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The '''Maiar''' (singular '''Maia'''; [[Quenya]], pronounced {{IPA|[ˈmaɪ.ar]}}) were those spirits which descended to [[Arda]] to help the [[Valar]] to shape the World. They were apparently numerous, yet not many were named. The Maiar were [[Ainur]] &mdash; technically, any Ainu that is not counted as a Vala is a Maia.<br />
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==History==<br />
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Their chiefs were [[Eönwë]], banner-bearer and herald of [[Manwë]], and [[Ilmarë]], the handmaid of [[Varda]].<br />
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Each of the Maiar was associated with one or more particular Vala, and were of similar stock, though less powerful. For example, [[Ossë]] and [[Uinen]], as spirits of the sea, belonged to [[Ulmo]], while ''Curumo'', who came to be known in [[Middle-earth]] as [[Saruman]], belonged to [[Aulë]] the Smith.<br />
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Others included [[Mairon]] also originally of Aulë's people, who became [[Sauron]] the Enemy, ''Aiwendil'', who was known in Middle-earth as ''[[Radagast]]'' the Brown and belonged to [[Yavanna]], and ''Olórin'', known as [[Gandalf]], who belonged to [[Manwë]] and [[Varda]], but his ways took him often to the house of [[Nienna]]. From her, he learned pity and patience, which perhaps aided him in his later struggles to unite the Free peoples of Middle-earth against the power of Sauron.<br />
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The [[Blue Wizards]] travelled to the east, and never returned to the west. Their fate is unknown. The [[Balrogs]], like Sauron, were Maiar corrupted by [[Morgoth|Melkor]]. Their associated Vala is not known. [[Melian]] served both [[Vana]] and [[Estë]].<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
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The [[Quenya]] name ''Maiar'' means "the Beautiful".<ref>{{HM|MR}}, p. 49</ref><br />
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==Individuals==<br />
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*[[Arien]]<br />
*[[Radagast|Aiwendil]] (Radagast)<br />
*[[Blue Wizards]]<br />
*[[Saruman|Curumo]] (Saruman)<br />
*[[Eönwë]]<br />
*[[Durin's Bane]]<br />
*[[Gothmog (balrog)|Gothmog]]<br />
*[[Gwaihir]]<br />
*[[Ilmarë]]<br />
*[[Sauron|Mairon]] (Sauron)<br />
*[[Melian]]<br />
*[[Gandalf|Olórin]] (Gandalf)<br />
*[[Ossë]]<br />
*[[Salmar]]<br />
*[[Thorondor]]<br />
*[[Tilion]]<br />
*[[Uinen]]<br />
*[[Ungoliant]]<br />
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===Children of [[Melian]]===<br />
*[[Lúthien]] (1/2 Maia)<br />
*[[Dior]] (1/4 Maia)<br />
*[[Elwing]] (1/8 Maia)<br />
*[[Elrond]] (1/16 Maia)<br />
*[[Elros]] (1/16 Maia)<br />
*[[Arwen]] (1/32 Maia)<br />
*[[Elladan]] (1/32 Maia)<br />
*[[Elrohir]] (1/32 Maia)<br />
*[[Eldarion]] (1/64 Maia)<br />
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