The Eye: what was it?

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Originally Posted by Lush

If anything, it's a cool literary device, no? Made me think of an enormous cyclops the first time I read the book. *shiver*

Something like this perhaps?

Originally Posted by Lush

Also, it makes you think of the common expression - "a third eye," the ability to see beyond physical things, telepathy, power, etc. When Pushkin, for example, refers to a kind of Slavic fairy princess as having a "star blazing on her forehead," he's actually symbolizing her third eye, her power and wisdom.

Anyway, that's what I was thinking about as I was being wowed by creep-tastic Sauron.

I've little to add but that's a good point about the third eye.