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[โ€“] ElmarsonTheThird@feddit.de 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This but also various mythological bits and pieces from England, because Tolkien wanted to create an English mythology akin to the Odyssey, Edda or Niebelungen.

[โ€“] Bungobongo@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I absolutely love LotR. But read the niebelungen and certain poems from the Poetic Edda, not to mention Beowulf, and you see how heavy he was influenced by the stuff. Which is fine of course, everyone is influenced by things before them