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Old 11-22-2008, 05:21 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Lalwendė View Post
So Tolkien had a history in real life of giving names and identities to shapeless horrors....
What is religion but giving names (LotR) and stories (Silm) for different forces & ideas; hopes & fears? Trying to reach the unreachable by uttering it?
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