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			Thanks, TM.  I wasn't aware of bears' representation in both Romania and Finland.  Tolkien was obviously widely read in mythology and would likely have known this.  I was aware of the Russian bear, but never got the impression that Tolkien was a Russophile.
		 
				__________________Even as fog continues to lie in the valleys, so does ancient sin cling to the low places, the depression in the world consciousness.
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