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Originally Posted by Galin
As an aside: I would say Morgoth was killed; he incarnated himself and had become wedded to his body it seems, and was ultimately judged and executed.
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I don't have access to
Morgoth's Ring, but the
Silm text says:
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But Morgoth himself the Valar thrust through the Door of Night beyond the Walls of the World.....and a guard is set forever on those walls, and Eärendil keeps watch upon the ramparts of the sky.
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If Morgoth was "dead", why the need to "guard" and "keep watch"?
I don't know which text was the preferred one from the Professor's point of view, but doesn't the Second Prophesy of Mandos refer to Melkor
returning at the end as well?