Tolkien and the Norse
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Tolkien and the Norse
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Tolkien derived the characters, stories, places, and languages of Middle-earth from many sources. Among these are Norse mythology, seen in his Dwarves, Wargs, Trolls, Beorn and the barrow-wight, places such as Mirkwood, characters including the Wizards Gandalf and Saruman and the Dark Lords Morgoth and Sauron derived from the Norse god Odin, magical artefacts like the One Ring and Aragorn's sword Andúril, and the quality that Tolkien called "Northern courage". The powerful Valar, too, somewhat r
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Theme in Tolkien's Middle-earth writings
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien_and_the_Norse
date created:
2023-03-27T10:36:48Z
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2024-09-02T07:32:29Z
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