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Sorry DAVEM, but the old flamethrower theory is a non starter. I recently attended the AGM (Lincoln) where Mr Garth was guest speaker. The questions that were aimed at the poor man after his speech, must have left him thinking that the lunatic asylum had let out its patients. These were some of those questions:-
1 Do you think Tolkien based The Eagles on The R.A.F (Appararently because they saved us all)
2 Do you think Tolkien based The Mumakil on Tanks (Appararently because some were decorated with horns)
Now don`t get me wrong, Tolkien must have been affected by The Great War, but these things are stretching it a bit far, when Tolkien has all the source he requires in Northern Mythologies ie-Norse. I suggest people read this, and look up the name Surt (with the flaming sword) and his connection to a certain bridge. Stop trying to guess what Tolkien was thinking, by looking at things through your eyes, Tolkiens love of Language brought him into contact with these mythologies a long time before The 14-18 War.
Respect. Hope to see you in Brum.
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