AI says these books inspired Tolkien's LOTR. Is she wrong? Not sure why some Commie who shouldn't even be near a Western Lit page moved my post. Here is the expanded list:- **Beowulf** — Anonymous, England (Old English), composed c. 700–1000 AD. Epic poem about the Geatish hero Beowulf, who fights the monster Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and a dragon.- **The Kalevala** — Compiled by Elias Lönnrot, Finland, 1835 (expanded 1849). Finnish national epic assembling mythic songs about heroes, magic, creation, and the quest for the mysterious Sampo.- **The Poetic Edda (Elder Edda)** — Anonymous, Iceland (Old Norse), poems dating from roughly the 9th–13th centuries (main manuscript c. 1270). Collection of mythological and heroic poems about the Norse gods, creation, Ragnarök, and legendary heroes.- **The Prose Edda** — Snorri Sturluson, Iceland, c. 1220. Handbook of Norse mythology, poetic diction, and meter that preserves many myths of the gods.- **Völsunga Saga** — Anonymous, Iceland, 13th century. Prose saga recounting the legendary history of the Volsung family, including Sigurd the dragon-slayer and a cursed ring/treasure.- **The Nibelungenlied** — Anonymous, Germany (Middle High German), c. 1200. Epic poem about the hero Siegfried, his murder, and the catastrophic revenge of his wife .
He read a lot of Middle English literature. Pic related is a great book on this subject
>>25597726*The Worm Ouroboros**: E. R. Eddison, England, 1922. High fantasy novel recounting a heroic war between noble kingdoms on a fantastical version of Mercury, written in elaborate archaic prose.- **The King of Elfland's Daughter**: Lord Dunsany (Edward Plunkett), Ireland/Britain, 1924. Fantasy novel about a mortal prince who marries a fairy princess and the consequences of bringing magic into the human world.- **The Bible**: Various authors, ancient Near East (primarily Israel/Palestine and surrounding regions), composed over many centuries (roughly 1200 BC–100 AD). Collection of sacred Jewish and Christian scriptures containing history, law, prophecy, poetry, and theology.- **Critias / Timaeus** (Atlantis material): Plato, Greece, 4th century BC. Philosophical dialogues that include the story of the island of Atlantis, its greatness, moral decline, and destruction.- **The Iliad**: Homer (traditionally), Greece, 8th century BC. Epic poem about the Trojan War, focusing on the wrath of Achilles and the tragic cost of heroic conflict.- **The Odyssey**: Homer (traditionally), Greece, 8th century BC. Epic poem recounting Odysseus's long, perilous journey home after the Trojan War.- **The Aeneid**: Virgil, Rome, 1st century BC. Latin epic about the Trojan hero Aeneas, his wanderings, and the founding of what would become Rome.- **Macbeth**: William Shakespeare, England, 1606. Tragedy about a Scottish nobleman's ambition, murder, and descent into tyranny under the influence of prophecy and his wife.- **Paradise Lost**: John Milton, England, 1667. Epic poem retelling the biblical Fall of Man, focusing on Satan's rebellion, the temptation of Adam and Eve, and the consequences of disobedience.
>>25597731Thanks, I'll check it out. I've been looking books with Tolkien's essays, too. My garage is a hoarder's paradise, though.
>>25597726Hervarar Saga** — Anonymous, Iceland, 13th century. Legendary saga featuring a cursed sword, shield-maidens, and battles involving the Gothic peoples.**The House of the Wolfings** — William Morris, England, 1889. Prose romance set among Germanic tribal peoples fighting Roman invaders, written in an archaic style.**The Roots of the Mountains** — William Morris, England, 1889. Companion romance to *The House of the Wolfings*, depicting tribal life, warfare, and community in an early medieval-inspired setting.**The Well at the World’s End** — William Morris, England, 1896. Long prose romance following a young man’s quest across a medieval-inspired fantasy landscape for a magical well.**The Wood Beyond the World** — William Morris, England, 1894. Fantasy romance about a man who enters a mysterious enchanted realm and becomes entangled with powerful supernatural women.**Phantastes** — George MacDonald, Scotland/Britain, 1858. Fairytale novel in which a young man enters a dreamlike fairy realm and undergoes a series of symbolic moral and spiritual adventures.**She** — H. Rider Haggard, England, 1887. Adventure novel about explorers who discover a lost African civilization ruled by the immortal and terrifying queen Ayesha.**The Worm Ouroboros** — E. R. Eddison, England, 1922. High fantasy novel recounting a heroic war between noble kingdoms on a fantastical version of Mercury, written in elaborate archaic prose.**The King of Elfland’s Daughter** — Lord Dunsany (Edward Plunkett), Ireland/Britain, 1924. Fantasy novel about a mortal prince who marries a fairy princess and the consequences of bringing magic into the human world.
Perhaps instead of asking a chatbot, or here, you should read them yourself and then think about what he might have taken from them. Hell, read history a few generations either side of Charlemagne, you might be surprised.
>>25598416I've read half these books. Perhaps picking one to discuss (other than "The Catcher in the Rye") might do you some good. Why are you on an intellectual board?
Completely wrong. It just gave you the most surface level list of great epics it could find discussed on reddit. Nothing to do with lotr whatsoever.
>>25598443You haven't or you wouldn't ask the question. Also you're a fag.
I get asking llms to dig up sources for you but the fact that you didn't do any research or reading on your own makes me think lowly of your post. Like no shit the Prose Edda was an inspiration for Lotr.
>>25598462I've read the Epics. The question is so we can talk about them as well as learn about the ones I haven't read.
>>25598496Why would I do the slave labor when the AI bot does it faster and more accurately? I do not have access to those options anymore unless it's cheap and on the internet.
>>25598496How was it an inspiration?>>25598458?
>>25598556Stan Lee was inspired by Greek heroes when writing Spiderman.
