LoTR and viking history - similarities
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Many Norwegians see many paralells and influences from our history and folklore in LoTR, especially the movies.
The drawings here are made in late in the 19th century to illustrate Norwegian history and folklore. The pictures are obviously from LoTR. This is not far fetched in any way. Tolkien was a proffessor of northeren European litterature and probably owned copies of the books the illustrations are from. I couldn't find the drawing of the folklore figure called "Tælen", but he is a wretched creature who lives in a damp cave without sunlight. In the drawings he is the spitting image of Gollum. Gandalv is a chieftain in the book most of the drawings are from.
From a viking age building
The god Odin is often called "Odin the Grey"
The drawings here are made in late in the 19th century to illustrate Norwegian history and folklore. The pictures are obviously from LoTR. This is not far fetched in any way. Tolkien was a proffessor of northeren European litterature and probably owned copies of the books the illustrations are from. I couldn't find the drawing of the folklore figure called "Tælen", but he is a wretched creature who lives in a damp cave without sunlight. In the drawings he is the spitting image of Gollum. Gandalv is a chieftain in the book most of the drawings are from.
From a viking age building
The god Odin is often called "Odin the Grey"
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I'm also very tired after a long day.
I think the rise of Hitler somehow inspired Tolkien. In the movies there are shots like the urukai army parading in front of Saruman that reminds me very much of the nazi Nurenberg rallies.
It's also not a stretch to say Stalin and the Soviet Union may have been an influence.