Balrogs DO have wings!!!

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Re: Balrogs DO have wings!!!

shadow/darkness was a characteristic present on all Balrogs (refer to the silm quote above) What I am saying is tolkien uses &quot;wings&quot; as a simile for this shadow (hence the term &quot;like&quot and then refers back to the simile used instead of the term being described by the simile as per his common practice illistrated throu my quotes.

I do not say the shadow/darkness is metaphorical I am saying the &quot;wings&quot; are similic as evident by the term like.

The shadow IS a physical character istic of the Balrog and that was described using a simile and then tolkien refered back to that simile as is his common practice( he uses a simile to descrivbe something then later on refers to the simile when taliking about the object again)

THE SHADOW IS NOT METAPHORICAL IT IS AN ESTABLISHED CHARACTERISTIC OF A BALROG



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