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Second-guessing and Misunderstanding Tolkien

This didn't even need reading, just watching and listening
I don't recall the name Morgoth popping up in any of PJ's stuff. I mean, he is by definition strictly First Age, so should be off-limits for RoP. Under that assumption, one can only come across the name Morgoth by reading, at a minimum, the posthumously published "Silmarillion".
 
Oh I meant this:

Is Tolkien's magical ring strictly a metaphor, which is symbolically used to represent the Holy Spirit?
 
Is Tolkien's magical ring strictly a metaphor, which is symbolically used to represent the Holy Spirit?
it's true, it's true. there are so many fundamentally 'wrong' things within this question it's hard to even imagine it crossing any 'ordinary reasonable person's' mind.
 
Oh I meant this:

Is Tolkien's magical ring strictly a metaphor, which is symbolically used to represent the Holy Spirit?
Well, it fits both links on this page. The one I commented on (Morgoth vs. the Whit Council) only dealt with reading JRRT's own writings wrong. The second one must have members of about half a dozen university faculties tearing their hair ... 😖😖😖
 
Gandalf does say "Balrog of Morgoth" in The Two Towers movie (a phrase used by Legolas in the book in Lothlórien). Another First Age reference is Radagast mentioning Ungoliant in An Unexpected Journey. Both names appear in The Lord of the Rings.
 
I'll add to this that in PJ's The Fellowship of the Ring movie, Legolas mentions "a Balrog of Morgoth" in Lothlorien.

"He was taken by both shadow and flame. A Balrog of Morgoth for we went needlessly into the net of Moria."

Here it is:

And this is the timestamp: 1:44

Enjoy! I'll keep looking for places where mentions of First-Age things might have shown up. (This should probably be moved to it's own thread though)
 
I'm trying to figure out where to put a thread like that. Obviously, it would be best to encompass both RoP, and PJ's adaptations as well as other LoTR, The Hobbit adaptations that mention First-Age items or terms.

Hmm... I will think on this one.
 
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