The neglected race- The Drúedain - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Eönwë · 02-28-2008, 02:16 PM

Yes, I think you are thinking of this:

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Originally Posted by Notes, The Drúedain, UT

To the unfriendly who, not knowing them well, declared that Morgoth must have bred the Orcs from such a stock the Eldar answered: `Doubtless Morgoth, since he can make no living thing, bred Orcs from various kinds of Men, but the Drúedain must have escaped his Shadow; for their laughter and the laughter of Ores are as different as is the light of Aman from the darkness of Angband.'

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Originally Posted by Estelyn Telcontar

TM, do you imagine that might be similar to the horcrux idea as told in the Harry Potter books?

Isn't the ring like the horcrux idea in the Harry Potter books? (though obviously JRRT wrote first)

Alfirin · 02-28-2008, 04:21 PM

Neither Tolkien nor Rowling came up with the idea. While I admits that, until I read Rowling I had never heard the word "horcrux" the concept it (and the master ring) embodies (that of an evil being hiding his or her soul in an object outside of thier body so as to become immortal and invicible) is one that should be familiar to anyone who has read a decent amount of folklore. One story that comes to mind in particular would be "The Heartless Giant" (proably becuse of the version done of the story in Jim Henson's "The Storyteller" series.

Eönwë · 02-28-2008, 04:34 PM

I actually meant "Tolkien before Rowling"not "Tolkien first"

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Alfirin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 435	Neither Tolkien nor Rowling came up with the idea. While I admits that, until I read Rowling I had never heard the word "horcrux" the concept it (and the master ring) embodies (that of an evil being hiding his or her soul in an object outside of thier body so as to become immortal and invicible) is one that should be familiar to anyone who has read a decent amount of folklore. One story that comes to mind in particular would be "The Heartless Giant" (proably becuse of the version done of the story in Jim Henson's "The Storyteller" series.