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Old 05-03-2003, 04:24 PM   #3
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If its a norse folk tale im sure it has a lot to do with it, because Tolkien was a great fan of Norse and Anglo-Saxon literature, particularly folk stories and other writing of similar genres, like "beowulf".
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