J.R.R. Tolkien and Jordanes. Some resemblances in spiritual outlook

Abstract

An analysis of three instances of the influence exerted notion that cultural and political decay may be caused by being exiled from a formerly paradisiacal situation; (b) the notion that winning a war against Evil may become an unwanted cause of cultural devolution; (c) the construction of a pseudo-history by establishing genetic and cultural links with a mythical, highly evolved people from the legendary past.