Tolkien and Catholic Saints - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

The Silver-shod Muse · 06-15-2002, 05:57 PM

Mmmmm grass... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] (that's not sarcasm)

I should think that Tolkien would have avoided Catholicizing his books as much as possible because they are supposed to be a pre-Christian mythology of Britain. He probably studied Beowulf and all those more than he did the Bible because he was a professor. And as far as finding saints goes, you could probably find a counterpart for Gandhi if you looked hard enough. No offense, but what does Goldberry have to do with the papacy?

06-15-2002, 05:57 PM	#9
The Silver-shod Muse Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The shoulder of a poet, TX Posts: 388	Mmmmm grass... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] (that's not sarcasm) I should think that Tolkien would have avoided Catholicizing his books as much as possible because they are supposed to be a pre-Christian mythology of Britain. He probably studied Beowulf and all those more than he did the Bible because he was a professor. And as far as finding saints goes, you could probably find a counterpart for Gandhi if you looked hard enough. No offense, but what does Goldberry have to do with the papacy? __________________ "'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis