Proof that LotR is bordering on a true mythology

[Nimrothiel]

Yeah, "Foxtrot" is the best. Peter David's second book in the series "Sir Apropos of Nothing" starts out with a parody of LotR; it's similar to the style of "Bored of the Rings." Robert Asprin's twelfth book in the series "The Myth-Adventures of Aahz (pronounced as 'Oz;' no relation) and Skeeve" has a good running parody of LotR throughout the book. That's all I can think of for right now, I'll post more later.

[ElenCala Isil]

hmm... the comics in the newspaper mention LotR once in a while.

Speaking of newspapers...

Check this out...

(ignore the bluriness..you see nothing!)

[purplefluffychainsaw]

Have any of you read any of the Discworld series? There's another thead (but me having the memory of a small guppy has forgotten it) here which has a *load* of quotes from him which *were* Tolkien, eg.

See their swords? They glow blue in the precense of lawyers

And every time I write that out it gets worse...

But anyway, as I was saying, Pratchett normally just uses legends, and really well known stuff in his work. Like, there's one story which is based on Shakespear's Macbeth, "Equal rites" (Not to be read while doing Macbeth in school. . .) And then he uses bits from legends, like million in one chances always working, and gods playing games with people. He also uses bits and peices from real life or history, like the egyptians.

I think that just Pratchett using Tolkien makes Lord of the Rings a mythology... But I'm strange.

[Roa_Aoife]

As for references to LotR, I saw a road sign with a silohuet of a wizard and the words "You shall not pass!" It was a no passing zone.

[Gothmog]

Here in Sweden we have a floorball team in the highest division calling themselves Balrog...

By the way, you could almost refer to LotR as a true mythology. Tolkien borrowed some ingredients in the story from real mythology and folklore. Some celtic stories and a lot of norse folklore interested him. For example: Gandalf is the name of a dwarf in Snorres edda, an old poetic Icelandic tale and Frodo exists in an other story too (can´t remember were tough).

Of course, most of Middle Earth comes from Tolkien´s own excellent fantasy, but some parts are based on "true" stories.

[tar-ancalime]

In Salman Rushdie's novel The Ground Beneath Her Feet, he quotes TOlkien as follows:

Ash nazg durbatuluk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatuluk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul!

I don't remember the exact context, and as I lent my copy of the book to a friend (and don't really expect to have it back) I can't look it up. It's a wonderful book, though: a modern reworking of the Orpheus myth.

[Roa_Aoife]

If any one has read the Green Rider series, it has several items that are very Tolkien-ish. The word wight is even used, and it is obvious that author assumes that evryone is familiar with this term, just as we are with griffin or siren.