Ok so, I've been thinking about the prophecy about the leader of the Ring Wraiths, and how he was so scary because he couldn't die. But, then when I thought about it, the only information we are provided, makes the prophecy of his fate to be about as dumb as a carnival fortune teller, or completely bullshit.
So, all we know, is that "no man shall kill him" and then what's her name takes off her helmet and is all dramatic "I am no man", poke, die. In the books, and the movies, this is predicated by the hobbit stabbing him with a regular old magical elven blade. I don't think it even had a name, it was just Magic Sword+1. This broke the magic, and let the woman...Eowyn I think? Kill the witch king.
So, did the prophecy he got come from such a dumb source, that they literally conned him with a technicality? "Yes lord, no MAN shall kill you." *snickers behind his back as he leaves* Which makes the validity of the source of their mystical divination they used fairly suspect.
Or, any old magical blade could do the job, which means that anyone during the height of the mortal age, with all those nifty elven blades they had, could've done the job if they'd got a hit in. Which again, negates the validity of the prophecy.
So, yeah, seems kind of dumb when I think about it.
So, all we know, is that "no man shall kill him" and then what's her name takes off her helmet and is all dramatic "I am no man", poke, die. In the books, and the movies, this is predicated by the hobbit stabbing him with a regular old magical elven blade. I don't think it even had a name, it was just Magic Sword+1. This broke the magic, and let the woman...Eowyn I think? Kill the witch king.
So, did the prophecy he got come from such a dumb source, that they literally conned him with a technicality? "Yes lord, no MAN shall kill you." *snickers behind his back as he leaves* Which makes the validity of the source of their mystical divination they used fairly suspect.
Or, any old magical blade could do the job, which means that anyone during the height of the mortal age, with all those nifty elven blades they had, could've done the job if they'd got a hit in. Which again, negates the validity of the prophecy.
So, yeah, seems kind of dumb when I think about it.