Luthien: Maia or Elf.

[The 1,000 Reader]

Originally Posted by narfforc

The thing I find strange is that when Luthien shows forth her power (Is it Elven, Maia or Hybrid). She defeats the mighty Sauron and sends the even more powerful Morgoth to sleep.

While she did put Morgoth to sleep, she just brushed her cloak in Sauron's face and Huan attacked. Regardless though, it was her actions that influenced Morgoth's loss of a Silmaril and Sauron's descent to being Huan's *****.

Originally Posted by narfforc

None of The Ainur have died, their bodies may be destroyed, but Morgoth, Sauron and probably Saruman still exist outside, in the void.

While Saruman might be sticking around as a spirit, Sauron seems to have diminished past that to a state of being "dust in the wind," so to speak. Morgoth seems to have been totally obliterated when the world was remade in the very end.

I've always seen Luthien as a very powerful elf who was skilled with her strength.