The story of Gyges and The Lord of the Rings

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I agree with you on the idea that Tolkien's love of the Finnish language and his research with the Kalevala was very likely a great influence on his writing.

He states somewhere that he spent a great deal of his time reading the kalavala. He had a love for all languages, hence that is why Middle-earth was created( or at least one of the reasons).

Found an internet verison and boy if you feel ambitious, there is a reading just for you. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

I just found this rather interesting, the research and information that was available after being told that Tolkien would have nothing to do with anything Greek. Heh. The connections are there and having an open mind does help.