Maiar

See also: Maia

The Maiar (name Quenya, in the singular: Maia ) is characters of the world created by J.R.R. Tolkien, present in Silmarillion and the unfinished Contes and legends , inter alia.

Maiar belong to the Ainur, the divinities resulting from the spirit of Ilúvatar, the creative god. They are however spirits second-rate, serving the higher spirits, the Valar. They are much more numerous than the latter, but only a small portion of them is named.

Maiar were a long time, in the thought of Tolkien, of the children of Valar: thus Eönwë and Ilmarë were they the children of Manwë and Varda, while Gothmog was the son of Melkor. This idea of children of Valar ( Valarindi ) was thereafter abandoned: the text entitled Ósanwë-kenta explains why Valar could procreate, but did not do anything of it.

Servants of Valar

  • Eönwë, herald and banner-bearer of Manwë, messenger of Valar, herald of Manwë.

  • Ilmarë, following of Varda and also girl of Varda and Manwë.
  • Ossë, lord of the inland seas, who learns how with the Falathrim to build naves.
  • Uinen, wife of Ossë, mistress of calm water.
  • Melian, following of Vána and Estë, it marries Elwë, a prince elf who becomes lord of the Gray Elfes.
  • Arien, spirit of fire, following of Vána, guardian of Laurelin, the gilded Tree. She became conducting sun after the death of Laurelin.
  • Tilion, servant of Oromë, guard of Telperion, the white Tree, guides the Moon with dead of Telperion.
  • Salmar, which manufactured the horns of Ulmo (Ulúmuri).

Some estimate that Tom Bombadil and Baie of Gold would be also of Maiar. No text confirms this assumption.

  • the Istari:

    • Curunír, that the Elves and the Men call Saroumane, sent by Aulë.
    • Olórin, wisest of Maiar, following Manwë. One of its Ground names of the Medium is Gandalf.
    • Aiwendil, called Radagast out of Ground of the Medium, sent by Yavanna.
    • Alatar, one of the two blue magi, sent by Oromë.
    • Pallando, the other magus, it accompanied his friend Alatar (or was sent by Mandos and Nienna).

Servants of Melkor

  • Sauron, more faithful vassal of Melkor and one of most powerful Maiar. It continued the work of Melkor after its fall.

  • Gothmog, is the second vassal one of Melkor. It ordered with the Balrog S.
  • the Balrog S, whose Gothmog is the Master.
  • Draugluin, the chief of the Wolves-Garous, and
  • Thuringwethil, bat messenger of Sauron, was perhaps of Maiar.

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