don't you find it ironic that many "goths, wiccans etc etc" like to read lord of the rings and take so much out of it and it's a book written by a christian who bases the story on christianity?
LOL yeah it is a bit, must all be in the interpretation. Most relgiious teaching are based on very similar principles. So can have almost universal appeal. That and lots of mytichal creatures running around (like elves) which would appeal, presumably. They seem to like other fantasy, sifi, role play games and such. Which are along similar lines. I'm of generally pagan persuation, but never got into LOTR. I like stories that actually could happen in this realm of existence, are simple to follow and don't need footnotes. Criteria that obviously doesn't apply to said trilogy. Ah well each to their own.
true actually it's quite obvious that elves represent angels and orcs are demons. but yeah if you think about it the symbolic stuff there is really obvious
The earlier texts that the old testament was sourced from also parallel the LOTR plotlines. I think this is becuz there is really only a couple of basic morality tale plot lines that all epics, sagas, legends, etc. follow. The idea of enlightenment being a curse is a common one. Or the miracle birth, another very ancient one. It is kinda cool to see Egyptian bas reliefs showing Osiris, Isis, and the miracle baby Horus, that look are just like the nativity scene representations. Just older. And the flood of course. In Iraq, between the Tigris and Euphrates, archeologists found ancient cities, then mud which was 8 feet deep near the coast and petered out inland, then even more ancient cities. Flood mud. The flood stories do circle the globe, and from their descriptions of the event, plus the geological evidence, and archeological evidence, a pretty clear picture of the bad, bad event can be put together. It was bad. Bad enough to freeze a thick wool covered multi ton mammoth which was grazing in a temperate climate, so fast the meat didn't spoil, and it didn't fall over. That's cold. and charcoal at a certain strata level all around the world. bad, not pretty. Their is also genetic evidence in our very own dna variegation.
