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| | Man in the Moon (Middle-earth) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Tolkien's Middle-earth folklore as set forth from the Hobbots, the Man in the Moon is described as being an old being who secretly hid on the island of the Moon, and built his minaret there. | | | Combined with the Elven lore, as presented in the legendarium of Silmarillion, the Man in the Moon of the Hobbits' tales must have his origins in the legend of Tilion the Maia. | | | This is alluded to further in Tolkien's Roverandom, where the Man in the Moon also lives in a Minaret. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_Moon_(Middle-earth)
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| | The Astronomy of Middle |
| | Tolkien reflected that while he was revising his mythology he was "inclined to adhere to the flat earth and the astronomically absurd business of making the sun and moon. | | | This continued to bother Tolkien, along with the deeper issues of a flat earth (as it was before the destruction of Númenor) and the problems of creating the sun and moon in any realistic manner. | | | Varda commanded the Moon to journey in like manner, and passing under Earth to arise in the east, but only after the Sun had descended from heaven. |
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http://www.physics.ccsu.edu/larsen/astronomy_of_middle.htm
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| | Encyclopedia of Arda: The Moon |
| | This peculiar figure seems to be an echo of the being described in the Elves' stories, the Maia and hunter Tilion, wayward steersman of the Moon. | | | According to the legends of the Elves, Tilion was an unsteady steersman, sometimes dwelling overlong beneath the Earth, or appearing in the sky at the same time as the Sun. | | | The hobbits had their own tales about the Moon as well, singing songs about a jolly but unpredictable being they named the Man in the Moon. |
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http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/m/moon.html
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| | Middle-earth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Tolkien insisted that Middle-earth is (part of) our Earth in several of his letters, in one of them (no. 211) estimating the end of the Third Age to about 6,000 years before his own time. | | | Thus the three Silmarils ended in the sky with Eärendil, in the earth, and in the sea respectively. | | | In the First Age the most active Maia is Melian, wife of the Elven King Thingol; in the Third Age, during the War of the Ring, five of the Maiar have been embodied and sent to Endor to help the free peoples to overthrow Sauron. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-earth
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| | Wizards.COMmunity Boards - Is there a Middle-Earth Campaign Setting? |
| | In rare circumstances, that Vala would choose such a person to be a representative for them in Middle Earth, a sort of lesser equivalent to a Maia, and to that end would grant them a small measure of a Maia's power. | | | All in all, Middle Earth would be the classiest, richest CS out there. | | | Yes I doubt that anything will ever be published, it was just my aim that a community made Middle Earth CS might be possible, and if even if it is not possible it is fun to dream of. |
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http://boards1.wizards.com/archive/index.php/t-302050.html
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| | While most of Middle-earth still slept, awaiting the coming of the Sun and Moon, Melian the Maia brought life to the forests and plains of Beleriand under Thingol's rule, and Oromë would still ride at times across the darkling lands. | | | The first Elves awoke by Cuiviénen, the Water of Awakening in the far east of Middle-earth, long Ages before the Rising of the Sun or Moon. | | | The Earth then saw great upheaval as the rival powers struggled over its destiny (it is thought that the Misty Mountains were raised at this time). |
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http://www.geocities.com/cgohery/middle-earth.html
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| | Rotten Tomatoes Forums |
| | If the eagles were so separate from the rest of the creatures of middle earth, why did they bother to help in the end. | | | There is also this: the only "persons" who could order the Eagles, as Nienna has been hinting, to do anything are Manwe (it was his thought, his singing in the Song of Making that caused them to be) and possibly Gandalf, as a Maia of Manwe's people. | | | Even if the Eagles could fly for any length of time in the polluted air (doubtful), they wouldn't have the oxygen they need for evasive maneuvers---and trust me, they would be spotted. |
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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/archive/index.php/t-268429
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| | Maia of Manwë and Varda, one of the five Istari sent to Middle Earth to aid the inhabitants in their battle against Sauron, who was seizing power again. | | | On Middle Earth, he is known as Radagast the Brown. | | | Melian departed in grief from Middle Earth forever to the Undying Lands after Thingol was slain by some of the treacherous Dwarves. |
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http://fan.white-rain.org/maiar/themaiar.html
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| | are wizards men? or something else? - THE TOLKIEN FORUM |
| | Wizards are Maia sent to Middle-Earth by the Valar early in the Third Age when it became apparent that Sauron was again taking shape. | | | The maia (including the wizards, the balrog, and Sauron) are like angels. | | | In LotR, The Wizards are the Istari, the five demi-gods (Maiar) sent to sort M-e out. |
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http://www.thetolkienforum.com/showthread.php?t=997
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| | Elrond |
