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After a long fall, the two crashed into a deep subterranean lake, which extinguished the flames of the Balrog's body; however it remained "a thing of slime, stronger than a strangling snake". They fought in the water; the Balrog clutched at Gandalf to strangle him, and Gandalf hewed the Balrog with
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tried to place a "shutting spell" on the door to block the pursuit behind them, the Balrog entered the chamber on the other side and cast a "terrible" counterspell. Gandalf spoke a word of Command to stay the door, but the door shattered and the chamber collapsed. Gandalf was weakened by this
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Tolkien does not address this specifically for Balrogs, though in his later conception, as at the Bridge of Khazad-dûm, the Balrog appears "like a great shadow, in the middle of which was a dark form, of man-shape maybe, yet greater". Though previously the Balrog had entered the "large square
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The Dwarves attempted to fight the Balrog, but its power was far too great for them. In their efforts to hold Khazad-dûm against it, many Dwarves were killed: Durin's successor Náin ruled for only a year. The survivors were forced to flee. This disaster reached the
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chamber" of Mazarbul, at the Bridge of Khazad-dûm it "drew itself to a great height, and its wings spread from wall to wall" in the vast hall. The Balrog's size and shape, therefore, are not given precisely. When Gandalf threw it from the peak of
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notes the difference, saying that in earlier versions they were "less terrible and certainly more destructible". He quotes a very late marginal note that was not incorporated into the text saying "at most seven" ever existed; though in the
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At this writing Tolkien contemplated an edict of the Valar concerning Balrogs, having Gandalf challenge the Balrog by saying "It is forbidden for any Balrog to come beneath the sky since Fionwë son of Manwë overthrew
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material. He is physically massive and strong, and in one version he is some 12 feet tall. He wields a black axe and whip of flame as his weapons. He holds the titles of the Lord of the Balrogs, the High Captain of
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A figure strode to the fissure, no more than man-high yet terror seemed to go before it. They could see the furnace-fire of its eyes from afar; its arms were very long; it had a red .
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to mean "Aethiopian". He wondered why the Anglo-Saxons would have had a word with this meaning, conjecturing that it had formerly had a different meaning. He
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instantly recognized the Balrog and Gandalf tried to hold the bridge against it. As Gandalf faced the Balrog, he proclaimed, "You cannot pass, flame of
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about the battle of Glorfindel with the Balrog in that text, where both were killed by falling into the abyss, just like Gandalf and the Balrog in
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As Maiar, only their physical forms could be destroyed. Tolkien says of the Valar and the Maiar that they can change their shape at will, and move
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and the eagle Thorondor; and Sauron lost his ability to assume a fair-seeming form after his physical body was destroyed in the downfall of
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Tolkien's conception of Balrogs changed over time. In all his early writing, they are numerous. A host of a thousand is mentioned in the
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when Ecthelion of the Fountain, a Noldorin Elf-lord, intervenes. Gothmog fights Ecthelion in single combat, and they kill each other.
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In Tolkien's later conception, Balrogs could not be readily vanquished—a certain stature was required by the would-be hero. Only
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encounter. The company fled with him, but the Orcs and the Balrog, taking a different route, caught up with them at the
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The critic Clive Tolley notes that the contest between Gandalf and the Balrog on Durin's bridge somewhat recalls a
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made another attempt to retake Moria. His party managed to start a colony, but was massacred a few years later.
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language. He may have gained the idea of a fire demon from his philological study of the Old English word
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Alexander Bruce's comparison of Gandalf's stand in Moria with Byrhtnoth's action in the Battle of Maldon
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A real-world etymological counterpart for the word "Balrog" existed long before Tolkien's languages, in
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The Keys of Middle-earth: Discovering Medieval Literature Through the Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien
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contest, but that a far closer parallel is medieval vision literature, giving the example of
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had depicted Balrogs without wings; Jackson's films used the design of Tolkien illustrator
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The name "Balrog", but not the meaning, emerges early in Tolkien's work: it appears in
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had similar wings, expressing its "satanic, demonic nature". Earlier artists such as
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is "Lungorthin, Lord of Balrogs". This might be another name for Gothmog, though
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is often considered Gothmog's Quenya name; however, in the Quenya name-list of
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states that this both "helped to naturalise the Balrog" and contributed to the
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The Fellowship of the Ring travelled through Moria on the quest to destroy the
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For another 500 years, Moria was left to the Balrog; though according to
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The Road to Middle-Earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology
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This article is about J. R. R. Tolkien's Balrogs. For other uses, see
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Echoes of Eden: Reflections on Christianity, Literature, and the Arts
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introduces a Balrog as a butler; this Balrog is described as polite.
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thought it more likely that Lungorthin was simply "a Balrog lord".
