LOTR question?

Question

I was watching Return of the King last night on TNT and i noticed something about the Witch King of Agmar. When he mortally wounded the king of rohan the daughter of the king challenged the Nazgul to a fight. Then either merry or pippen comes from behind and tries to stab him but it burned his arm. The same thing happens when the daughter of the king stabs the nazgul in its helmet it burned her hand. Why were they burned when trying to attack the Witch King of Agmar?

Answer 1

They weren't burned so much as poisoned. The breath of the Nazgul, the Black Breath or Black Shadow, is poisonous. It's the same affliction that Frodo fell to when he was stabbed on Weathertop, though less severe. Faramir also succumbed to it, although this is never directly shown in the book or film. The Black Breath causes despair, nightmares and death. Eowyn, Merry and Faramir were healed with athelas, used by Aragorn. He also kept Frodo alive long enough with the athelas to get him to Rivendell in time to be healed by Elrond.

Answer 2

The Return of the King

http://www.freebooknotes.com/book.php3?id=356

Free Literature Summaries and Study Guides

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Everything Tolkien

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=27873&lastnode_id=0

http://www.west-of-the-moon.net/servlet/ReadSlashStory?storyID=451

http://www.tolkiensociety.org/media/Who_is_who.html

http://www.tuckborough.net/

Answer 3

there are lots of things that aren't mentioned in the film.first of all the king of angmar didn't die.he just disappeared.
also,the pain of merry and eowyn was healed with athelas;the same that aragorn gave to frodo at the fellowship of the ring,when frodo was stabbed by the witch king of angmar.
if you've noticed,the witch king says "no man can kill me",because he was "protected" by spells;he was the stronger of the nine kings.