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Bêthberry · 04-03-2004, 09:02 PM

I don't know, Imladris.

To be a mythology, would that not have to be a belief system that is no longer believed? Like the Greek and Roman mythologies were once believed in as true religions but no one today worships Jupiter, Jove, Hera, Athena, etc etc.

So, that would make LOTR something no one really believes in any more, ie, something passing away into the mists of history, ignored and discredited. Like the elves?

Doesn't sound like it to me.

04-03-2004, 09:02 PM	#8
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	an oxymoron I don't know, Imladris. To be a mythology, would that not have to be a belief system that is no longer believed? Like the Greek and Roman mythologies were once believed in as true religions but no one today worships Jupiter, Jove, Hera, Athena, etc etc. So, that would make LOTR something no one really believes in any more, ie, something passing away into the mists of history, ignored and discredited. Like the elves? Doesn't sound like it to me. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.