Posted: June 26, 2000 at 01:53:35: by Michael Martinez
: : The Balrog was neither sitting nor hunched. The phrase can
: : indeed mean increase one's height. It is the most ambiguous
: : phrase in the passage, and many people have argued over
: : whether it means the Balrog increased its size or not.: Where does it indicate positively what the balrog's posture was
: like prior to drawing itself to great height? No, where does it indicate that the running, leaping Balrog was crouched over, kneeling, or sitting? If one is going to argue that "drew itself up to a great height" means the Balrog was sitting, kneeling, bending, or whatever, one is obligated to show that the Balrog was indeed in that kind of position. And since when are Maiar not allowed to change their height? Gandalf does so in Eregion.
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