To: Covenantor; moose07; Monkey Face
I wouldn’t put it past Tolkien to have drawn a partial cognate between “Théoden” and “The Odin.” There are some thought-provoking parallels, especially if one digs into the appendices.
But Théoden has both eyes.
1,837 posted on
08/10/2016 2:14:32 PM PDT by
Tax-chick
("From the cradle to the grave, man is unteachable." ~ Winston Churchill)
To: Tax-chick
Still, a lot of characters in the saga seem to have Nordic roots, so I don’t put anything past the old Master Storyteller. He was excellent in spinning a yarn.
1,840 posted on
08/10/2016 2:22:34 PM PDT by
Monkey Face
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To: Tax-chick
Hmmm....have to see if I still have that set.
1,853 posted on
08/10/2016 3:04:34 PM PDT by
Covenantor
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