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Haunting Spirit
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Re: Balrogs DO have wings!!!
No a Shodow/darkeness which velied the Balrog is established in the silm:
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Quote:<hr> And in Utumno he gathered his demons about him, those spirits who first adhered to him in the days of his splendour, and became most like him in his corruption: their hearts were of fire, but they were cloaked in darkness, and terror went before them; they had whips of flame. <hr></blockquote>
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With a terrible cry the Balrog fell forward, a nd its shadow plunged down and vanished.
I am sory this quote only helps me. "its shadw plunged down and vanished" obviously refering to a characteristic of the Balrog and hardly an indication of the shadow being simply metaphorical for it as it was with the nazgul.
The fact is I have presented evidence that the setup present in "The Bridge..." is not without presedant and that in fact olkien often uses as simile to describe something (as is clear by the temr "like" [It would make no sense for tolkien to use a simile to describe a metaphor as you aruge]). And now every one is ignoring all the work I did as if it didn't matter. <img src=frown.gif ALT="
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