The Maiar (singular: Maia) are a fictional class of beings from J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy legendarium. Supernatural and angelic, they are "lesser...
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Ainur in Middle-earth (section Maiar)
felt concern for the Creation entered it, and became the Valar and the Maiar, the guardians of Creation. The Valar included both good and evil characters...
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Wizards in Middle-earth (category Middle-earth Maiar)
Wizards or Istari in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction were powerful angelic beings, Maiar, who took the form of Men to intervene in the affairs of Middle-earth in...
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the Valar, or "the Powers of the World", and the others are known as the Maiar. The Valar are mentioned briefly in The Lord of the Rings but Tolkien had...
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Balrog (category Middle-earth Maiar)
most feared of Morgoth's forces. Their power came from their nature as Maiar, angelic beings like the Valar, though of lesser power. Tolkien invented...
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Mayar Sherif (redirect from Maiar Sherif)
2021". Retrieved 9 February 2021. "Billie Jean King Cup - Player Profile: Maiar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz". Archived from the original on 2022-10-02. Retrieved...
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are called the Maiar. Most of the Valar and Maiar withdraw from Middle-earth to the Undying Lands of Valinor, though some of the Maiar assume mortal forms...
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evil in the world of Middle-earth ultimately stems from him. One of the Maiar of Aulë betrays his kind and becomes Morgoth's principal lieutenant and...
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is." The second part, Valaquenta, gives a description of the Valar and Maiar, supernatural powers of Eä. The next section, Quenta Silmarillion, which...
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residents of Valinor include the related but less powerful spirits, the Maiar, and most of the Elves. Each Vala has his or her own region of the land...
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Maiar are angelic beings that can take on different forms. They serve the Valar, who are the equivalent of gods in Tolkien's mythology. The Maiar include...
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of writing. For some time Tolkien considered the Eagles as bird-shaped Maiar. However, he had already said in The Lord of the Rings that Gwaihir and...
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the Shire, while in great need he uses fire as a weapon. As one of the Maiar, he is an immortal spirit from Valinor, but his physical body can be killed...
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Sauron, a lesser Ainur, the Maiar. At this time Sauron perceived the Creator directly. He was of a "far higher order" than the Maiar who later came to Middle-earth...
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Halls of Mandos in Valinor, the home of Tolkien's "gods", the Valar and Maiar, where Elves previously lived before (re)migrating to Middle-earth. After...
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Meyer Guggenheim (/ˈɡʊɡənhaɪm/ GOOG-in-hime, German: [ˈmaɪər ˈɡʊɡn̩haɪm]; February 1, 1828 – March 15, 1905) was the patriarch of what became known as...
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the Ainur, called the Maiar. Melian, the wife of the Elven King Thingol in the First Age, was a Maia. There were also evil Maiar, including the Balrogs...
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the physical world to prepare for their arrival, becoming the Valar and Maiar. Tolkien wrote the initial version of the Ainulindalë between November 1919...
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Colour key: Colour Description Elves Men Maiar Half-elven Half-elven who chose the fate of Elves Half-elven who chose the fate of mortal Men...
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characteristic of being able to speak; next were self-incarnates, the Valar and Maiar, "angelic" spirits that "arrayed" themselves in bodily forms of the incarnates...
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Maiar Balrogs Sauron Wizards Gandalf Radagast Saruman Free peoples Dwarves Balin Gimli Elves Galadriel Glorfindel Half-elven Arwen Elrond Legolas Thranduil...
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Sidney K. Meier (/ˈmaɪər/ MIRE; born February 24, 1954) is an American businessman and computer programmer. A programmer, designer, and producer of several...
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the year 1000 of the Third Age of Middle-earth and was one of the angelic Maiar. His original name is said to have been Aiwendil, meaning bird-friend in...
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activist Majar, Croatia, a village near Levanjska Varoš Mayar (disambiguation) Maiar This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Majar...
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early guide to Middle-earth, suggested in 1978 that Bombadil is one of the Maiar, angelic beings sent from Valinor. The Tolkien scholar and philosopher Gene...
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immortal Ainur, who are divided into two orders of beings, the Valar and the Maiar. The powerful Valar behave much like the pagan gods of Greek mythology....
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Heraldry of Middle-earth (section Maiar)
Maiar Balrogs Sauron Wizards Gandalf Radagast Saruman Free peoples Dwarves Balin Gimli Elves Galadriel Glorfindel Half-elven Arwen Elrond Legolas Thranduil...
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Maiar Balrogs Sauron Wizards Gandalf Radagast Saruman Free peoples Dwarves Balin Gimli Elves Galadriel Glorfindel Half-elven Arwen Elrond Legolas Thranduil...
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Maiar Balrogs Sauron Wizards Gandalf Radagast Saruman Free peoples Dwarves Balin Gimli Elves Galadriel Glorfindel Half-elven Arwen Elrond Legolas Thranduil...
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Colour key: Colour Description Elves Men Maiar Half-elven Half-elven who chose the fate of Elves Half-elven who chose the fate of mortal Men...
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