Posted on 05/25/2014 5:14:04 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass
You could throw that in under “Germanic paganism,” or you could dump it in with “All that Greek stuff and whatall.” For my Pat, the Greek Geek, it’s interesting to look at the ways Tolkien’s Ainu and Valar and Maiar are similar to Greek gods/spirits, but different, and similar to Norse deities, but yet, and have connection with archangels, angels, and demons, but not exactly like ...
As a writer, though, Tolkien really throws himself into the Nordic milieu, and then he draws himself back ... Oh, wait a minute, I don’t really worship Odin, do I? What was I thinking?
I think it comes back to the existential doubt, Is God really on my side? What is He like? Can I get on His team? And then you throw in your poetry, and it gets complicated.
Fingolfin wounded him multiple times with his sword. Morgoth limped ever after.
Quite possibly this guy was under the impression he was Fingolfin going for a rematch.
There are also some interesting parallels to CS Lewis’ Space Trilogy.
Lewis’ eldili have obviously parallels to the Valar/Maiar, including some of them turning to darkness and evil.
I think he was definitely an elf who was ‘high’, though not necessarily a high elf.
Dungeons & Dragons & Diethylamide (of the Lysergic acid kind). I guess ‘cid does that to you.
Reminds me of the movie, “Just Visiting”.
The cops just let him go. Maybe he will get sued.
He might have skipped town. Under "Next of Kin" he left this business card:
People going around dressed as fantasy roll-playing characters is t that uncommon in Seattle, but I always assumed any weapons they had were toys.
Stupid idiot. Fingolfin he is not.
Thirty year old virgin ,definitely.
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