Silmarillion Sunday: GIANT SPIDER DEATH ALERT

[evelyn_b]

The Eldar knew not whence she came, but some have said that in the ages long before she descended from the darkness that lies about Arda, when Melkor first looked down in envy upon the Kingdom of Manwe, and that in the beginning she was one of those that he corrupted to his service. But she has disowned her Master, desiring to be mistress of her

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[wordsofastory]

I'm in complete agreement: despite hating spiders, the descriptions of these are so perfectly horrific that they come back out the other side and become fascinating and lovely.

[evelyn_b]

I don't hate spiders nearly as much as I used to, but I still love how much Tolkien hates spiders. :)