new update to my lord of the rings table!
| Creator: | Eru Ilúvatar, through a holy music and chanting | God, by commanding the objects to appear | Both have immense power and created all things |
They have different channels of power
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| Men: | Men were secondary to Elves and the second race to be made by eru | Men are considered the apex and always the main characters. | Anatomically similiar |
They are different in rank
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| Elves: | Elves were considered the fairest and wisest of the earthly race of Arda | Elves are thought of as beings with magical powers and supernatural beauty | Exremely powerful. | – |
| Dwarves: | Dwarves were not children of Eru | presented as living in mountains or stones and being skilled craftspeople. | Both live in stones and mountains and are good craftsmen. |
They are different in roles.
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| Dragons: | Dragons were ancient and powerful creatures, both feared and admired | Dragons vary but have feline, reptilian, mammalian, and avian features. |
Breathe fire and very rare.
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| The enemy: | Morgoth, he created many evil creatures and was a vailur cast out by Eru | Satan was a fallen angel cast out by God and made many demons |
Fallen helpers of the creator and made many evil creatures
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| Helpers of the Creator: | The ainur aided in the music of Eru. | Angels help to extend God’s will. | Both were powerful and were mostly benovelont and kind. |
Angels stayed in heavan but most of the Ainur descended to earth
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| Invented animals: | Many of the animals do not exist in real life like talking great eagles or Great spiders | There are good and evil animals | Most of Tolkein’s animals seem similiar to animals in classic literature like Eagles and humans like Sauron who can transform into animals |
Not all were mentiones
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| Wizards: | The wizards were under the Ainur and were sent to help the people. | Wizards are wise and normally old, they have the power to perform many magical deeds | Both can perform ‘magic’ and are mostly helpful to others and wise |
Wizards were not always specifically old and Tolkein’s wizards were not exactly ‘stage magicians’
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