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Originally Posted by Boromir88
This would put the Balrog at around 6-7 feet. Now what we have here in Moria is a chasm, a chasm is an area that is wider than it is long. That would mean the Balrog would have to have absolutely humorgous wings if he actually had literal wings that spread out from wall to wall. This would be extremely inproportianate. Something that was man-size and man-shape, as we are told, it just can't be possible for the Balrog to have a wingspan of say 50 yards (a conservative guess).
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I believe this is the EoA theory, right? There might be two explanations - either not all balrogs are the same size (I don't see a problem with that, the balrogs being self incarnate and what not) - either we have the size of the wings (or of their shadows if you will) is distorted in an environment with a rather fuzzy light.
As far as the simile is concerned, there is another case where a simile introduces a being with wings:
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Originally Posted by In the house of Tom Bombadil, FotR
Suddenly a shadow, like the shape of great wings, passed across the moon. The figure lifted his arms and a light flashed from the staff that he wielded. A mighty eagle swept down and bore him away.
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