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Son of Númenor · 10-10-2004, 01:28 PM

I have always taken for granted that these creatures were simply mythical inventions of Tolkien, alluding to or based partially on dinosaurs - pterodactyls and their like, in particular.

The passage you quote, Dwimmerlaik, is one of my favorite descriptive passages in The Lord of the Rings. (Welcome to the Downs, by the way.

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10-10-2004, 01:28 PM	#3
Son of Númenor A Shade of Westernesse Join Date: May 2004 Location: The last wave over Atalantë Posts: 515	I have always taken for granted that these creatures were simply mythical inventions of Tolkien, alluding to or based partially on dinosaurs - pterodactyls and their like, in particular. The passage you quote, Dwimmerlaik, is one of my favorite descriptive passages in The Lord of the Rings. (Welcome to the Downs, by the way. )