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It says in The Silmarillion that Morgoth took other Maiar with him besides Gorthaur.....Who were they......just very very very unbelievably curious...... and where can I find their names........ because he had to take someone with firey powers...because his wasnt enough to make Gothmog and the Valaraukar and the orcses and to corrupt Men....(and some Elves) and.....just anything evil inparticular....................................an ything......from LOTR of course though
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I don't think there had been a great deal of mention about the names of those Maiar that were corrupted by Morgoth in the Silmarrillion. Balrogs, spirits of fire, are Maiar, and the chief among them is Gothmog. Sauron/Gorthaur was a Maiar of Aule. But that was about all... if one is to also include the names of orc captains that were said to be 'lesser Maiar'. But which orc captains were Maiar exactly, I could not be too sure. *smacks self for misplacing BoLT and HoME*
Anyway, there had been much debates about whether dragons had Maiar spirits. Ungoliant, the Spider Mother, was not stated as a Maiar... but she could have been, due to the 'obscurity of Elven-lore' before the chaining of Melkor. (There was only darkness in the great Void before the making of Arda, and after Genesis, Evil came only with the arrival of Satan - Melkor) Orcs, Trolls and all of the other nasties were not created by Melkor and Co. They were only results of genetic experiments He performed on men, elves and whatnots. Men, on the other hand, were said to be corrupted by him right from the start... one story from The History of Middle-Earth X: Morgoth's Ring, said that Morgoth approached Men and deceived them into thinking that he is Eru. |
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02-25-2004, 05:37 PM | #5 |
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Morgoth didn't make the balrogs. They were Maiar themselves. Other names are not given, nor do they seem to play a significant role (or they would've been mentioned, obviously).
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02-25-2004, 06:14 PM | #6 |
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Let's see...I believe these are most of the Maiar enlisted with Melkor/Morgoth, not bred by him.
-Gothmog, Lord of the Balrogs and Captain of Angband -Thuringwethil the Vampire, the "Lady of Shadow" -Ungoliant the great spider, devourer of light -Drauglin the werewolf, lord of Tol-in-Gaurhoth There are, of course, many other lesser Maiar, but those are the evil ones who were in league with Melkor, mentioned by name. Morgoth enlisted many mini-maiar races of demons, like... -Balrogs -Vampires -Werwolves -Watchers (various) -Fellbeasts of Morgoth -Wereworms of the East -Great Spiders ...I think....Don't take my word for it...
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02-25-2004, 07:57 PM | #7 |
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well
but what about Maiar that kept their humanoid form....such as Gorthaur?
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Ungoliant may have been a Maia, but we cannot tell for sure from the brief description. All we really know is that, according to Elf legend, she crept into Arda from the darkness outside (I don't have my books handy, so I can't give the exact quote). Dragons are said to have been created by Morgoth, but they may have been inhabited by Maia spirits, since Morgoth (as with all the Valar) could not create sentient life himself. Much the same, I should imagine, goes for Vampires and Werewolves. I would doubt, however that Watchers or Fell Beasts were Maiar. They seem far more like beasts and, as such, are more likely to have been created and/or corrupted by Morgoth. And as for the great Spiders, even if Ungoliant was a Maia, I very much doubt that her Arda-born offspring would have been. The only Maia that we can say for sure were persuaded by Morgoth to his cause are, I think, Sauron and the Balrogs. Of the Balrogs, only Gothmog was named, although there are others individually identified (Durin's Bane and the Balrog which Glorfindel (of Gondolin) fought).
