J.R.R. Tolkien's Nordic sources | Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine | University of Colorado Boulder

As a philologist, the author of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy drew extensively from Nordic language and mythology when creating the world of Middle Earth, notes CU Boulder expert who teaches a popular course on the topic.

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