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A Long Time Ago, in a Middle-Earth Far, Far Away... - Page 7

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Mar 3, 2001

The stories don't always have to teach a lesson, but there is a lesson to be learned from all of them. It could easily be argued that Tolkien was drawing upon many nursery tales, myths, and legends to build Middle-earth. But looking at the sources of the valiant tales of Tolkien's heroes overlooks one of the neatest things about Middle-earth sometimes its people just stop what they are doing and swap tall tales. I only wish we could have heard a few more of them. And maybe we can. Some day. When we've forgotten the history, and we've retold the tales a thousand times.

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2. Feb 2, 2002 10:04 PM
Just to enhance Michael Martinez' article on folklore in Middle-earth, there is one clear example of an historic event being changed into myth that wasn't mentioned in the article. Here it is in full ...

-- posted by Findegil

1. Mar 9, 2001 7:54 AM
One of the most common elements of "fairy tales" or folklore is magic, or some element of the supernatural. I believe that this is because we live in a world in which magic does not really exist, and ...

-- posted by arizonan

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