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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
Dang. Never saw that. Kinda puts the series in a new light....
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Oh yeah, though not as obvious as C.S. Lewis's Narnia, Tolkien definitely built his Christian ideas into the story.
Aragorn is Christ the King, returned to rule justly.
Gandalf is Christ the Prophet, who warns and encourages the faithful.
Frodo is Christ the Sacrifice who saves mankind through offering his own life so that the people of Middle Earth might live free.
Gandalf is also essentially an angel (though you need to read additional materials to learn that).
I could go on and on... but I won't
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Bill