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Heh, my remarks about orc captains being inhabited by Maia spirit may require some proving... but I do believe that there had been occations when a named orc captain lived extremely long... In Morgoth's Ring or some other History of Middle-Earth Books *bangs head against wall for misplacing HoMEs*, there had been a section on Orcs. Prof T mentioned that a couple of orc captains with outstanding longetivity could have been Maiar inhabited. I would find you the exact quote when I lay my hands on those books again. *smash head against wall again*
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02-26-2004, 03:31 PM | #13 |
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I was under the impression that vampires and werewolves were Maiar, or at least Thuringwethil and Drauglin. I think I have a quote somewhere to back that up. Since dragons were bred in Angband, they couldn't be Maiar. In truth, I was just guessing on the matter of fellbeasts and watchers. I thought that the Watchers of Cirith Ungol might be, but again, that was sort of an unlawful guess. Let me dig through, HoME a little, and perhaps I'll discover the desirable quote. Otherwise, I bow to your obviously superior knowledge *slaps self with Grond*.
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02-26-2004, 04:28 PM | #14 |
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I seem to remember a part in the Silmarillion (at the very end of, I believe, the Elves' account of the Valar, but I can't be postive of that--I just know it was the one before the last paragraph on a particular section/chapter) that said something along the lines of Sauron being the only Maia corrupted to Morgoth's service that was really worth mentioning. I don't have the book with me (it's at home; I'm at college), so I can't give an exact quote; perhaps someone else has it available to them at the moment and can dig this quote up for me?
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Well, I have realized, to my great displeasure, that my copy of the HoME volumes is lent to someone. I have, however, discovered, or at least remembered, the quotes my point requires. I still have the Silmarillion, and am currently digging through that dwarfishly.
I was certainly wrong about werewolves being Maiar, since apparently they were technically bred by Morgoth. Not like orcs, but similar. The werewolves were... Quote:
Of course, vampires are a different story. Christopher Tolkein, in one of his notes I tracked down, speculates that "vampires like Thuringwethil, being thus able to transform into a bat-like creature and fly aloft, were presumably maiar or some such being." Also, to support my point, both the Encyclopedia of Arda and Atlas of Middle-Earth (at least relatively respactable volumes of Tolkein, but not written by him) state that the vampires either were maiar, or something close to being maiar. P.S. On the matter of the C.T. quote, I know not where that is from specifically, since I first read it on the internet earlier. I, unfortunately, have blanked out on the site and am trying to find it so I can post a link, though it seemed respectable enough (anyway, who would make up things for Christopher Tolkein to say?)
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As for The Vampire and the Wolf, I have found that the were indeed Maiar. The were Maiar of Orome.
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02-26-2004, 09:01 PM | #17 |
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Would you mind telling me where you find this information. It would be extremely helpful for my 'argument', on technicality.
Interesting, that. If Drauglin the werewolf was a maiar of Orome, then Orome's creatures must not have brotherly dispositions. Huan the Wolfhound, who killed Drauglin, was also a Maiar of Orome...weird...but interesting, nonethless.
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02-26-2004, 10:32 PM | #18 |
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book of lost tales book 2.... and now for something completely different..........the dark lords had something powerful........Morgoth had the Silmarils and Gorthaur had the Ring
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As I mentioned in my post script, I do not know the source of that speculation, though it seemed respectable enough. Perhaps it was from a letter or transcript of his. Luckily, I was specific enough not to present that statement as fact, since it is speculation. I do have the other two sources, but they are not Tolkein and I don't know what those sources' sources are. Perhaps I can find that out.
So, werewolves were not directly Maiar, but they may have had maia spirits as a kind of "soul fuel" or however one would put it. Vampires are more likely candidates for the position of maiar than werewolves, but it is still more or less speculation. Similar to the Ungoliant theory.
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02-27-2004, 07:10 PM | #21 |
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Kransha....i do believe it was C.T.'s speculation...he kinda made it more complex and interesting and saucepan man........i at least think it was in BoLT2....i think.....or maybe the war of the jewels
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As for dragons and Vampires, it is hard to imagine that the Kelvar possesses such powers as the dragons have. Because when you look at Carcharoth, he had no special powers such as for instance Glaurung had.
