Do Balrogs Have Wings? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***Mister Underhill*** · 08-31-2005, 03:02 PM

My point was about Tolkien using "shadow" as a technique rather than as literal shadow stuff, but there's a usage contradicting the no-wingers in the same passage: "But at that moment there came a sound like mingled song and laughter." The sound is mingled song and laughter.

But I'm gonna have to take a break from the Balrog wars -- I've been over all this more times than I care to think about.

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08-31-2005, 03:02 PM	#21
*Mister Underhill* Dread Horseman Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Behind you! Posts: 2,744	My point was about Tolkien using "shadow" as a technique rather than as literal shadow stuff, but there's a usage contradicting the no-wingers in the same passage: "But at that moment there came a sound like mingled song and laughter." The sound is mingled song and laughter. But I'm gonna have to take a break from the Balrog wars -- I've been over all this more times than I care to think about.