| | Earendil was Half-elven: his mother Idril was an Elf and his father Tuor was a Man. Elwing's mother Nimloth was an Elf and her father Dior was the son of Beren a Man and Luthien the daughter of an Elf and a Maia. |
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http://www.tuckborough.net/elrond.html
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| | Creatures of Middle-Earth |
| | The answers are unknown, since Gandalf the Grey, an Istar and thus a Maia himself, fought and vanquished this awful Lord of Moria - sacrificing his Fana in the prosess. | | | During the Quest of the Ring, this evil beings was awakened by the Fellowship of the Ring, who managed to escape to Moria. | | | They do not concern themselves with subjects or the works of lesser creatures; they seek only power and the booty that testifies to their triumphs. |
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http://alatosmanveru.freeservers.com/whats_new.html
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| | Ask Bilbo: Your Questions About Middle-Earth Answered |
| | Here I will be answering questions about Middle Earth. | | | So Dior was actually part Maia, part Elf and part mortal Man. | | | 1) Dior was neither half-elven or mortal, because his Grandmother was Melian the Maia, |
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http://rivendell.fortunecity.com/hobbit/10/askbilbo.htm
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| | Creatures of Middle-Earth |
| | It was her shape that Half-maia Luthien used to gain entrance to Angband, for Thuringwethil (S. "Woman of the Secret Shadow") lost her powers and her cloak of shaping when Tol-in-Gaurhoth (S. "Isle of Werewolves") fell and Sauron fled, he himself taking the form of a Vampire. | | | Carcharoth (S. "Red Maw") was bred by Morgoth to slay Huan, the Noble Hound of Valinor. | | | They do not concern themselves with subjects or the works of lesser creatures; they seek only power and the booty that testifies to their triumphs. |
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http://alatosmanveru.freeservers.com/whats_new.html
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| | Man in the Moon (Middle-earth) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Tolkien's Middle-earth folklore as set forth from the Hobbots, the Man in the Moon is described as being an old being who secretly hid on the island of the Moon, and built his minaret there. | | | Combined with the Elven lore, as presented in the legendarium of Silmarillion, the Man in the Moon of the Hobbits' tales must have his origins in the legend of Tilion the Maia. | | | This is alluded to further in Tolkien's Roverandom, where the Man in the Moon also lives in a Minaret. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_Moon_(Middle-earth)
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| | While most of Middle-earth still slept, awaiting the coming of the Sun and Moon, Melian the Maia brought life to the forests and plains of Beleriand under Thingol's rule, and Oromë would still ride at times across the darkling lands. | | | The first Elves awoke by Cuiviénen, the Water of Awakening in the far east of Middle-earth, long Ages before the Rising of the Sun or Moon. | | | The Earth then saw great upheaval as the rival powers struggled over its destiny (it is thought that the Misty Mountains were raised at this time). |
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http://www.geocities.com/cgohery/middle-earth.html
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| | LotR Fanatics Library: Lore FAQ |
| | The Elves motive in making the rings was to preserve what they loved and to prevent the weariness of the world, which they experienced in Middle-earth (where they were noble), but not in the Undying Lands (where they werent overly special). | | | However, when he decided to further the story of The Hobbit, as well as his mythology in the Silmarillion, Tolkien explained that the Rings power of turning the bearer invisible was caused by Saurons part in the forging of the rings, since he was a Maia spirit who lived in the wraith world. | | | As Isildur was trying to escape, the One Ring betrayed him, fell from his hand, and was lost in the River Anduin, leaving him visible to the Orcs, who finally killed him. |
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http://www.lotrlibrary.com/faqs/lore.asp
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| | Lord of the Rings Fanatics Library |
| | She was the teacher of the Maia Olorin who later came to Earth as Gandalf. | | | He demanded to be burnt alive in a crisis of madness, in the middle of the War. | | | Its existence is first noted when Balin tries to recolonize Moria in the late Third Age, during which Oin the dwarf was killed by the Watcher. |
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http://www.lotrlibrary.com/faqs/p&r.asp
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| | Lord of the Rings Fanatics Library |
| | She was the teacher of the Maia Olorin who later came to Earth as Gandalf. | | | He demanded to be burnt alive in a crisis of madness, in the middle of the War. | | | Sauron had bred a strain of Uruk-Hai of his own well before the War of the Ring, although they were referred to often only as the Uruks. |
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http://www.lotrlibrary.com/faqs/p&r.asp
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| | Encyclopedia of Arda: The Moon |
| | This peculiar figure seems to be an echo of the being described in the Elves' stories, the Maia and hunter Tilion, wayward steersman of the Moon. | | | According to the legends of the Elves, Tilion was an unsteady steersman, sometimes dwelling overlong beneath the Earth, or appearing in the sky at the same time as the Sun. | | | The hobbits had their own tales about the Moon as well, singing songs about a jolly but unpredictable being they named the Man in the Moon. |
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http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/m/moon.html
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| | Creatures of Middle-Earth |
