"One of the major ones that no one has pointed out so far is the "Nazgul Can't cross the river" and then having a Nazhgal fly overhead."
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That type of "error" doesn't bother me too much, since one can postulate that
it's the power of Ulmo in running water that is unsettling to the bad guys, and
therefore being high up in the air Ulmo's influence wouldn't be felt. Recall that
the nazgul were airlifted across the Anduin, not rowed, and the fact that
throughout the first Three Ages Morgoth and Sauton never directly utilized
naval power, as the elves in Beleriand feared they might. Curiously, (in
"Letters"?) Tolkien is at a bit of a loss to explain the nazgul fear of water, but
Ulmo's power in running water seems a plausible explanation.
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Aure Entuluva!
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