02-19-2004, 09:14 PM
Hi Dan, Are you sure about Tolkein disdaining the Christian God? I ask because I personally have not analyzed him deeply enough to make such an observation, I just enjoy a good yarn. I recall reading somehwere that Tolkein was a devout Roman Catholic- which would not at all be odd considering the polytheistic nature of, say, <em>The Silmarillion</em>, in my opinion. In my own case, I'm Catholic, I believe in neither Little Green Men nor dragons, but I love good fantasy and sci-fi. So perhaps it just seems that Tolkein is such because he wrote such intense fantasy (I've also read his own reason for writing the lore of Middle Earth- as an excuse to justify his penchant for inventing languages. Perhaps this was in jest, but who knows for sure).<br>
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As to Beowulf- it's been many years since I have read it, but what we have now was greatly altered by Christian scribes to excise all mention of other gods (except for Fate, which the early monks either did not realize was a god in this case, or felt the readers wouldn't make that connection anyway).<br>
We will never know to whom or what Beowulf really called for help.<br>
<p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=frankmiranda>Frank Miranda</A> at: 2/19/04 10:16 pm<br></i>
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As to Beowulf- it's been many years since I have read it, but what we have now was greatly altered by Christian scribes to excise all mention of other gods (except for Fate, which the early monks either did not realize was a god in this case, or felt the readers wouldn't make that connection anyway).<br>
We will never know to whom or what Beowulf really called for help.<br>
<p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=frankmiranda>Frank Miranda</A> at: 2/19/04 10:16 pm<br></i>
