The Story of Kullervo, written in 1915, was inspired by 19th-century Finnish poem, and influenced his later novel The Silmarillion http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/12/jrr-tolkiens-first-fantasy-story-to-be-published-this-month - Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l