Isn't it true that JRR Tolkein got his inspiration for the Lord of the

[Blah]

Rings series from some religion? Which one was it?

 

[Ross]

The Lord of the Rings developed as a personal exploration by Tolkien of his interests in philology, religion (particularly Roman Catholicism[12]), fairy tales, Norse and general Germanic mythology,[13][14] and also Celtic[15] and Finnish mythology.[16] Tolkien acknowledged, and external critics have verified the influences of William Morris[17] and the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf.[18]

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[OldTimerToo]

Added note to the other responses: The Lord of the Rings was written as a single novel, not as a series. Only the publisher, upon accepting Tolkein's massive work, split it into the three present volumes.

From Wikipedia: Although generally known to readers as a trilogy, Tolkien initially intended it as one volume of a two volume set, with the other volume to be The Silmarillion; however, the publisher was not interested in the second volume and in 1954-5 printed The Lord of the Rings as three books rather than one, for economic reasons.

 

[deva1]

Christianity, if anything. he did get a lot of inspiration from old Norse mythology, but nothing of a religious nature.

 

[WiseDuck]

Largely Norse mythology.

 

[ckm1956]

Norse, with strong influence from his own Christianity.