There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something.

Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.

And what would you do, if an uninvited dwarf came and hung his things up in your hall without a word of explanation?

'Celtic' is a magic bag, into which anything may be put, and out of which almost anything may come. Anything is possible in the fabulous Celtic twilight, which is not so much a twilight of the gods as of the reason.

The dwarves of course are quite obviously, couldn't you say that in many ways they remind you of the Jews? Their words are Semitic obviously, constructed to be Semitic. Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects (in general) the small reach of their imagination - not the small reach of their courage or latent power.

It is no bad thing celebrating a simple life.

I'm going on an adventure!