The image of Eru

[Telchar]

You both make good points.

And his face was terrible to behold.

This remark is interesting in contrast to the sentence we find on the next page:

And he showed them a vision, giving to them sight where before was only hearing

We only know the parts of the Ainulindale that the Valar have told the elves, but if the Valar were indeed blind, how could they see Eru's face as terrible? - They could probably feel his anger but not see it. So as GtW says it must be a metaphor... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

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