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Tolkien writes in The Silmarillion of a battle between Sauron and Finrod Felagund that took the form of competing songs; almost like a "rap battle". Was there a historical basis in Tolkien's time and place of linguistic focus for such a conflict?

by /u/TheNerdChaplain in /r/AskHistorians

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