Thanks, Slarti, I do remember that now. I think the Maia and The Goddess, while not used in the LOTR, certainly can be interchanged in a way, but Goddess is technically not an angel, but rather up there with the Higest Diety, Iluvatar. (wasn't that his name? I'm going from memory....I just looked and you did say that already) But Iluvatar was like Brahma or God and that is technically what the Goddess is. The Goddess really is not an angel. I stand corrected. But Goldberry is higher than the Elves pretty much. Were there high elves that were considered up there with the Maia? Don't recall.
Elwë Singollo (Thingol of Doriath) actually married one. From that union came Lúthien Tinúviel - and from her descended both Aragorn and Arwen. The maia Olorin the Wise (aka Mithrandir, aka Gandalf) wielded one of the three elven Rings - the red Ring originally entrusted to Cirdan the shipwright. The fact that he and Iarwain (Bombadil) were of the same order is probably the main reason why Gandalf stopped off to visit him rather than accompanying Frodo and Co back to the Shire.
This post was edited by Slartibartfast at July 30, 2019 9:45 AM MDT
I was called Elfin by my Dad often when I was little and it's a name that's kind of stuck...he also calls me Tinkerbelle when I fly about like a lunatic ,which actually is more often then not....:)D
You are correct though, in the "Lord of The Rings" movies there were no fairies.
There are references to them in the J.R.R. Tolkien books though. Fairies are a race mentioned in "The Hobbit", "The History Of Middle Earth", "The Adventures Of Tom Bombadil", and "Beren and Luthien"
So I wanna be a fairy! I wanna glisten. I wanna fly. I wanna be the biggest fairy there ever was. And you can't stop me. LOL!
Faerie (with an E) is sometimes used as a euphemism for elf - but in the Preface to LOTR, Tolkien specifically states that wings of the body were as foreign to elvenkind as to mortal Men.
I didn't know that. I know no elf in the Trilogy has wings and I know of no creature in the Trilogy that has wings except for the Eagles and all the animals that normally have wings. I think that Balrog had wings, but I don't think he could be considered a winged creature since he is not flying anywhere ever.
Elrond's mother, Elwing, turned herself into a bird when she cast herself into the sea to save herself and the Silmaril from the sons of Fëanor - and still takes that form to meet her husband Eärendil when Vingilot, the evening star, returns to harbour. You have to admire Tolkien's mythology, he leaves nothing out. Even to Venus and Mercury.
This post was edited by Slartibartfast at July 30, 2019 8:26 PM MDT
I can see you - there you are under the mushrooms, a psychedelic phosphorescent light hovering, delicious as nectar, darting about amid the flowers, riding a bee or a butterfly for the fun of it. Your voice, sparkling sounds of wind chimes, harps, birds atwitter.
OMG! Is all that about me? I am so touched. Genuinely humbled and honored by your exquisitely cute take on me. Your words are not only flattering of me, but they showcase your beauty and spirit as well.
This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at July 30, 2019 11:49 AM MDT
Sounds like you're just talking a choice based on LOTR. In that case, I would have to go with Elf. High dexterity, martial training, renowned craftsmanship.
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Don Barzini 
