Another example of Tolkien parodying older stories seems to be contained in the early drafts of the Valar. Aren't they very human, bickering and rivaling beings in the 'Lost Tales', much like the old Greek/Roman pantheon?! I'd have to reread the pertinent passages to give detailed examples, but I vividly remember thinking how different they were from the later Valar when I first read them.
Oh, and concerning
Farmer Giles, the line I think is most hilariously parodic is this one:
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'So knights are mythical!' said the younger and less experienced dragons. 'We always thought so.'
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth..
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