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Elenhin · 07-16-2001, 11:10 AM

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Re: Tolkien Inspirations

Dwarf-names: Your explanation is correct, I think... but I believe that it was devised several years after Tolkien had published the Hobbit. In the Hobbit, he didn't have to care about the origin of the names that much because it was originally a children's book and not connected to his larger mythology.
(I probably had the saga name wrong; I'm not an expert on Norwegian mythology)

Kullervo: Yes, Europe is full of similar myths. But both the Turin-story and Kullervo-story end in the same (that is, they say almost the same words) conversation between the protagonist and his sword. There are other similarities as well, but that's the most obvious one.

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07-16-2001, 11:10 AM	#10
Elenhin Wight Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Vantaa, Finland Posts: 205	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Newly Deceased Posts: 5</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: Tolkien Inspirations Dwarf-names: Your explanation is correct, I think... but I believe that it was devised several years after Tolkien had published the Hobbit. In the Hobbit, he didn't have to care about the origin of the names that much because it was originally a children's book and not connected to his larger mythology. (I probably had the saga name wrong; I'm not an expert on Norwegian mythology) Kullervo: Yes, Europe is full of similar myths. But both the Turin-story and Kullervo-story end in the same (that is, they say almost the same words) conversation between the protagonist and his sword. There are other similarities as well, but that's the most obvious one. -- Elenhin "My god, it's full of stars!"</p>