The obvious ones are the elves and runes, but there must be others, since he was an expert in Old Norse.
2007-06-21 07:17:35 · 3 answers · asked by jenesuispasunnombre 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The songs most of the mythology he created comes from the Kalevala. If you read the Kalevala you see the birds and trees prevelant much as they are in his mythology. Also the naming of lands is similar, as well as elvish, it is largely derived from Finnish.
2007-06-21 16:06:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Almost all of the names he used were from Norse Myths. Also, the Astari were taken nearly directly from the Norse, there are many others, but it's too hot to think at the moment. LOL
EDIT: Anna, I went to that page and found the information to be rather inaccurate according to the book. Tolkien stated more than once that he was not writing to draw analogies between anything; be it current events or religious ideas. Also, the person who wrote it had clearly never read the books and based their entire article on the observations of the movies.
2007-06-21 14:24:51 · answer #2 · answered by lupinesidhe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You might have a little trouble tracking it down today, but check out Lin Carter's 'Tolkien: a look behind The Lord of the Rings'. It's not necessarily the most scholarly of all possible works, but I found it very interesting in 1971.
2007-06-21 16:02:40 · answer #3 · answered by comicards 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