In turn he was able to create a world filled with imagination and mythology which his individual characters and languages were used to make more realistic. ... Tolkien continued to develop and improve his mythology during his years at Oxford. ... The Hobbit involves elves, goblins, trolls, a dragon, wild wolves, and giant spiders, but more importantly it consists of blended Norse and Teutonic elements. ... "The Lord of the Rings tells how Frodo, Bilbo's nephew, inherits Bilbo's magic invisible ring, and with it a great burden. The ring can make its owner Ruler of the World (as i...

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