Gothmog vs. Sauron

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by Galin

The use of capital letters here might imply that I am, or have ever been, arguing that Huan killed Sauron.

For clarity then, I have not and am not

In fact, although in Osanwe-kenta Tolkien notes that the first bodily-destruction of Sauron is recorded in the Lay of Leithian, I don't see this as necessarily the interpretation with respect to the battle of Huan and Wolf-sauron (unless I've missed something here). So far anyway, I read the various versions as relating that Sauron, by yielding to Luthien, avoided being utterly de-bodied here.

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To me, he still seems to have escaped death.

What think you Barrow-downers?

I agree; in case my last post wasn't clear, I'm arguing not that Sauron was killed by Huan (in the Silmarillion version, at least, it seems pretty clear that he wasn't), only that it was possible. This whole rather tangled dispute has been about the claim by the original poster that

Originally Posted by Eönwë

Sauron could have been killed by a dog (however great he was)