re: #523 Feline Fearless Leader

Hmm. A quick Google found some indications that Tolkien was using the Jews as the basis for the dwarves. Though it does look to be pretty superficial. But given Tolkien’s background (early 20th century English academic) that some of this crept in would not surprise me.

tolkiengateway.net

Just no. Tolkien’s work was based on northern European mythology, and his dwarves are consistent with that. (And he stated — vehemently — that he hates allegory, and that any similarity to real events is coincidental.)

(Alouette, he expanded a 200-page children’s book to three much too long movies, there’s a LOT that’s not in the book. And this movie proves that Tolkien is better at plotting and storytelling than Peter Jackson —as did LOTR a la Jackson.)