Norsemen call them as Dvergar and they split in three parts: Dvalin, Durin and Mòtsognir. To begin with, the race of dwarves’ name comes from ‘Dvergar’ in the Norse mythology. In Middle-earth, all races have some obvious both physical and characteristic features. Races in The Lord of the Rings also resemble the races in Norse mythology. As this story, all of mythologies and Tolkien’s stories are based on the god hierarchy. According to the belief, Lucifer also betrays the God and he is isolated. It sounds like Lucifer’s story in Christian belief. Firstly, Melkor is isolated in Valar because he betrays in The Silmarillion. Beyond these mythologies, Tolkien did not also skimp on the Catholic themes. It is clear that Tolkien was also inspired by appearance of Odin while he was creating Gandalf. Also, Odin is depicted as a man who has long beard and the rod, as Gandalf. The only difference between them is that Sleipnir has eight legs. While one of them are the fastest horse in Midgard other one is the fastest horse in Middle-earth. Moreover, Gandalf’s horse, whose name is Shadowfax, also looks like Odin’s horse, Sleipnir. Gandalf is one of the strong and supreme character in The Lord of the Rings such as Odin in Norse mythology and Odyssey in Greek mythology. The other similarity between superior characters of Tolkien’s stories and world mythologies is Gandalf’s features. On the other hand, Ulmo, who is the lord of the oceans and brother of Manwë, may also represent Poseidon. Manwë is the lord of Valar and he represents Zeus. In addition, the most significant Valar are Manwë and Ulmo. As we consider Greek mythology, twelve gods also live in Olympus. Valinor is also a place that the Valar have made for themselves so that these gods can dwell near to the children of Ilúvatar (elves and men). In Tolkien’s stories, the Valar were gods and their homeland would have been a pagan heaven, just as Mount Olympus is heaven in Greek mythology. Moreover, Tolkien was not only inspired by ‘Midgard’ he also imitated ‘Asgard’, where gods live in and managed by Odin, and he named it in his own myth as ‘Valinor’. It was firstly mentioned in a poem, Eärendel the Mariner. First of all, Middle-earth comes up with ‘Midgard’, where is one of three worlds that compose the universe according to Norse mythology. Some places and gods in world mythologies are analogous with elements of The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. In this essay, I would like to focus on the similarities between Tolkien’s stories and world mythologies. As a matter of fact, it is a mixture of many mythology. The Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are successful inspirations in mythological aspects with its races, objects, gods, places, names and creatures. Then, he decided to create his own mythology with his stories. After his studies, he became aware of the fact that England itself had no own mythology. Thanks to his interest in languages, he also inspired the myths and legends of the countries behind these languages. The Influence of World Mythology on Tolkien's Storiesīefore John Ronald Reuel Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings series he had already learned Greek, Latin, Anglo Saxon, Old English, Finnish, Welsh and Gothic.
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