Posted: January 28, 2000 at 13:08:14: by Wibstap
: When we discussed Eagles earler I propoused to settle wether Eagles were divine or not so:: 1.All the Eagles were Maiar sent by Manwë : 2.Some of the Eagles were divine, some were descendants of Maiar and some were just plain Eagles : 3.None of the Eagles were Maiar, They had left after the First age. : OK. What are your opinions. : Meneldur Well, I really don't think that the Eagles were divine spirits. I think that the original Great Eagles i.e. the Eagles of Thorondor were Maiar given mortal form (not wholly unlike the Istari), and that most of them returned to Aman after the War of Wrath; but some of them "went native" and interbred with normal eagles, and their offspring and descendants were the Great Eagles of the Third Age i.e. the Eagles of Gwaihir. They probably were not in direct communication with Manwe but still had some sense of his will. Anyone agree/disagree?
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