Morgoth vs. Fingolfin - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Ulmo · 01-29-2002, 07:24 AM

I just finished the scene in The Silmarillion where Fingolfin thinks that the Noldor are falling and it's all over, so rides to Angband to challenge Morgoth to a fight. During their single combat, it says that as Morgoth put his foot on Fingolfin's throat, "with his last and desperate stroke Fingolfin hewed the foot..." The text goes on to say "Morgoth went ever halt of one foot after that day, and the pain of his wounds could not be healed".

So...did Fingolfin actually cut the foot OFF of Morgoth? Or just cut it so badly that Morgoth was left with a limp?

Also, has anybody besides me been a little weirded out at the fact that the most powerful of the Valar eventually became so weak that he actually had to expend effort to defeat a mere elf, King or no?

01-29-2002, 07:24 AM	#1
Ulmo Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Valinor Posts: 55	Morgoth vs. Fingolfin I just finished the scene in The Silmarillion where Fingolfin thinks that the Noldor are falling and it's all over, so rides to Angband to challenge Morgoth to a fight. During their single combat, it says that as Morgoth put his foot on Fingolfin's throat, "with his last and desperate stroke Fingolfin hewed the foot..." The text goes on to say "Morgoth went ever halt of one foot after that day, and the pain of his wounds could not be healed". So...did Fingolfin actually cut the foot OFF of Morgoth? Or just cut it so badly that Morgoth was left with a limp? Also, has anybody besides me been a little weirded out at the fact that the most powerful of the Valar eventually became so weak that he actually had to expend effort to defeat a mere elf, King or no? __________________ Lord of the seas and one of the greatest of the Valar; in the dark days of the First Age, he kept watch on Elves and Men while the others of his order remained in Valinor. He is famed for bringing Tuor to Gondolin, and so ultimately bringing about the downfall of Morgoth in the War of Wrath.