Was: Golden Compass and is, Eowyn, Narnia, etc.

Catlady (Rita Prince Winston) catlady at wicca.net
Sun Jan 27 20:45:04 UTC 2008


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "susanmcgee48176"
<Schlobin at ...> wrote:

> I'm not an expert on Tolkien's original sources.....the Kalevala and 
> other Icelandic myths...

The Kalevala is Finnish. Delete the word 'other' from 'other Icelandic
myths' and I would have nothing worth nitpicking ... change 'myths' to
'literature' (some sagas were historical and totally realistic
according to the notions of the authors and listeners) is not worth a
post.





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