Several people read about the animated version of Wagner’s Ring (here) and quite rightly pointed out that Tolkien wasn’t influenced by Wagner’s Ring cycle. Which is not what I meant either, but it didn’t look that way. It would be truer to say that Tolkien and Wagner were both influenced by Nordic mythology, and produced two very different works because of it.
The Ring and the One Ring.
August 22nd, 2000 by Tehanu
