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Originally Posted by pshrynk
I recall quite a few papers in my life on the parallels between LOTR and DRDN. In fact, I vaguely recall that there was a simlarly named character in each. I'll have to re-listen some weekend soon. Also, the Finnish and Norse mythologies that they are both derivatives of are fascinating reading. There is a troll or some other character named Gandalf there...
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There's no Gandalf in Wagner's Ring. As Harry says, he's an elf in one of the Eddas. But you may be thinking of Froh (in Das Rheingold) and Frodo.
Someone once described the Lord of the Rings as a mixture of Wagner's Ring and Winnie-the-Pooh.
Both have the Ring that is destructive to all who use it; a hero figure who gradually gets recognised; a sword of mysterious origins; garments giving invisibility or near-invisibility (the Tarnhelm and the Elvish cloaks); and both have dwarves, dragons etc.
Both have a similar horror of industrialisation (the Nibelung hordes and the factories in the Shire).
And both see the age of the gods/elves as passing away, with a new age of human beings approaching.