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(timestamp aprox. 15:30) When CBG starts his story saying it takes them "''back to the creation of Middle-Earth, as told in the Ainulindale, and Valaquenta. Behold Melkor, fondest of the Ainur''" this is a reference to "'''The Silmarillion'''" by J.R.R. Tolkien, wherein is described the creation and early ages of Middle Earth (seen as an alternativ creation-myth for our world) where later the events of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" took part.
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(timestamp aprox. 15:30) When CBG starts his story saying it takes them "''back to the creation of Middle-Earth, as told in the Ainulindale, and Valaquenta. Behold Melkor, proudest of the Ainu''" this is a reference to "'''The Silmarillion'''" by J.R.R. Tolkien, wherein is described the creation and early ages of Middle Earth (seen as an alternativ creation-myth for our world) where later the events of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" took part. However, CBG incorrectly uses the singular form "Ainu", when he should have used the plural term "Ainur".

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(timestamp aprox. 15:30) When CBG starts his story saying it takes them "back to the creation of Middle-Earth, as told in the Ainulindale, and Valaquenta. Behold Melkor, proudest of the Ainu" this is a reference to "The Silmarillion" by J.R.R. Tolkien, wherein is described the creation and early ages of Middle Earth (seen as an alternativ creation-myth for our world) where later the events of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" took part. However, CBG incorrectly uses the singular form "Ainu", when he should have used the plural term "Ainur".