Remaking LotR With Only Public Domain Sources: Part 2

Arthur RackhamPart 1As before, I’m letting things grow organically. No real order besides the order ideas come to me.HousekeepingBefore I get started, three things.. #1: A few of my real-life friends said it’d be helpful to have a list of references, since they’re more familiar with Tolkien than the works I’m pulling for the experiment, so here’s the list for part 1:Middle Earth = Various (To be determined)The One Ring = Seal of Solomon (Testament of Solomon, etc.)Eru Illuvatar -MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI (The Gods of Pegana)The Valar = The Zoa (The prophetic works of William Blake)Mordor = The Land of Darkness (The Alexander Romance)The Nazgul = The 12 Paladins of Charlemagne (Orlando Furioso, etc)The Witch-King = Alexander the Above-Average (The Alexander Romance)Orcs = Tharks / Green Martians (A Princess of Mars + sequels)Sauron = Nyarlathotep (Cthulhu Mythos, various)Mount Doom = Mt. Elbrus (Real world + Zoroastrian mythology)Numenor = Atlantis (The Lost Continent, etc)#2 is I learned about…