Hi Dark, The term "Dark Lord" is pretty generic all things considered. Darth Vader, for example, is nothing like Voldemort and Sauron yet like many Sith Lords is given the title Dark Lord. So that in of itself is too generic to be considered a parallel between stories.
Ditto for magic items. Fantasy stories usually have some kind of magic item that is considered to be evil or will make the user evil over time. It really comes back to that old belief that absolute power corrupts a person absolutely. Its one of those moral lessons that has been passed down from generation to generation through story form. Cheers! On 8/13/12, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree on tolkien being the ultimate in fantasy literature and world > creation, though again with the horcrux and the ring I don't think there is > > really a paralell, sinse both are part of the more general concept of > dangerous magical objects with some degree of sentiencewhich this goes right > > back to griek or naus mythology. > > Indeed, Nordic myths had the ring of the neibelung (sorry if I'm mangling > spelling), which was not Richard vargna's invention, and griek myths had the > > ring of gorgias, a ring that would make it's wearer invisible and thus > outside of all moral responsability, so would be bound to corrupt them. > > So Again, both tolkien's ring and the idea of a horcrux I see more > asvariations on a central concept, than direct copies of anything. > > Likewise, both voldemort and sauron use the title "the dark lord" (as in > fact does morgoth in the silmarillion), but neither can be said to be a copy > > sinse that title is more a general description of a powerfull evil ruler, > and the two characters are extremely different. > > if however someone wrote a book with a dark lord who lived in a black tower, > > was never seen and most of who's power was contained in a magical object > that he was searching for, or a dark lord who was an undead sorcerer who's > soul had been split into peaces, ---- well then you could probably say > originality was lacking. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
