Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site clyde.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!whuxlb!pyuxll!eisx!npoiv!npois!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!clyde!crc From: crc@clyde.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Names of Fantasy Characters Message-ID: <41@clyde.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Jul-83 09:36:54 EDT Article-I.D.: clyde.41 Posted: Fri Jul 8 09:36:54 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Jul-83 16:46:18 EDT References: <4783@cornell.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs Whippany NJ Lines: 3 Tolkien got many for his names from the "Elder Edda" and other Nordic & English sources. Try reading Lin Carter's "A Look Behind The Lord Of The Rings" (1972). /crc