• Apytele
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    5 days ago

    And CS Lewis made him useless Santa next to his lion Jesus allegory which you could have a lot of theological debates about but in the end is mostly just kinda funny also.

    • dexa_scantron@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      He also made him a buff/hot space traveler who fist fights the devil and wins (the protagonist of Out of the Silent Planet/Perelandra is based on Tolkien).

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      5 days ago

      Wait, Father Christmas in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe was intended to be Tolkien?