Iceland in Tolkien's Work?

[davem]

Originally Posted by Morthoron

Again, to demand that the discussion be limited to a single source as the wellspring of an entire Tolkien work(s) leaves much to be desired, particularly when whole sections of text cannot be directly ascribed with certainty to any one source, points decidedly towards a different source, or offers a multiplicity of possible sources.

No. If someone started a topic on The Hobbit I don't see what would be gained by loads of people coming on it to point out that Tolkien also wrote Lord of the Rings & Smith of Wooton Major, or one on Tolkien's time at Oxford & having people come on & point out that he also lived at Leeds.

In the same way I realise that one could even find points of similarity with Tristam Shandy, but...

I don't see how that helps us in understanding how the Sagas affected Tolkien's work. Anyone who knows anything about Tolkien knows that the story of Kullervo influenced CoH. Its been discussed many times, as has the influence of Beowulf & Sigurd. I'm not aware that we've spent much (if any) time discussing the Sagas in relation to Tolkien's work. This isn't a thread on 'What influenced Tolkien?' but on 'How did Iceland & its literature affect Tolkien?'