The "contrast" (for want of a better) is, IMHO, even more pronounced when you look at the 'original' versions published in History of Middle Earth (tho' I know a lot of people find those unreadable). JRRT's version of the Birth of Time is, for me, especially mythic.
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Tolkien vs skalds
Date: 2005-01-05 08:20 am (UTC)The "contrast" (for want of a better) is, IMHO, even more pronounced when you look at the 'original' versions published in History of Middle Earth (tho' I know a lot of people find those unreadable). JRRT's version of the Birth of Time is, for me, especially mythic.