Thread: Was Sauron a Balrog?
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Old 02-07-2008, 03:50 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by Aganzir View Post
I'm not sure if you're saying that we don't know if Arien was a fire-spirit or whose maia she was... At least I think it was said quite clearly that she was a fire-spirit (see the quote Nerwen provided).
I am wondering why would a fire spirit (which Arien was, no doubt) belong to Vána, who on first sight did not seem to have anything to do with fire. Now I believe it is clear what I said.

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Originally Posted by Aganzir
Were the fire-spirits alike in every way (ie. did Eru "create" them to be some special kind of spirits), or was the only thing they had in common that fire attracted them?
I believe the latter. Of course, every Ainu was born only from part of Eru's mind - so these obviously had something to do with the part that knew about fire or similar things. But it was their own choice, the Ainur took on a shape they liked, and simply several of them liked fire and joined the ranks of fire spirits as much as we like Tolkien and joined the Barrow-Downs, although otherwise we may have little or even nothing in common.
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