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Old 02-24-2007, 12:02 PM   #1
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as it was told that no living man could kill the Witch-King
No it wasn't. Glorfindel's prophecy was:
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Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall.
This does not state his invulnerability; it is a prophecy. Theoretically he can be killed by anyone; practically, he will fall, but not by the hand of a man. Even Melkor, the mightiest foe ever, feared for his body; if he couldn't make himself invicincible, how could a mere ringwraith, a mortal after all? And, according to Myths Transformed, Melkor's fear was founded, since he was finnally executed before being thrust out into the void.
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Old 02-25-2007, 01:23 PM   #2
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No it wasn't. Glorfindel's prophecy was:
Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall
What you stated is right from the book, but it means the same thing. No living man could have killed the Witch-King. Gandalf himself it seems believed in the prophecy as he mentioned it in Minas Tirith.
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Old 02-25-2007, 02:02 PM   #3
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What you stated is right from the book, but it means the same thing.
False dilemma; a woman will kill him, but it doesn't mean a man can't kill him. Glorfindel wasn't enumerating the ways the witch-king can be killed, only the one which will actually kill him; there is no exclusive qualifier regarding possiblities.
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