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   From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
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     Troels Forchhammer  wrote:   
   > In message    
   > Sandman  spoke these staves:   
   >>   
   >> ...do the Balrogs have wings or not? :)   
      
   > Not.   
      
   > Actually I cannot think of any pro-wingers among Tolkien scholars ...   
   > My impression is that the pro-wing reading is today fairly   
   > discredited as a likely representation of Tolkien's intention -- i.e.   
   > at the time of writing and publishing _The Lord of the Rings_,   
   > Tolkien intended the balrog in Moria as well as Balrogs in general to   
   > be without wings and to be incapable of flight (as in flying in the   
   > air like a bird, bat, or a Christian angel or demon).   
      
   I remember being on the wrong side of this fight about 20 years ago and   
   finally going back and rereading the whole passage.   
      
   Yeah, Balrogs don't have wings. I have no problem with movie Balrogs   
   having wings.   
      
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