The first passage is the scene where the Watcher in the water attempts to take Frodo: its large tentacles reach out of the still waters beside the west-gate of Khazad-dûm and grasp Frodo in the dark.
Tolkien might have read or been influenced by H.P. Lovecraft?ĪNSWER: There are two passages in The Lord of the Rings that sometimes lead people to ask if J.R.R. Fans often ask if there is more than mere coincidence connecting Tolkien’s Middle-earth and Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos.
Lovecraft? Both authors wrote about mind-numbing horror.
Tolkien take inspiration from the works of H.P.