[ItsOurTimeNow]

Mythology, Technology, History, and Literature...name the trivia medium, and I'll blast it.

[Corin Stormhands]

Mythology, Technology, History, and Literature...name the trivia medium, and I'll blast it.

And you grace our Hobbit Hole with your presence?

We're not worthy! We're not worthy!

[RosieCotton]

I know literature pretty well, and used to know mythology...shaky on the other two. However, I still think the local gas station was glad when I moved so I come to work a different way...they used to give away a free cup of coffee to whoever could guess the trivia question of the day, and I was good at that, if I do say so myself!

Which simply means I've got a good head for useless information...

[Sam Cree]

This is one of those days when it's impossible to keep up with the thread.

I heard you guys talking about mythology and it reminded me that one of the things that really pleases me about LOTR is that it represents JRRT's creation of a mythology for the Anglo Saxons (apparently the conquering Normans substituted their own mythology for the Anglo Saxon one after 1066).

Since our Constitution and Bill of Rights also grew out of the Anglo Saxon tradition, I kind of feel like LOTR is, in a very real way, a mythology for America, too, even though I doubt if Tolkien would agree.

Tolkien did state in his letters, though, that he agreed that LOTR was no longer just his, but kind of an independent entity.

Don't know what's gone on in the last few hours, so hope I'm not being repetitive.