Lord of the Rings

[céline]

I like these novels because they deal with pre-Christian religion in Europe.

Anyone else a fan of them?

 

[Tiger]

I like these novels because they deal with pre-Christian religion in Europe.

Anyone else a fan of them?

I imagine at some point nearly everyone read these books and enjoyed them. I don’t know many people who haven’t.

Are you aware that Tolkien was a devout Catholic and infused his Christian beliefs into these books?

 

[céline]

I imagine at some point nearly everyone read these books and enjoyed them. I don’t know many people who haven’t.

Are you aware that Tolkien was a devout Catholic and infused his Christian beliefs into these books?

I was aware of that, yes, but he is likewise influenced by his studies in to pre-christian paganism. I find anything classical or medieval very interesting.

 

[SwordOfStZip]

I imagine at some point nearly everyone read these books and enjoyed them. I don’t know many people who haven’t.

Are you aware that Tolkien was a devout Catholic and infused his Christian beliefs into these books?

He was a Catholic- however I am not sure how Catholic his fiction was.

 

[SwordOfStZip]

I like these novels because they deal with pre-Christian religion in Europe.

Anyone else a fan of them?

Do you find human sacrifices to Odin, etc in them?

 

[Tiger]

He was a Catholic- however I am not sure how Catholic his fiction was.

Tolkien, was a devout Catholic and went on record saying the following about his story:

“The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. That is why I have not put in, or have cut out practically all references to anything like ‘religion,’ to cults or practices, in the imaginary world. For the religious element is absorbed into the story and symbolism.”

 

[céline]

Do you find human sacrifices to Odin, etc in them?

No. Why?

 

[SwordOfStZip]

No. Why?

Well if they do not than do they really deal with pre-Christian Religion in Europe?

 

[céline]

Well if they do not than do they really deal with pre-Christian Religion in Europe?

I guess not but it still contains reference to Germanic symbols & the different races like elves, dwarves, orcs & so forth are inspired by Germanic mythology.

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

Tolkien, was a devout Catholic.

Do you ever watch the television show Father Brown Sir?

 

[céline]

Reading these again.