Were Balrogs winged?

[HerenIstarion]

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But here I met the phrase I can't leave unanswered

by Durelen (Orald)

The moon was attacked by creatures that Morgoth sent, the moon was scorched forever after, leading one to believe that something flew up to get to the moon, and that that something was hot enough to scorch the moon.

I'm awfully sorry, but that helps your opposition not. Even despite round earth theory and a different cosmogony, which become predominant in JRRT's late writings, one can't use wings to get to the moon, simply because there are such things as 1.air of breath and flight and 2. Ilmen which flesh unaided cannot endure . I doubt that by flesh here's meant human flesh only, which means, that if balrogs were to scorch the moon, they must have approached him bodyless, and therefore, not winged.

Unaided by Whom is another question. If not Eru himself, one needs help of the Valar obviously


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