What differentiates the Valar from the Maiar? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

TheLostPilgrim · 12-23-2013, 06:45 PM

What differentiates the Valar from the Maiar? They are both Ainur, correct?

Also, were the Maiar as old as the Valar--did all the Ainur come into being at the same time, in the Beginning? More to the point, would the spirit later known in Arda as Gandalf, have taken part in the Song? Would Gandalf have been there in the Beginning with the rest of the Ainur?

12-23-2013, 06:45 PM	#1
TheLostPilgrim Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 72	What differentiates the Valar from the Maiar? What differentiates the Valar from the Maiar? They are both Ainur, correct? Also, were the Maiar as old as the Valar--did all the Ainur come into being at the same time, in the Beginning? More to the point, would the spirit later known in Arda as Gandalf, have taken part in the Song? Would Gandalf have been there in the Beginning with the rest of the Ainur?