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pierzstyx t1_itfg2pv wrote

Reply to comment by phasestep in I just read The Silmarilion and I am speechless. by Tenorius

Really, it's almost nothing like reading the Bible. It is more like if someone handed you a book of Greek myths and told you to read it.

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phasestep t1_itfg9o5 wrote

The closest I've come is reading Indian mythology. I don't know the names or places and some of the ideas are totally foreign. And that's with me already having a vague idea of India and it's people. You don't even have that with Tolkien

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