Do balrogs have wings?

[Elenanna]

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Re: Do balrogs have wings?

I don't think a balrog does have wings, it is a Maia, a fire spirit. It never uses its wings and on the bridge of Khazadûm it only appears to describe wings of shadow. There are many places where it would be useful for a balrog to have wings, but it does not use them (falling of the bridge of Khazadûm is not the only one, Glorfindel fighting it in Gondolin- they fall to their deaths). Unless it is some sort of penguin,<img src=laugh.gif ALT=":lol"> which I doubt, or its wings are for decoration then I don't think it has wings. <img src=roll.gif ALT=":rollin">
Of course this is just my opinion.

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