Tolkien and Catholic Saints - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Joy · 06-14-2002, 12:25 AM

I was doing some thinking - dangerous, I know [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

But anyways, I was thinking, could Tolkien have taken names from Catholic Saints for characters, especially the Valar and Maiar? What about personality? I see Varda as a Mary type. Varda is called the Queen of the Star and Mary is called Queen of Heaven.

Melchior
Melan

I did find one interesting one - Meriadoc

Maybe someone here know more about Catholicism than I do.

06-14-2002, 12:25 AM	#1
Joy Spirit of a Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wandering Posts: 1,012	Tolkien and Catholic Saints I was doing some thinking - dangerous, I know [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] But anyways, I was thinking, could Tolkien have taken names from Catholic Saints for characters, especially the Valar and Maiar? What about personality? I see Varda as a Mary type. Varda is called the Queen of the Star and Mary is called Queen of Heaven. Melchior Melan I did find one interesting one - Meriadoc Maybe someone here know more about Catholicism than I do. __________________ God bless, Joy KingdomWarrior@hotmail.com http://kingdomWarrior.jlym.com As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?