J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes About Myth

Quotes about: Myth

• We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Indeed only by myth-making, only by becoming 'sub-creator' and inventing stories, can Man aspire to the state of perfection that he knew before the Fall. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Philosophy, Fall, Men

• And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Years, Two, Half

  "Fictional character: Galadriel". "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", www.imdb.com. 2001.

• After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth'.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Believe, Legends, Made

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2014). “The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien”, p.147, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth', and indeed present aspects of it that can only be received in this mode; and long ago certain truths and modes of this kind were discovered and must always reappear.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Believe, Long Ago, Legends

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2014). “The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien”, p.147, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• History often resembles myth, because they are both ultimately of the same stuff.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Stuff, Myth

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “Tales from the Perilous Realm”, p.344, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• There are truths, that are beyond us, transcendent truths, about beauty, truth, honor, etc. There are truths that man knows exist, but they cannot be seen - they are immaterial, but no less real, to us. It is only through the language of myth that we can speak of these truths.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Real, Men, Honor

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