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About J.R.R Tolkien's Inspirations
Tolkien's books, are they Christian or pagan in nature? Let's find out
Tolkien's world is very much pagan in the sense that all the creatures therein are rooted in the pagan culture. And he draws inspiration from pagan mythology, pagan traditions, pagan songs and so forth. What I don't like is his dealings in absolutes. There are absolute good and absolute evil in his books and that is not a pagan thing. That is the Christian content of his books. The idea that something is absolutely good or absolutely evil and irredeemably evil.
Some examples of Pagan influences in Tolkien's world:
My own tabletop RPG is printed in black and white but is 100% colours for the mind. 100% Pagan. It looks as if everything is just black and white. But in reality, there is only colour. Thanks for watching. Bye bye.
Tolkien's books, are they Christian or pagan in nature? Let's find out
Tolkien's world is very much pagan in the sense that all the creatures therein are rooted in the pagan culture. And he draws inspiration from pagan mythology, pagan traditions, pagan songs and so forth. What I don't like is his dealings in absolutes. There are absolute good and absolute evil in his books and that is not a pagan thing. That is the Christian content of his books. The idea that something is absolutely good or absolutely evil and irredeemably evil.
Some examples of Pagan influences in Tolkien's world:
- The White Tree of Minas Tirith (Tree Worship)
- Moria (from Scandinavian fairy tale, "Soria Moria Castle")
- Elves (Ancestral Spirits and Messengers of the Deities)
- Dwarves (Children leaving the burial mound with the riches of the dead resting inside, and his head (memories & mind recovered))
- Burial mounds
- Balrog (a fire ettin, from Norse "bál" and "rök", meaning "fire power" from Norse mythology)
- Smaug (Fáfnir)
- Goblins/Orcs (Christian perversion of Pagan Ancestral cult)
- Riders of Rohan (pre-Christian Anglo-Saxons & Goths)
- The one Ring (based on Andvari's ring, from Norse mythology (Volsunga Saga))
- Dwarven runes (based on real world Germanic runes)
- Giants (based on ettins/giants)
- Trolls (ettins/giants)
- Sauron as an eye (Óðinn's one eye)
- Gandalf (Óðinn. The name is a dwarf name, meaning "Animated Elf")
- Isengard/Barad-Dur (Óðinn's throne Hliðskjálf)
- Crebain (Óðinn's ravens)
- Wolves serving Sauron (Geri and Freki serving Óðinn)
- Bard the Dragon Slayer (Sigurd/Siegfried the Dragon Slayer)
- Dunlendings (Celts)
- The black-and-white Evil vs Good theme of The Lord of the Rings
My own tabletop RPG is printed in black and white but is 100% colours for the mind. 100% Pagan. It looks as if everything is just black and white. But in reality, there is only colour. Thanks for watching. Bye bye.