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From: mmikeda@erols.com
Sandman wrote in
news:slrnlpoc0m.8r2.mr@irc.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
No, no, we do NOT want to restart the "did Balrogs have wigs"
discussion...
:-)
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