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Carcharoth was just a wolf who guarded Angband. He bit off the hand that bore the Silmaril and went on a killing spree with newfound power, that's all. He's no werewolf or vampire, just and ordinary wolf. Drauglin is the werewolf and Thuringwethil is the vampire. Drauglin's nothing special either, but Thuringwethil seems to have been at least a little "uber" in terms of power.
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but didn't Huan the Wolfhound kill carchroth or whatever his name is everntually?
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02-27-2004, 07:45 PM | #25 |
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Come to think about, Huan the Wolfhound of Orome is the "uber" one.
I know this is off topic, but it seems at least mildly relevant since this is a discussion of Maiar (evil maiar, though). Huan the Wolfhound seems to have single-pawedly defeated many major enemies for the side of right, stealing the spotlight, so to speak. Huan defeated Drauglin, Carcharoth, destroyed Tol-in-Gaurhoth, killed Thuringwethil, AND HE EVEN DEFEATED SAURON (as the wolf-more-great) in battle on the Tol-in-Gaurhoth bridge. Don't you think that's like a huge advantage being handed to Arda by the Valar (I suppose it was sort of called for).
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it applys.......it relates to evil things........in this case the slaying of evil things..............
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why exactly DID Melkor want to Rule Ea?
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Slightly off-topic there.
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But I hold it as he did make (or rather, twisted some other creatures into "balrogness" in case of men, and upgraded some in case of orks) quite a load of balrogs after all How can Huor be tempted with the opportunity of becoming Lord of Balrogs, than? See here
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Did Huan kill Thuringwethil?? I thought Luthien merely took her shape from her,sending her naked spirit away...possibly making her a Maia without phsyical shape for ever.
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NO!!! Don't start about Maia without physical shapes! They are omnipotent!
If we are talking about normal wolves and bats that Morgoth performed his genetic experiments on, then I guess this is a pretty open case. Carcharoth, of course, was a normal wolf 'of the brood' of Drauglin'. He was hand-fed by Morgoth, *mutters about steroids* and ATE a Silmarilli. I guess Huan would not have died fighting Carcharoth without any Silmarilli. Had anyone draw any comparisons between the Bats and the Eagles? Having read most the works of Prof T, I have always felt that he downplayed the power of Evil, while hiding the power of Good. Yes, its that 'All that is gold does not glitter' thing again. I know this had been brought up before, but that 'Evil cannot conceive' concept felt somewhat hollow, considering that Evil Men can live and reproduce just as well as any other living things, and they were definitely twisted in some sense. (No, I am not about to restart that excellent dedate on Orcish Fear) Personally, I should have more pity for the genetically 'impaired' creatures twisted by Morgoth than those who followed him willingly. Last edited by Hot, crispy nice hobbit; 02-29-2004 at 09:01 AM. |
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yes crisby hobbbit! I most gain knowledge of every evil thing!
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That's a figure of speech, Master HerenIstarion. When Sauron had his finger hacked off;
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i hath officially changed this topic......look to the start of thread and you'll see
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I am chastised, cribbed and confounded by your immense knowledge on the subject of Maia! *kowtows*
Nonetheless, if as you suggested, Maia is inassailable while without a hröa, and they can still choose to rebuilt one when they gathered sufficient power, they can be considered omnipotent by mortal standards, doesn't it? Compare: The only mortal that has returned to life from Eru-knows-where is Beren, while we read of Maia and Elves returning in full body armour every once in a while. The 'Gift' of Men is just so mysterious that you can hardly blame me for pining about the outrageous advantages the 'Gods' and Elves have. |
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Much obliged again, but any clue as to where dead men go? Especially the Evil ones? It has always struck me that Prof T refused to deal with the afterlife of Men, perhaps on theological ground? With the exception of those cursed, all men depart from Arda upon death. (One did return to get married, of course, but we won't get into that) It would seem, therefore, that the obscure 'Gift' of Men extends even to the Evil Things classified under here... unless they have all been under a curse before they died.
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