Posted: September 25, 1999 at 16:43:39: by Michael Martinez
: I know that- note the ","- I guess I should have said "or"
: instead?? I even answered someone elses quwry as to the slayer
: of Gorthmog awhiole ago and stated (this is the point- no pun)
: that I found, and find, it highly unlikely that Gorthmog was
: indeed killed with a Prussian spiked helmet as described in the
: book. Balrogs in the L.T. seem much less powerful, though more
: numerous, then later.They weren't the same Balrogs. :) [Oh, I have a terrible bad streak in me, I know!] : My point that I wanted to debate was death (or whatever other
: applicable name you, with English as your native tongue, can
: think of "fading"? "Expiration"? "Banishing"?) of the Ainur
: though, do you think that a Maia who had not invested so much
: spiritual power in material creations could grow again and take
: shape (much like Morgoth will reeneter the world)?
: :-) NT I think you need to build a framework for "death" in Tolkien. What is "death"? What do you think it is? I know I think of it as, which is rather complex situation. I like the fact that the Elves had more than one word for death.
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