molave@reddthat.com to Tolkien, Lord of the Rings (LotR), etc.@lemmy.world · 3 months agoTolkien’s work: Is it Christian allegory or pure fantasy?www.deseret.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down115
arrow-up1-12arrow-down1external-linkTolkien’s work: Is it Christian allegory or pure fantasy?www.deseret.commolave@reddthat.com to Tolkien, Lord of the Rings (LotR), etc.@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squarehalyk.the.red@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-23 months agoRead his letters. He’s stated that he doesn’t like allegory and he wanted mythology for England free of christian influence. One of his hangups with Arthurian legends is they’re influenced by christianity.
minus-squareCagilinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoYeah, this question came up when they were being published and was settled then by the man himself. What a useless article.
Read his letters. He’s stated that he doesn’t like allegory and he wanted mythology for England free of christian influence. One of his hangups with Arthurian legends is they’re influenced by christianity.
Yeah, this question came up when they were being published and was settled then by the man himself. What a useless article.