TY - JOUR A1 - Friedrichsen, Dennis A1 - Nielsen, Niels Rubæk T1 - J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Silmarillion" : a seminal mythological work and inspirational source for the author's conception of Middle-earth T2 - Komparatistik online : komparatistische Internet-Zeitschrift N2 - J.R.R. Tolkien's "enigmatic and unfinished" book "The Silmarillion" - posthumously published by Christopher Tolkien in 1977 - is often referred to as being a mythic work, or a collection of mythopoeic tales, but what exactly does that description entail? Logically, Tolkien's writings, by virtue of being labeled 'mythic' alongside of mythologies such as "The Iliad", "Metamorphoses", and "The Odyssey", must possess qualities which warrant the description. While Tolkien's mythology is in a different category since his mythology is specifically designed for Middle-earth, there are still important overlaps through which inspiration and influences may be traced. KW - Tolkien, J. R. R. KW - The Silmarillion KW - Mythologie KW - Worldbuilding KW - Willensfreiheit KW - Schicksal Y1 - 2021 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/65744 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-657445 UR - https://www.komparatistik-online.de/index.php/komparatistik_online/article/view/218 SN - 1864-8533 N1 - S. 1-31 [in späterer Version S. 60-92] VL - 2021 SP - 1 [60] EP - 31 [92] PB - Justus-Liebig-Universität CY - Gießen ER -