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Celtic mythology—Influence on J.R.R Tolkien

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J.R.R. Tolkien And The Journey North, Marjorie J. Burns Jul 1989

J.R.R. Tolkien And The Journey North, Marjorie J. Burns

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Analyzes the symbolic importance of directions in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Notes the pervasive Nordic influence in particular, especially in the similar symbolic attributes of North and East.

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