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High King Ithilion wrote: Kickratgames1101 wrote: Catfishperson wrote: Tbh Eragon was an amazing read; I don't think I've read a book that I more dreaded the ending of. But it stole basically everything from Tolkien, and didn't have nearly as much detail in world development. ...Elves and Dwarves are norse in origin not something made by Tolkien I don't see anything completely Tolkien that was stolen. Sure both elves are proffecient in magic, live in the woods, and are immortal but that is all just Norse. Again on Dwarves living underground, believed to be of stone, and living in the mountains are all Norse ideas. So I really don't see any relations. Tolkien was definitely the one who popularized that imagery, though. The author of Eragon wasn't inspired by Norse mythology when he wrote about Elves and Dwarves, but rather by how Tolkien portrayed the original Norse races in his stories.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lómë) Aye Tolkien made the idea of Elves and Dwarves more appealing but the ideas aren't his. If someone uses elves or dwarves no one can say it's Tolkien's idea because it isn't his idea it's the Norse's idea. Tolkien simply borrowed it and made it popular so now others can borrow the idea of elves. Tolkien has no claim whatsoever on Elves in Dwarves because he got his inspiration from someone else.