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Old 03-15-2003, 05:58 PM   #45
Magician of Nathar
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The first time I saw LOTR, I was thinking, "cool, this stuff is just like The Ring!(the opera, NOT the new horror movie)"
There is the ring motive. A ring of ultimate power of dominance, but it's cursed and deadly to its bearers, yet all are tempted to pocesse it. I do thing Tolkien drew many motifs from the old Norse/Germen mythology. There are many similar plot devices, even similar scenes. I find the first meeting between Aragorn and Eowyn strikingly similar to that of Siegfried and Gutrune. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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