No. He was a philologist. Whatever… I agree with the rest of your comment. For more background, Tolkien was heavily inspired by - among other material - a comp

No. He was a philologist. Whatever… I agree with the rest of your comment. For more background, Tolkien was heavily inspired by - among other material - a compilation of Finnish oral tradition called "Kalevala". I've read that he used to complain that the English culture lacked such a tradition which most certainly lead to what the Silmarillion, The Hobbit, The Lord of the rings and everything else.