Re:Things JRR Tolkien has never said, done, written or had a...
by KineticLensman on Sunday February 07, 2021 @02:29PM
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> The Drakensberg in South Africa ... are sometimes cited as an inspiration to Tolkien.
Tolkien returned to England with his mother aged 3 and never went back. Tolkien himself claimed "to have few memories of South Africa, except for a vivid encounter with a large spider, an experience he put to good use later in his writing. The grave of his father, Arthur Tolkien, is still identifiable in Bloemfontein’s President Brand Cemetery" [0] So probably not a big influence, if any.
Tolkien returned to England with his mother aged 3 and never went back. Tolkien himself claimed "to have few memories of South Africa, except for a vivid encounter with a large spider, an experience he put to good use later in his writing. The grave of his father, Arthur Tolkien, is still identifiable in Bloemfontein’s President Brand Cemetery" [0] So probably not a big influence, if any.
[0] https://www.southafrica.net/gl/en/travel/article/jrr-tolkien...