augustine. I said fictitious, not 'false' or 'wrong'. I am pretty sure that Tolkien would agree that many tales of the Saints, ie. the legends (I differentiated clearly in my choice of words), are fictitious. That would, from that point of view, mean little, since they intent to convey truth, not facts. That is what St. Augustine is all about, that is what the saints legends are all about, that is what Tolkien's Middle-Earth is all about. Would anyone argue that Tolkien's Middle-Earth is fictitious? And yet we seem to agree it is essentially true.

01-07-2003, 01:29 AM	#1
*Sharkû* Hungry Ghoul Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 1,719	Sub-creation, lindil, and St. Augustine. I said fictitious, not 'false' or 'wrong'. I am pretty sure that Tolkien would agree that many tales of the Saints, ie. the legends (I differentiated clearly in my choice of words), are fictitious. That would, from that point of view, mean little, since they intent to convey truth, not facts. That is what St. Augustine is all about, that is what the saints legends are all about, that is what Tolkien's Middle-Earth is all about. Would anyone argue that Tolkien's Middle-Earth is fictitious? And yet we seem to agree it is essentially true.