Hi,

All the above are excellent notions, however if you look to newgrange in Ireland and the interactions they had with the Norse and the combination of languages and mythology there some 2,300 bc ago even before the Egyptian pyramids and a thousand years before Stonehenge here there is much written that could offer some inspiration for you. I fine the norse /gaelic interactions amazing as I am from Waterford Ireland and that holds some interesting Viking tales.

Read history books and books of old mythology. Those are things that inspire me because I love old tales

Do you mean like the return of the shadow, I'm reading again which has volumes of details between the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings and The volumes of details in the writings that are confusing in the many rewrites? This is important as the stories develop I'm sure that you have. Tolkein confused his son yet you obviously do.

I mean real life history and mythology, like the old Norse myths.

I am unsure what you mean, as,

History (from Greek ἱστορία, historia, meaning "inquiry; knowledge acquired by investigation") is the study of the past. Events before the invention of writing.

mythology

a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition.

myths.

"this field includes archaeology, comparative mythology, and folklore"

legend,

a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but not authenticated.

I find difficult as all the above are fictitious tales, subject to many interpretations depending on who is telling the story, and making peoples appear greater or lesser to influence others, will tell this story to others and who are then able to change it again for whatever reason they need to, then who is who and what they done to lncreas or reduce their impact in their way of lives to suit, whatever is required to improve status.

Tolkien suggests that fairy stories allow the reader to review his own world from the "perspective" of a different world. Tolkien calls this "recovery", in the sense that one's unquestioned assumptions might be recovered and changed by an outside perspective.

Tolkien begins at the beginning, by defining what a fairy tale is: A “fairy-story” is one which touches on or uses Faerie, whatever its own main purpose may be: satire, adventure, morality, fantasy.

Then te influences upon professor Tolkien was from Ireland as Interestingly here it can be seen "poll na gollum" this I think is more than coincidence. I agree with Dr. Liam Campbell. Here is something of his works.

I have explained several posts with other people here and I do not want another long drawn out discussion on this as the fact the time he spent in the Burren and really some impact in the motives to pursue this culture and the above.

Then simple matter often norse invasions of Britain, Scotland and Ireland in particular the names left upon Ireland and then the travelling to America. This goes somewhere really explains their adopted cultures into their own cultures and the effects of that other way of life and the effects on their compression of their views understanding of life they encountered.

This is fact,

The Irish do have Viking DNA and are also more prone to certain diseases, DNA tests show. Yes, the Irish do have Viking DNA and are also more prone to certain diseases, DNA tests show. I think that DNA is not subject to question?

I add this to my last post as its interesting

The Norse–Gaels (Old Irish: Gall-Goídil; Irish: Gall-Ghaeil) in Viking colonies of Ireland and Scotland, the descendants of intermarriage between Norse immigrants and the Gaels. As early as the 9th century, many colonists (except the Norse who settled in Cumbria) intermarried with native Gaels and adopted the Gaelic language as well as many Gaelic customs. Many left their original worship of Norse gods and converted to Christianity, and this contributed to the Gaelicisation.

Ireland

The Norse are first recorded in Ireland in 795 when they sacked Lambay Island. Sporadic raids then continued until 832, after which they began to build fortified settlements throughout the country. Norse raids continued throughout the 10th century, but resistance to them increased. The Norse

established independent kingdoms in Dublin, Waterford ( I was born here ), Wexford, Cork and Limerick all ports. These kingdoms did not survive the subsequent Norman invasions, but the towns continued to grow and prosper.

This is historical fact ( Skuldelev II, a Viking warship built in the Norse–Gaelic community of Dublin (c. 1042. ) The mixture of languages, religion the drainage they did made Ireland inhabitable. Settlements/towns led to sexual partners and children and the DNA started ( apart from the early raids ) the combination of historic, mythologies, customs and a great many more things.

I've just seen this.

I know that this link contains lots of advertisements, I draw your attention to point 2, as it confirms my other posts.

https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/5-places-in-ireland-that-lord-of-the-rings-fans-will-love/

2, The Burren – possible inspiration behind Middle-earth

The Burren is said to have inspired Middle-earth

The Burren, in County Clare, is renowned for its karst, lunar landscape, but did you know that some believe it to be the inspiration behind the creation of Middle-earth? The author of the Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, worked as an external examiner at National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG), and this led him to spend his summers of 1949 and 1950 in the west of Ireland.

Tolkien was good friends with C.S. Lewis, the Belfast-born author of The Chronicles of Narnia, and it was Lewis who introduced him to Ireland. Tolkien became fascinated by the topography of the Burren; the Misty Mountains of Middle-earth bear an uncanny resemblance to that of the Burren.

A place that captivated Tolkien in County Clare is the cave of Pollnagollum. Locals claim that it was this cave, the longest cave system on the island of Ireland, that gave rise to the name of Gollum, a much-loved character in the trilogy. The cave is a natural habitat of the rock dove, which makes a guttural sound that is quite similar to that of Gollum, so perhaps this was the inspiration!

What do you think?

I would like to see more on the Ents. I love reading what other people are thinking here.

The inspiration for his works.

I haven't been on here for a long time as I have reread the books I had.

I bought some of the posthbumously-published work. The book that lays out the unfolding tale is, the Fall of Gondolin has set the theme and foundations here. The republished original Lord of the Rings, on the 50th anniversary also ends the known story he had.

However there is scope for another book and or film, as in the bible (Tolkien’s theological inspiration.) Morgoth will rise from the void with his armies and fight in the good versus evil, to end all darkness in arda. Then the ring of power does not matter as it was created after his imprisonment and he has more power, he can corrupt life to fit his needs as he is the satanic presence on middle earth.

This end of Morgoth’s need for the power for the ability to be equal to Eru Ilúvatar, then the power to create and not just corrupt life.