The Nightingale wrote:
I think one thing that draws me to Rohan is... I dunno. I've always associated the Roherrim with Celts. I don't really know why - maybe just because they're free spirited and such.
And I'm mostly Celtic (plus Germanic... hah, what a barbarian I am), so anything Celtic tends to be something I like.
Well, Tolkien did kind of base the Rohirrim off of the Anglo-Saxon culture, so I suppose that may be why it feels sort of Celtic as well.
I love the Rohirrim because they're so awesome! They were Middle-Earth's cavalry. And I love how they were so...I dunno how to describe it, but "of the earth." You know? They really lived. Like, the Gondorians seemed rather distant (natural, as they were Numenorians at one point) but the Rohirrim really seemed to live life.