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Originally Posted by Dakęsîntrah
and your pal alatar's implied bias of Scandinavian supremacy:
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Huh? And I didn't even know Morthoron was in reality Pallando.
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"In contrast, in Tolkien's world characters can look back as things were actually better in the past. Their ancestors were stronger, smarter, better."
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Yes, as time passed, humans progressed in knowledge; but with knowledge came more opportunity for corruption.
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Sure. My point is that when you are moving back into prehistory, please do not forget to consider anthropology and biology.
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There are tons of ancient texts and depictions of victims who are massacred as the main centre of ritual sacrifice. Shall I present them to you? Here I must tend to resist the complex of evidence and give you simple. Hmm, I never did tend to like Hobbits as simple-folk. Totally oblivious to ruin and rebirth. It's a good thing Frodo learned to "just leave" for the "Undying Lands," that of complex immortality...
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Also note that some instances of 'blood sacrifices' are one tribe slandering another.