You both make good points.
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And his face was terrible to behold.
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This remark is interesting in contrast to the sentence we find on the next page:
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And he showed them a vision, giving to them sight where before was only hearing
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We only know the parts of the Ainulindale that the Valar have told the elves, but if the Valar were indeed blind, how could they see Eru's face as terrible? - They could probably feel his anger but not see it. So as GtW says it must be a metaphor... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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