Lords of the Rings: Tolkien, Wagner, and Norse mythology. (From Past to Present).(J.R.R. Tolkien, Richard Wagner)

Calliope | January 1, 2003| | Copyright

The German composer Richard Wagner and the English novelist J. R. R. Tolkien both tapped into Norse themes more remarkably than any other artists.

In 1876, Wagner completed his Norse-inspired opera cycle, The Ring of the Nibelung, which symbolized the German spirit. Tolkien published The Hobbit in 1937 and The Lord of the Rings in 1954-55. These books recount the adventures of little people called hobbits who live in a world reminiscent of Norse myths. Wagner and Tolkien had both carefully studied the same legend, The Saga of the Volsungs, which tells of a dragon ...

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