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- From: suwandi@fraser.sfu.ca (Julian Suwandi)
- Subject: Re: Question: LOTR Wizards
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- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <BzAAIH.685@unix.amherst.edu> <BzC3IE.GoM@acsu.buffalo.edu> <EGDORF.92Dec16162253@zaphod.lanl.gov> <1h4l2cINN9ni@mirror.digex.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:42:36 GMT
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- dzik@access.digex.com (Joseph Dzikiewicz) writes:
-
- >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"?
- >>>
- >>
- >>I always thought that this was a referance to his secret ownership of
- >>the ring of fire.
-
- >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.
-
- >(Although I agree with you that Gandalf's skills with fireworks and
- >fireballs (in the Hobbit) owe something to the ring...)
-
- I don't know if anyone have answered this already or not (cos this is my first
- posting in this place) but in the Similarion, it explains that Gandalf is a
- demi-god. So I think that 'a servant of the Secret Fire' refers to the master
- he is serving (a greater god).
-
- What do u think guys?
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