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Ed Kolis said:
Hmm, last I checked the Tuatha sure resembled elves (isn't "Sidhe" one of Tolkien's elf races
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"Sidhe" is the term for the race of people who inhabitated the Otherworld after beinng chased by this one by the mythic ancestors of the modern Irish. They became the fey or fairie folk in time. The term literally means a sort of perfectly rounded hill that had a doorway in it. When the moon was right, you went in the doorway and, when you came out the other side of the hill, you were in the Otherworld.
Tolkien was inspired by both Nordic and Celtic mythologies. He fused a lot of what he liked from both, added some other elements, and gave it all a finish of his own.