| | Six months or so later the female lays 1-10 eggs in a hatchery pit deep within the earth. | | | The answers are unknown, since Gandalf the Grey, an Istar and thus a Maia himself, fought and vanquished this awful Lord of Moria - sacrificing his Fana in the prosess. | | | They do not concern themselves with subjects or the works of lesser creatures; they seek only power and the booty that testifies to their triumphs. |
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http://alatosmanveru.freeservers.com/whats_new.html
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| | RingQuest - Undyingland (Valinor) or Middle Earth? |
| | i would want to be in Middle Earth before the Ring. | | | I would stay in middle earth no matter what! | | | well i choose to STAY in middle earth. |
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http://www.ringquest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5354
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| | One Risus to Rule Them All... |
| | The most notable of the Maia remaining in Middle-earth are the dark lord Sauron, the wizards Gandalf, Saruman, and Radagast and the demons of shadow and flame known as Balrogs. | | | Such is the case of Sauron, greatest of the Maiar on Middle-earth who was driven back again and again over the ages and who ever seeks to increase his power and influence over the world. | | | The number of Maia in Middle-earth is intentionally small as the potential power each can wield could easily disrupt and destroy much which the Valar first built. |
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| | Tolkien's Haven - Middle-Earth Encyclopedia: Ainur - Radagast |
| | Lover of the birds and animals, he settled at Rhosgobel after being sent to Middle-Earth. | | | Radagast the Brown, Maia, and third in the Order of the Istari. | | | Decieved by Saruman to look for Gandalf and send him to Orthanc, where Gandalf was then held captive. |
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http://website.lineone.net/~istari/me-ainur-radagast.htm
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| | Lord of the Rings Fanatics Library |
| | She was the teacher of the Maia Olorin who later came to Earth as Gandalf. | | | He demanded to be burnt alive in a crisis of madness, in the middle of the War. | | | Smeagol was considered to be of "Hobbit-kind," "akin to the fathers of the fathers of the Stoors." He took the Ring under the Misty Mountains where he kept it until Bilbo "stole" it from him. |
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| | One Risus to Rule Them All... |
| | The most notable of the Maia remaining in Middle-earth are the dark lord Sauron, the wizards Gandalf, Saruman, and Radagast and the demons of shadow and flame known as Balrogs. | | | The Maiar known as Gandalf, Saruman and Radagast are known by many as wizards for they appear as men with strange powers. | | | The Balrogs too were driven beneath the earth and almost all destroyed save one or two. |
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| | Beleriand MUSH - Elves |
| | The Firstborn were created closer in semblance to the Valar, which is to say their spirits and bodies are immortal and bound to the Earth to thrive or decline as it does. | | | The Sindar are called the Grey Elves or the Elves of the Twilight, since they never came to Aman, yet, they have seen the Light of the Trees in the persons of Thingol, their King, and Melian the Maia, their Queen. | | | Elves who went to Aman and lived under the influence of the Two Trees, the Light that was before Sun or Moon, are even taller than those Elves who never came to Valinor. |
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http://beleriand.mux.net/elves.html
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| | Gandalf Lord of the Rings Fanatics Library |
| | Maia of Manwë and Varda, one of the five Istari sent to Middle Earth to aid the inhabitants in their battle against Sauron, who was seizing power again. | | | Came to Middle-earth from Aman along with the other four Istari: Saruman, Radagast, and the Blue Wizards Alatar and Pallando (the last two are also given the names Morinehtar and Romestamo). | | | He was rescued by Gwaihir, the Lord of the Eagles, who was sent by Radagast the Brown to inform Gandalf on recently discovered information. |
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http://www.lotrlibrary.com/agesofarda/gandalf.asp
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| | Official ICE Forums - Interpretations of Shadow World |
| | Remember that in Middle Earth the werewolves and vampires are fallen Maia. | | | My version of Shadow World is closer to 17th/18th century earth than the 1400s, with Sel-Kai pushing looking more and more like mid 19th century London. | | | But their cloaks can be worn by anyone. |
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http://www.ironcrown.com/forums/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=2225
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| | The Barrow-Downs - Middle-Earth FAQs and Misconceptions. |
| | Upon the wizards' arrival to Middle-earth, they journeyed with Saruman into the east regions of Middle-earth (of which we know almost nothing). | | | In addition to Olórin (Gandalf) and Curumo (Saruman), there were three other wizards sent to Middle-earth by the Valar. | | | At Manwë's request for emissaries at a council, Alatar, a Maia of Oromë, was the second (after Curumo) and last to volunteer for the job. |
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http://www.barrowdowns.com/faq_otherwizards.php
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| | greattest weapon in middle earth - War of the Ring Community |
| | What do you think is the greatest weapon in middle earth | | | greattest weapon in middle earth - War of the Ring Community | | | When a Maia says beware, she knows what she is talking about. |
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http://www.warofthering.net/forums/vbulletin225/upload/showthread.php?t=1659
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