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Old 03-27-2009, 05:28 PM   #131
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Yes, I agree. That's why I compared it with the Old Testament.
Yup. Part of it (the Ainulindalė, 'Song of the Ainur') is just that, a creation myth. Tolkien was writing a mythology, not fantasy as such. The comparison with the Old Testament is quite apt; that's exactly what it was supposed to be in Tolkiens Middle-Earth universe.

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