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- From: dzik@access.digex.com (Joseph Dzikiewicz)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.tolkien
- Subject: Re: Question: LOTR Wizards
- Date: 21 Dec 1992 14:41:16 GMT
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- In article <EGDORF.92Dec16162253@zaphod.lanl.gov> egdorf@zaphod.lanl.gov (Skip Egdorf) writes:
- >> In article <BzAAIH.685@unix.amherst.edu>, jdliss@unix.amherst.edu (Jeff Liss) writes...
- >> >I don't know if it's every explained. Also, what does Gandalf mean
- >> >when he declares himself to the Balrog as "a servant of the Secret
- >> >Fire"?
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- >I always thought that this was a referance to his secret ownership of
- >the ring of fire.
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- Ah, but Gandalf is not the servant of his ring. The ring is his tool.
- Therefore, I'd think this refers to the fire of creation, as others
- have suggested.
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- (Although I agree with you that Gandalf's skills with fireworks and
- fireballs (in the Hobbit) owe something to the ring...)
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