 The story of Andvaranaut is thought to have been one of the texts that inspired J.R.R Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings".The Middle High German epic poem "Nibelungenlied" is related in content.The relative historical accuracy and origin of both works are a subject of academic research—however, whilst traditionally the stories from the "Poetic Edda" and "Völsunga saga" were assumed to contain an earlier or "more original" version, the actual development of the different texts is more complex—for more details see Nibelungenlied § Origins.