Adaption goes the other way round, too => clues point out the fact that Ragnarök (end of the world in a grand long... bloody fight) visions were developed during the Viking (800-1100 a.c.) era, presumably under Christian influence of the Apocalypse - interesting, hm?
Longtime before the Apocalypse and Ragnarok, in Egyptian mythology, the End of The World was thought to happen when the big snake ate Re (the sun). It just struck me that Ragnarok too involves a big snake (eating its own tail). Come to think of it, there is one famous snake in Christianity too huh ? But this bugger stars in the beginning not the end. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
Kiya, in your comparaison between Gandalf and Odin, you could have added Sleipner and Shadowfax (their respective horses) similar in all things except the number of legs <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
