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I think they're different enough that I wouldn't call it plagiarizing.
Kind of like the book "Eaters of the Dead" by Michael Creighton, it's pretty similar to Beowulf.

2007-02-09 07:35:03 · answer #1 · answered by Sephra 5 · 0 0

Nope!

You need to read the ENTIRE collection of Tolkien works.
The works contain quite a detailed history of Middle Earth from the setting of The Lord of The Rings books, right back to the creation of the world.
It ALL follows through very well with no sign of plagiarism.

There are similarities between Tolkiens stories and a few sections of others works, this is simply because Tolkien studied the Creation of our world through the Bible. He took the threads of the religious theory and wove it into a fantasy setting.
He went further than most other writers by including the creation of his world but incorporated 'classic' story-telling mediums into the magic he put to print.

There are only a certain amount of variations on the theme of a magic ring. Hobbits (or something like them), have been used elsewhere.
Elves? Well, they are all over the place and in many cultures.
Orcs? Same again, called various other names with traits from eating babies to hiding from fluffy bunnies!

A Plagiarist would never be able to write the amount that Tolkien did, in the detail he did.

In all stories there are tiny pieces of the fiction which resemble each other. Coincidence.


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2007-02-09 07:41:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

I agree with everyone here that there was no plagiarism but I disagree that Teutonic mythology was not an influence on Tolkien as it was on Wagner's opera.

Tolkien studied Old English and the "general" myths he studied were actually specific: they were Teutonic.

But that doesn't make plagiarism, of course.

2007-02-09 08:47:11 · answer #3 · answered by i8pikachu 5 · 0 0

No. Tough both are based upon mythology Wagner used Norse Mythology as his base.

Tolkien used general Myths and Themes common to all races to write his books. His books are really morality tales of good verse evil and I see no similarities between Frodo's quest and Sigfried's. The Tolkien Ring books are closer to Star Wars the Wagner.

2007-02-09 07:48:10 · answer #4 · answered by redgriffin728 6 · 0 1

Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel and the rest of the elves sail for the Grey Havens because their time in middle has come to an end; it's now man's time. As for the the ring bearers (Bilbo and Frodo) they sail to the Grey Havens because of the effects possessing the ring has had on them. In Frodo's case it's also due to the wound he received on Weather Top from the Angmar Witchking that can only be healed in the Grey Havens. Or at least that is what I recall from the books.

2016-05-24 02:15:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Do you know both of these works? There is no similarity at all. Wagner's was based on Teutonic myth. There were dwarves, but they had no resemblance to Tolkien's dwarfs. Even if there were similarities it would be because they were both based on the same source. I would like you to list the similarities you can find.

2007-02-09 07:42:31 · answer #6 · answered by Elizabeth Howard 6 · 0 0

Absolutely not....Wagners Operas are completely centered in Teutonic myth and folklore...they talk about our world, as it relates to the mythology. It is, almost, a retelling in music the old orally perpetuated myths, the tales of the Skelds.
Tolkien, while borrowing heavily from the same myth and folklore, creates for us a new world. One at once similar to and completely different from the world we call our own. Also, he incorporates morality, ethics, values, and emotions...which Wagner rightly leaves out of his works, excepts in response to need to convey a feeling, not give one life.

2007-02-09 07:43:40 · answer #7 · answered by aidan402 6 · 0 0

Thats like saying all fantasy books are plagiarizing legends and myths. Dwarves and goblin and such are now the basics in a fanasy. Elves are becoming too.But no, Wagner is different
way different

2007-02-12 12:36:57 · answer #8 · answered by Sammy 2 · 0 0

No. Although Tolkien drew heavily on Germanic myth ... as did Wagner (so effectively they drew on the same myth cycle, and therefore Wagner had no claim on it, anyway).

2007-02-09 21:07:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

No I don't think that he did.Anyway could you imagine LOTR set to music?The mind boggles!

2007-02-12 10:52:56 · answer #10 · answered by Mo 1 · 0 0

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