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Re: LOTR is like The 13th Warrior? No:The 13th Warrior is be > Oh certainly, I mean Tolkien's work has made the standard fantasy story
> that a LOT of modern stuff is influenced by (hah said influenced not
> based! I think Rob Jordan would come argue with me).
> And the soundtrack still rules even after 6 weeks!
The LOTR may seem that it has alot in common with Beowulf, but the reason is that Tolkien took alot of inspiration from The Elder Edda, which is a bunch of stories and legends (I believe norse in origin?). He even took the name Gandalf from The Elder Edda, wherein Gandalf was in a list of dwarves and was said to be a half-dwarf half-elf. Tolkien also took the names for sixteen of his dwarves from that list as well as various plot element (such as a ring of great power that held a terrible curse). 
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- • LOTR is like The 13th Warrior? No:The 13th Warrior is better. *NM* (8860 views)
Levente Benedek - Monday, January 7, 2002, at 12:43 p.m.
- Definitely (8739 views)
Timmy B. - Saturday, January 12, 2002, at 8:38 p.m.
- Re: Definitely (8667 views)
Qui-Gon Gandalf - Monday, January 14, 2002, at 5:02 p.m.
- Re: LOTR is like The 13th Warrior? No:The 13th Warrior is be (8739 views)
Qui-Gon Gandalf - Thursday, January 10, 2002, at 3:21 p.m.
- Than tell me your opinion. *NM* (8773 views)
Levente Benedek - Tuesday, January 8, 2002, at 10:48 a.m.
- Yeah, right! This gets my vote for best joke of January 2002 *NM* (8737 views)
Christian Kühn - Tuesday, January 8, 2002, at 3:43 a.m.
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