Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-30303386-20171104212518/@comment-25376906-20171106122053

Given that the Rohirrim and the people of Dale essentially belong to the same people, the men of Rhovanion, where the Rohirrim went south and the Dalish people to the east, and the Rohirrim are an archetypical depicition of Anglo-Saxon culture, neither Viking nor Russian culture fit them. Also I agree with ElenionoftheFirmament that Middle-earth cultures are distinctly different from real-world ones but still one can acknowledge the sources from which Tolkien drew some inspiration and these are primarily Anglo-Saxon and Norse ones (for the people we discuss about here anyway). This makes the whole also a kind of circular joke, as the legendarium of Middle-earth is supposed to have happened before our reckoning.

I recommend the History of Middle-earth to anyone who wants to dive deep into all kinds of details about the legendarium. You may discover surprising things, including a sequel to the Lord of the Rings...