Posted: May 23, 2000 at 11:14:32: by Poe Ghostal
: You don't provide a full context, but I can assure you that Tolkien's use of Celtic folklore in THE HOBBIT is well attested, and he based a number of themes on Greek and Biblical ideas as well.
I just finished up a course on Celtic mythology, and I personally don't see a lot of similarities between the Elves of TH and the Síde...in fact, on the whole I found most Celtic mythology to be quite inimical to being grouped with other Northern folklore and mythology, especially Scandinavian.
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