The Lord of the Bible?

[Nogrod]

I would like to further Fea's point a bit more.

If we wish to find out a solution or an answer to questions like "is Gandalf / Elrond the Christ", "is Balrog / Melkor the Satan" we easily reduce pieces of art / literature to mere crossword puzzles...

= Fea
If Mansun sees something that you don't, perhaps you shouldn't be so quick to quash his vision. Entertain, rather, the notion that he might be right. I'm sure it will be educational.

I would just like to add to the "educational": fruitful, perspective-opening, refreshing, interesting, deepening, varying, ... you name it.

Anyhow, I'm not sure there needs to be a truth behind these things in the first place - how could there be?