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12-25-2001, 01:19 AM | #1 |
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Maiar
Could a Maia change its physical form as often as wanted, a few times everyone once and a while, or only once and a great while, or not at all? Does it vary from Maia to Maia according to its power? Because they were not (seemingly) bound to the same physical constraints of Elves and other such people, could they fly or maybe levitate a little? Or do they just have super-physical abilities and strength so they could do incredible things like scale a mountain?
Just a few questions I hope can be answered. I realize that this information can probably only be gotten by speculating different events in the books, but everything helps. It is just confusing not knowing the true abilitys of things like Maiar because it leads to discussions like the Balrog Wings or no Wings thing.
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However, the more a "clothed" Maia spirit did that was a privilege of the incarnate (i.e. eating, and especially reproducing, etc.), the more they would become bound to their physical form. It seems there were certain other circumstances that revoked this ability as well, such as the evil or good of the spirit. This is from the Silmarillion: Quote:
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12-26-2001, 01:31 AM | #3 |
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That was a very interesting question. I remember reading about Sauron's form and of Melain shedding hers then returning into the west to the gardens of Lorien. I have often wondered if there she resumed form or if she remained in spirit form.
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12-26-2001, 06:30 AM | #4 |
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The main purpose of this thread was to kindof sort things out for myself. I would think that Balrogs were able to fly. It just makes more sense to me that Balrogs had Wings.. be they made of shadow and fire or part of the physical shape the Maia decided to choose.. they could fly either way. If the wings helped them - thats great. If they could just naturally fly themselves - good for them. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] It doesnt really matter in any case.
For them to do things like scale the mountains around Gondolin with dragons, they had to be able to fly. Even if they were really good climbers it is still hard to beleive. Now that I think about it though, if a Balrog didn't have wings I dont think it could naturally fly on its own. Even Melkor couldn't - he had to get help from Ungoliant to scale the mountains around Aman. Even though they were alot taller, its the same thing kindof. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] It doesnt really matter though. Thanks for reading my thoughts... even if you are sick of this type of thread.
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12-26-2001, 10:54 AM | #5 |
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I believe Morgoth lost his ring in his little fight with Ungoliant.
"little"? Hmm, maybe not a little fight after all.
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