Well, to add a bit more...the show does make me feel like a dirty old man watching it. 

That's like saying Isaak Asimov ripped off science fiction... ^^And while Sword may have ripped off Tolkein, Tolkein ripped off folklore and mythology.
That's like saying Isaak Asimov ripped off science fiction... ^^
Tolkien was pretty much, "Let's put all these other myths and stories together into one book. I won't focus on the story part. I'm just here to write about new languages."
I liked it.
I would be happier if the 'rovers' actors and actresses all were told not to take a shower during filming, and maybe dirty up the cloths...
Still, no, even though that's not what you said in your last post. "Der Ring der Nibelungen" is neither folklore nor mythology. It's a musical cycle loosely based on a mix of sources, most notably the Nibelungenlied.No, because most of Tolkien's stuff was almost identical in a lot of ways to Der Ring des Nibelungen, by Richard Wagner.