XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien
From: mr@sandman.net
In article , Stan Brown wrote:
> > Sandman:
> > Right, but my point was that you "knew" what he looks like since
> > he is called "dragon", and I have no doubt that Tolkien meant for
> > Smaug look like a "conventional" dragon, but if he had called the
> > creature/species something else to which you had no preconcieved
> > notion about how it looks, then Smaug's description might well
> > have led you as much astray as the description of the Nazgul
> > mounts.
>
> Tolkien gave us a picture of Smaug. I don't think he ever drew a
> picture of the Nazgūl mounts.
I know, I was in reference to the words alone. :)
> Did he ever draw a picture of a Balrog, with or without its wig?
If he had, would there have been such a controversy about it? :-D
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