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there is heavy scandinavian folklore/myth in tolkiens writing.
the whole "elves,dwarves,hobbits,trolls" kind of thing, comes directly from scandinavian fairytales and such.
i believe tolkien studied mythology and was fluent in some scandinavian languages.
xerxes, its a good observation that alot of the events and battles in LOTR could be references to different sieges and battles in history, it never occured to me, but like in the dune saga.....which was inspired by events in sudan, could very well be.....probably is.
with dune the metaphor is unmistakible..........spice=oil.
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