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How much does Harry Potter borrow from LOTRs?
Posted on 11/30/13 at 9:31 pm
Posted on 11/30/13 at 9:31 pm
Definitely the putting the villains' soul/essence into objects. And old wise graybeard wizards.
Anything else?
Anything else?
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Posted on 11/30/13 at 9:34 pm to Methuselah
Other than a mythical type story line.
They are nothing like each other.
At least to me.
They are nothing like each other.
At least to me.
Posted on 11/30/13 at 9:35 pm to Methuselah
How much does LOTR borrow from the bible and ancient greek and roman mythical journey epics?
Posted on 11/30/13 at 9:36 pm to Methuselah
quote:
And old wise graybeard wizards.
this archetype has been around forever
Posted on 11/30/13 at 9:38 pm to Methuselah
They both borrow from other stories. Even ASOIAF borrowed from LOTR and other fantasy stories to some extent.
Posted on 11/30/13 at 10:25 pm to Methuselah
I actually googled it after posting the OP.
I agree they are pretty different. But some other things pointed out:
- Giant man eating spiders that have to be dealt with.
- Active and violent trees
- One article mentioned a sychopantic underling of the bad guy that had "worm" in their name. But 'm not sure who that is in HP (I'm not ultra familiar with it.
- Dementors were called kind of a more easily thwarted version of the Nazgul. But I think that may be stretching it.
I agree they are pretty different. But some other things pointed out:
- Giant man eating spiders that have to be dealt with.
- Active and violent trees
- One article mentioned a sychopantic underling of the bad guy that had "worm" in their name. But 'm not sure who that is in HP (I'm not ultra familiar with it.
- Dementors were called kind of a more easily thwarted version of the Nazgul. But I think that may be stretching it.
Posted on 12/1/13 at 2:47 am to Methuselah
I was watching these movies a while back with my, now ex, girlfriend and she loves them. I told her that it stole a ton from LOTR and we needed to watch those.
Posted on 12/1/13 at 10:22 am to Methuselah
Tolkien didn't actually invent the quest storyline but he perfected it and almost all fantasy epics since LOTR follow that mold.
JK Rowling is pretty open about all she took from CS Lewis and Tolkien.
JK Rowling is pretty open about all she took from CS Lewis and Tolkien.
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