Beorn

[Hobbitt_Fan]

Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

But Beorn's case would have to be different. He wasn't a Maia, was he? I was under the impression that he was a man that had some sort of relations to bears. Although, I don't see that being plausible, because humans and bears don't breed with each other. . .

I think this is what speaks to his being a question mark by Tolkien and probably with intent. Although in a letter containing a brief response to a question where he refers to Beorn as man, he never comments in any essay or writing the true nature of Beorn's supernatural power whether it be his immense size or strength, his skin changing, his ability to speak to animals and commune with Bears, or the fact he must be far older than he appears if was alive when the Goblins expanded into the Misty Mountains and was driven out.