The Real Places That J. R. R. Tolkien Got His Inspirations For Middle-Earth From

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The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings - If you’ve read the British author J.R.R. Tolkien’s books before, or seen the movies, you’ll be familiar with the fantasy worlds he created. But where did the inspiration for these creations come from? To this day, this question is still widely debated. British author and Tolkien expert John Garth has embarked on a journey to find out.
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@Coni2009 3 года назад

Sorry, way too much emphasis on Oxfordshire, the rural Shire was very much the Warwickshire of his youth and the desolation of Mordor must have been influenced by his experiences on the Western Front.

@tehgankerer 3 года назад

Honestly, besides the parallels between the English countryside and the shire, I think a lot of these are a bit of a stretch

@tomhatton2512 3 года назад

Actually the misty mountains are inspired by the Drakensberg, not Switzerland and he even mentions it in his writings about the books

@BanjoSick 2 года назад

Swirtzerland was a major inspiration for the Hithaeglir, John Garth is a boss.

@le_gus001 2 года назад

Can you tell me the source of Drakensberg?

@daginn896 Год назад

Source?

@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek 11 месяцев назад

@@daginn896😂

@daginn896 11 месяцев назад

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek What?

@perlaursen1885 Год назад

Tolkien made many journeys to Jutland, the old vikingland, that ruled Denmark from 500-1200 long before Copenhagen. He used the names of the cities and the folklore storiers that people in Jutland told him. Visit Aarhus, the viking capital.

@daginn896 Год назад

Lol

@harley258 Месяц назад

Examples from Jutland: Aarhus - Aros. A famous river of Middle Earth. Isgård - Isengard. An old viking manor. "Is" being an old word for fire / iron. Eskerod - Esgaroth. The lake town of the Hobbit. Hjelms Dyb - Helms Deep. The story of Mithril originates from an old danish myth from Samsø, describing an impiercable breastplate light as silk. On Samsø one can also find the ancient myth of a restless king who dwells in the hills with his warriors until they are redeemed from their curse. The inspiration behind Tolkiens King of the Dead.

@gregskaggs8521 Год назад

Can overlooking the fact he was born in South Africa and spent his Early childhood there were he created most of his languages.

@tompearce4779 Месяц назад

well he moved to birmingham at 3 so thats impressive🤣

@greatbrickishempire399 2 года назад

The idea of hobbits and there homes came from when he found the ancient roman iron mines of the Forest of Dean . The mines were round tunnels carved in to a hill side . And the locals believed that small people aka hobbits lived in the hill . A lot of his ideas came from folklore , and the people (foresters) of the Forest of Dean believed in some crazy stuff back then , in fact they still do 😂

@dweuromaxx 2 года назад

Incidentally, something similar is assumed to be the founding myth of the German garden gnome..☺

@BanjoSick 2 года назад

Love John Garth, his Tolkien and the great War is just fantastic.

@ForFrodoOfficial 2 года назад

This is more the inspiration of lead designers John Howe and Alan Lee than Tolkien himself.

@williamarthurfenton1496 Год назад

Not a single mention of the West Midlands. Hilarious. Let;'s ignore the words of the man himself shall we.

@jillwheeler6207 3 года назад

Interesting video, thank you. For reasons unknown, I have never read any of JRR Tolkiens books nor seen any movie adaptations. 📚 🧑‍🏫💍🧙‍♂️👑 🏰

@pratn 3 года назад

Same here 😛

@kaltaron1284 3 года назад

It's never too late. Until it is.

@BookOwl60 3 года назад

I am 36 and I read Lord of the Ring for the first time.

@m0nk3yscr4tch 4 месяца назад

Anyone caring to learn more with some actual source in case of switzerland, there is a whole book with actual hikes: Switzerland in Tolkien's Middle-Earth by Martin S. Monsch - can recommend.

@LunaMoonfae Год назад

I live in Withernsea East Yorkshire, he visited here

@Murdocke89 Год назад

Birmingham.

@julesguermonprez1392 2 года назад

You don't even mention Sauron's temple in Numenor when the Radcliffe Camera is literally in the frame? a pity. the opportunity might as well be gift wrapped. PS : oh wait, and the Sarehole mill?

@DeadzyW3 3 дня назад

Theres are the most similarities in the balkans especially the standing statues at the river seems more like Golubac fortress on the Romanian-Serbian border

@daginn896 Год назад

Source? Only speculations. Don't even hade to watch the video to claim that.

@toctoc9927 3 года назад

Way too much focus on british stuff and countryside

@caesar2.042 3 года назад

Why, he lived most of his time there and got the inspiration probably only from places, where he was often.

@donkey392 3 года назад

That's where he grew up and died in... Like Britian is what inspired him, the countryside, Highlands, Snowdonia and the architecture ect

@diollinebranderson6553 3 года назад

nothing wrong about it

@Azzi_0161 Год назад

Maybe because Tolkien was British? Did that escape your brain?

@sami2503 Год назад

Let me guess, you are one of those people who thinks just cos the movies were filmed in NZ it must mean Tolkien was inspired by it 60 years earlier, like he somehow had a time machine.