The mis-interpretation of dear Gimli

[MatthewM]

Originally Posted by Rikae

I mean myth in the sense of archetypes, of stories that are "more than true", not in the modern sense of "false". In that sense, what Tolkien wrote could not be further from "fantasy"...it is not even quite "fiction".

I do agree with you, and I didn't mean "fantasy" as in the modern rip offs of Tolkien. When I think of fantasy, I think of mythic creatures such as dragons and wizards. Tolkien's story goes beyond that, but still contains dragons and wizards. I'm not sure if you get what I'm saying, but I do agree with you, at the same time I still think the story deals with fantasy, yet not in the way most readers think of it.