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Tolkien felt acutely the error made by the English commander, the
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rivalled their capacity for ferocity and destruction; during the
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books featured Balrogs among other Middle-earth characters like
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Durin's Bane, the Balrog in Moria. Artwork by Markus Röncke.
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and its early drafts speak frequently of the whips of fire.
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ch. 18 "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
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Race of evil fire-demons in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth
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List of things named after J. R. R. Tolkien and his works
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began to put his plans for war into effect, and he sent
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to step ashore and win the battle. Alexander Bruce, in
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Ideology in The Lord of the Rings: a Marxist Analysis
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Both Gandalf and the Balrog fall into the abyss. The
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Bogstad, Janice M.; Kaveny, Philip E., eds. (2011).
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tells the others "This is a foe beyond any of you."
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of Middle-earth, they were among the most feared of
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One first appeared in print in his 7: 6991:The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game 3325:The History of The Lord of the Rings 1235:King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard 1221:The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age 738:, he had come to think of Balrog as 6214:Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings 2249:War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien 1620:, "Of the Fifth Battle", pp. 193-4. 1266:one-eyed monster of Irish mythology 1093:Holds the bridge against the Balrog 441:is Sindarin for "Dread Oppressor". 408:. In that same battle, he captures 372:Gothmog at the Storming of Gondolin 99:. 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Tolkien 4730:Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth 4007:Ancestry as guide to character 3143:The Adventures of Tom Bombadil 2545:: Revised and Expanded Edition 2145:"Junius 11 "Exodus" ll. 68-88" 1151:The Balrog in Peter Jackson's 1001:Moria and the Battle of Maldon 993:poet's account of the monster 174:According to the mythology in 1: 6903:The One Ring Roleplaying Game 4898:The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen 4667:J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia 3131:The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen 1877:, Part I, Appendix: Names in 981:mentions that the fire-demon 648:Gandalf's prophet-like status 195:. After the awakening of the 6792:The Lord of the Rings Online 2365:Gewirtz, Eric (8 May 2008). 2276:Bruce, Alexander M. (2012). 2221:Bruce, Alexander M. (2007). 2103:. p. 55. Archived from 1949:Vol. 1, No. 3. December 1932 923:implied "rather the sons of 855:, used in texts such as the 494:. 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The last 684:The Fall of Gondolin 616:Bridge of Khazad-dûm 586:During the reign of 469: 447:The Fall of Gondolin 433:, Tolkien describes 288:Bridge of Khazad-dûm 228:bridge of Khazad-dûm 6608:War in Middle Earth 6554:The Hunt for Gollum 6108:The Last Ringbearer 5394:Narrative structure 5389:Impression of depth 5006:Company of the Ring 4027:Round World dilemma 3579:Eärendil and Elwing 3232:The Fall of Númenor 2954:Christopher Tolkien 2922:Christopher Tolkien 2890:Christopher Tolkien 2858:Christopher Tolkien 2826:Christopher Tolkien 2794:Christopher Tolkien 2762:Christopher Tolkien 2730:Christopher Tolkien 2571:Solopova, Elizabeth 2538:Carpenter, Humphrey 2346:. 23 September 2022 1987:Christopher Tolkien 1788:, Appendix A (III). 1039: 1032:Janet Brennan Croft 677:In-universe origins 488:Company of the Ring 464:Christopher Tolkien 456:In Tolkien's early 265:Christopher Tolkien 245:Quenta Silmarillion 93:Company of the Ring 7042:Middle-earth Maiar 6851:War of Three Peaks 6528:The Rings of Power 6462:Hobbiton Movie Set 6426:Concerning Hobbits 6310:Der Herr der Ringe 6243:Misty Mountain Hop 6100:Bored of the Rings 5924:Phial of Galadriel 5254:Sound and language 5149:Dreams and visions 5119:Addiction to power 4646:A Question of Time 4448:The Rings of Power 4367:Alexander Korotich 4164:Sound and language 4044:Dreams and visions 2610:(Third ed.). 2581:Palgrave Macmillan 2490:on 16 October 2011 2255:. pp. 93–94. 1754:Parma Eldalamberon 1203:real-time strategy 1197:Balrogs appear in 1158: 1037: 903:. 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Index

Durin's Bane
Balrog (disambiguation)
/ˈbælrɒɡ/
J. R. R. Tolkien
Middle-earth
high-fantasy
The Lord of the Rings
Company of the Ring
Moria
The Silmarillion
his legendarium
dragons
First Age
Morgoth
Maiar
Sindarin
Sigelwara
Ralph Bakshi
Peter Jackson
The Rings of Power
computer and video games based on Middle-earth
Tolkien's monsters § Fallen angels
The Silmarillion
Vala
Melkor
Maiar
Arda
Elves
Angband
Valinor

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