<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">
Wraith of Angmar
Posts: 1716</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>
Re: wargs
<blockquote>
Quote:<hr> "fell beasts inhabited by dreadful spirits that he had imprisoned in their bodies." This would seem to suggest that the wolves were indeed some kind of undead creatures whose bodies disintegrated or disappeared after they were "killed".<hr></blockquote>
In one case, JRRT says they were beasts with spirits in their bodies. And then you say they may be undead creatures. Where did the transformation from possessed beast to disintegrating undead creature occur?
The story says:
.... not ordinary wolves.... attacked... and were 'slain' or driven off by arrows and fire ... the next morning their bodies were gone...
This certainly isn't ordinary but was it supernatural? Why
not wolves driven by Sauron's will or spirits to attack and then retreat, taking the evidence with them as they went? Wolves were certainly common in the mountains (at least they had been).
The Barrow-Wight (RKittle)
<font size="2">I usually haunt
http://www.barrowdowns.comThe Barrow-Downs</a> and The Barrow-Downs
http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgiMiddle-Earth Discussion Board</a>.</p>