Iceland in Tolkien's Work?

[Nogrod]

I think I understand well what you mean davem, but if you write:

Originally Posted by davem

The question is, were the Sagas a major influence on Tolkien's Legendarium or not

you can't possibly think that discussing about something being a major (or minor) influence can be done without comparison.

But surely I do agree that it's more to the spirit of this thread to discuss more the influnces of specifically Icelandic mythology to Tolkien's work and not bring everything else in as there seems to be a host of threads that have taken those larger views in consideration.

Just to play nicely.