![]() It's not that Galadrial believes in the Blessed Mother, it's that her character and grace is inspired by the Blessed Mother. The similarities between that and Holy Eucharist cannot be denied. ![]() The most obviously, IMHO, is that of the Lembas bread. Now that we have 90 years of fantasy books hence, it is not quite as clear, but when you realize that these elements that are so common now, where devised by Tolkein and inspired by Catholicism. It's not that they characters or elements are overtly or allegorically about Catholicism it's that they these elements are so deeply inspired by Catholicism. For the religious element is absorbed into the story and the symbolism." JRR Tolkien That is why I have not put in, or have cut out, practically all references to anything like 'religion', to cults or practices, in the imaginary world. "The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision.
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