« In my teenage interpretation I pretty much saw the Hobbits as children or simply boring. The

« In my teenage interpretation I pretty much saw the Hobbits as children or simply boring. The Dwarves reminded me too much of greedy capitalist-pigs and they too were pretty boring. Their rules were cool and Moria was a wonderful place, but I disliked their greed vehemently […] The Elves were fascinating, beautiful and especially their immortality and closeness to nature was cool, but they were kind of dull and they fought for the wrong side. Instead I felt a natural attraction to Sauron, who was the person who gave the world adventure, adversity and challenges in the first place. His One Eye, the One Ring and the tower of Barad-Dur are all attributes similar to those of Óðinn. The One Eye was like Óðinn’s eye, the One Ring was like Óðinn’s ring, Draupnir (“Dripper”), and Barad-Dur was like the tower or throne of Óðinn, called Hliðskjálf (“Secret Ritual-Site”). His Uruk-Hai and Olog-Hai (“Troll-Race”) were like Viking berserkers, the Warges were like Óðinnic werewolves, and so forth. I could easily identify with the fury of the “dark forces”, and enjoyed their existence very much because they were making a boring and peaceful world dangerous and exciting.I grew up reading the traditional Scandinavian fairy tales, where the Pagan gods are presented as “evil” creatures, as “trolls” and “goblins”, and we all know how the inquisition turned Freyr (Cernunnos/Dionysus/Bacchus etc.) into “Satan”. Tolkien was no better. He had turned Óðinn into Sauron and my Pagan forefathers into the fighting Uruk-Hai. To me the “dark forces” attacking Gondor were like the Vikings attacking Charlemagne’s Christian France, the “dark forces” attacking Rohan were like the Vikings attacking the Christian England. And I may add; the Vikings eventually lost their war as well, just like Sauron and the orcs did – and I didn’t mind supporting the loosing part. I have always believed in doing what is right, regardless of the consequences, and if I was fighting for a lost cause it didn’t matter. I would rather die fighting for what I believe in, than live for anything else.» — Varg Vikernes on “A Burzum Story: Part I - The Origin And Meaning” (2004) -- source link

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