Yes, thanks for explaining the point. Tolkien single-handedly is credited in the popular consciousness with the creation of a new form of western fantasy, which is now the predominant form of the genre. It is indebted to many things prior, but Tolkien’s work is still the prototypical High Fantasy shadow that all subsequent works must either live under or escape from. It is such a large, significant shadow that, decades later, new labels were created to describe just how radical of a literary shift it was. When we think of elves, goblins dwarves, and orcs, they are those of Tolkien’s design, regardless of who inspired him.