Tolkien and the Invention of Myth: A Reader is a 2004 collection of scholarly essays on J. R. R. Tolkien's writings on Middle-earth, edited by Jane Chance. It includes chapters from the established To
First edition, with painting The Gates of Morning by Ted Nasmith
Finnish influences on Tolkien include both the Finnish language, which he especially liked, and the Kalevala, Elias Lönnrot's 19th century compilation of Finnish mythology, which Tolkien stated had po
Tolkien may have made use of the Finnish epic poem Kalevala for some Middle-earth characters. Painting: The Defense of the Sampo, an adaptation of a scene from Kalevala, by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1896