Did the Eye ever leave Barad Dûr? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lord of Angmar · 10-08-2003, 01:28 PM

Sauron was never an eye, nor would it be logical to assume that, even had he been an 'eye' like in the movie, he ever walked around Middle Earth thusly clothed.

EDIT: I feel like I should clear something up. As far as I know from what I have read, the Eye of Sauron is something figurative, a metaphor for the power of Mordor and Barad-dur. When you read of Sauron's hand growing long in Middle Earth, or his shadow spreading, do you think of a large hand grasping out or a shadow spreading slowly over the world?

[ October 08, 2003: Message edited by: Lord of Angmar ]

10-08-2003, 01:28 PM	#29
Lord of Angmar Tyrannus Incorporalis Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the North Posts: 833	Sauron was never an eye, nor would it be logical to assume that, even had he been an 'eye' like in the movie, he ever walked around Middle Earth thusly clothed. EDIT: I feel like I should clear something up. As far as I know from what I have read, the Eye of Sauron is something figurative, a metaphor for the power of Mordor and Barad-dur. When you read of Sauron's hand growing long in Middle Earth, or his shadow spreading, do you think of a large hand grasping out or a shadow spreading slowly over the world? [ October 08, 2003: Message edited by: Lord of Angmar ] __________________ ...where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defence.