The Song of the Nibelungs - A Book That Inspired Tolkien: With Original Illustrations A. D. Gray Author: Amelia Hewitt

Author: Amelia Hewitt

she began a study of the nature of "true romance

With the birth of his son

writing both fiction and journalism and becoming one of the first Plains women to write editorial columns in a major newspaper that addressed public issues

The Song of the Nibelungs - A Book That Inspired Tolkien: With Original Illustrations A. D. Gray Author: Amelia HewittTHE SONG OF THE NIBELUNGS With Original Illustrations. A BOOK THAT INSPIRED TOLKIEN. The Song of the Nibelungs (Nibelunglied), a thirteenth century Germanic epic, was a rich source of inspiration for Professor J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings. Scholars have noted the influence of its pre Christian heroic motifs drawn from historic events and people of the 5th and 6th centuries on his writing of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.