Top 10 Pagan Inspirations in the Lord of the Rings

I would argue that The Lord of the Rings is a Christian story set in a Pagan world (you can tell it's Christian because of the good vs. evil theme which is not a Pagan thing).

The Top Ten

1 The One Ring (based on Andvari's Ring from Norse mythology)

2 Elves (ancestral spirits and messengers of the deities)

3 The White Tree of Minas Tirith (tree worship)

4 Moria (from a Scandinavian fairy tale, "Soria Moria Castle")

5 Goblins/Orcs (Christian perversion of Pagan Ancestral cult)

6 Smaug (Fafnir)

7 Riders of Rohan (pre-Christian Anglo-Saxons and Goths)

8 Sauron as an eye (Oden's one eye)

9 Dundlendings (Celts)

10 Dwarven runes (based on real world Germanic runes)

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