The originality of Tolkien's works

[littlemanpoet]

[Your English teacher] went on to say that since Tolkien's writing style was closer to that of the 19th century and not of the 20th that I should not be surprised if I find out that Tolkien did a considerable amount of "borrowing" from other sources.

Thanks, Thingol, for bringing this up. It was buried deep in my memory banks when I asserted that Tolkien's dragons are based on Germanic myths (I refer the curious to the Balrogs versus Dragons thread).

An awesome list of Tolkien's borrowings is contained in this website:
Lord of the Rings sources

It may tell you that you have to click on sacred texts. Do that then choose Legends and Sagas. Finally the blinking thing will come up: "The Lord of the Rings". sheeesh.

I think it's just what you have in mind, Thingol.

[ March 19, 2002: Message edited by: littlemanpoet ]

[ March 19, 2002: Message edited by: littlemanpoet ]