Originally posted by Voronwe:
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The Valar could all, in the beginning, take on any physical form at will. Melkor lost this ability because he let so much of his power pass into corrupting the matter of Arda. He became stuck in one body, which is why being killed (assuming he was) was so damaging for him, as his spirit was left houseless and significantly weakened.
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Isn't that sort of like Sauron during the War of the Ring? He was not able to take up physical form - yet - because he was not powerful enough - again, yet. Destroying the ring completely sort of killed Sauron (his incarnation) in the same way as Morgoth?