Beren and the One That Got Away - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Puddleglum · 01-19-2011, 02:37 PM

There may be a couple of more considerations here.

1) While it may be possible to unbody a Vala, it may not be so simple as it seems - even when he is asleep. Consider the following (humerous) sequence:

Beren: I'll get rid of Morgoth once and for all. <Stabs Angrist to the hilt into Morgoth's chest>
Morgoth: <suddenly waking and reaching out to clutch Beren's throat>: Silly boy. That's not where I keep my heart.

It's not even clear the knife was long enough to deal a death blow to an enbodied Vala.

2) The workings of Fate.

Fate prevented even so simple a thing as cutting a second Silmaril from the crown (causing the knife to snap). Most likely, Fate would have similarly (in some fashion) prevented the unbodying of Morgoth at that time - even had Beren thought to try.

01-19-2011, 02:37 PM	#5
Puddleglum Wight Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 145	There may be a couple of more considerations here. 1) While it may be possible to unbody a Vala, it may not be so simple as it seems - even when he is asleep. Consider the following (humerous) sequence: Beren: I'll get rid of Morgoth once and for all. <Stabs Angrist to the hilt into Morgoth's chest> Morgoth: <suddenly waking and reaching out to clutch Beren's throat>: Silly boy. That's not where I keep my heart. It's not even clear the knife was long enough to deal a death blow to an enbodied Vala. 2) The workings of Fate. Fate prevented even so simple a thing as cutting a second Silmaril from the crown (causing the knife to snap). Most likely, Fate would have similarly (in some fashion) prevented the unbodying of Morgoth at that time - even had Beren thought to try.