The Lord of the Bible?

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by mark12_30

Yes; it (specifically the incarnation, passion, & resurrection) is also referred to by Tolkien as the one true myth to which all other myths pointed. Since he set out to write a myth, it's hard for me to imagine he wasn't both assuming and hoping that the myth he wrote would point to the true one.

And bringing up the word "myth" leads to lmp's point regarding mythic unity, which looks to me like the key to this discussion. Some, likeRaynor, see it; others take tentative stabs at it; and others insist it's not there.

I'm interested in those tempted to take tentative stabs at it. Us old warhorses have thumped this general topic (and some associated topics) to death over the past several years, and we can predict much of what the others will argue.

Let's hear from the rookies.

I agree in Universal Myth, but precisely that. It doesn't belong to any one religion or faith, but to all. That to me is the point of something Universal.

I also wonder just how far the text points to a 'Christian' myth because I can honestly say it directed me in completely the opposite direction, as a young Christian when I first read the books!