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Originally Posted by cesar.ewok
Yet Ulmo turned Elwing into a bird...
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Ulmo was not Gandalf. And Elwing was not Samwise in the circumstances. Gandalf was an Istar, i.e. Maia in limited incarnate form with limited powers, Ulmo was a Vala and one of the Aratar, and Elwing was turned to a bird to be saved (and it had probably something to do with what she represented, i.e. the unity of the two races). I would hardly see anything comparable in here 
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Last edited by Legate of Amon Lanc; 11-25-2007 at 12:50 PM.
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