ONLY The Silmarillion - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 10-27-2004, 02:18 PM

It occurs to me that there's a slightly different way to think about this question. The received texts of the major religions came out of the Hindus, Chinese, Jews, and Arabs. The myths came from everywhere, but most of them not as received texts. Those myths that come to us through texts are Hindu, Greek, Babylonian, and a few others. The notable exception is the Celtic and Germanic texts. These didn't come into being until roughly 1,000 years ago.

So imagine with me what differences there might be if the Sil and its "hangers-on" had been the Northern mythic text, extant for thousands of years, standing shoulder to shoulder with the other great texts. What might have been different?

10-27-2004, 02:18 PM	#17
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	ancient texts It occurs to me that there's a slightly different way to think about this question. The received texts of the major religions came out of the Hindus, Chinese, Jews, and Arabs. The myths came from everywhere, but most of them not as received texts. Those myths that come to us through texts are Hindu, Greek, Babylonian, and a few others. The notable exception is the Celtic and Germanic texts. These didn't come into being until roughly 1,000 years ago. So imagine with me what differences there might be if the Sil and its "hangers-on" had been the Northern mythic text, extant for thousands of years, standing shoulder to shoulder with the other great texts. What might have been different?