Marshes have figured prominently in the tales of several cultures as being frightening places. It is human nature to be afraid of things that you cannot control, and a bog full of mud that is steadily sucking you under is most definitely something that you cannot control.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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