Posted: September 15, 1998 at 14:29:23: by Oberon
: I think that false fairies as another name/use for 'evil Maiar' that went around and through the races spreading fear and dissonance is a good idea, although I hadn't heard the term before! Actually, that was my impression as well -- lesser Maiar that Morgoth had drawn to his service. Naturally, I forgot to look it up when I went home. : But I just finished reading the Silmarillion and am just starting Lays of Beleriand so I feel a little more 'polished up' than usual on the subject! Also, regarding Thu, I believe that Christopher Tolkien (explictly, maybe, I don't have the book with me) clarified that Thu was definitely a pre-manifestation of Sauron in JRR's early works. That is, Thu is Sauron with a different name. I think you're right. And Sauron was certainly not his original name. He was clearly, however, the most powerful of Morgoth's servants -- and one fo the very few evil maiar to escape Morgoth's fall. Sauron appears to have no maiar servants in the Second and Third Ages.
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