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Old 10-09-2002, 09:25 PM   #11
Voralphion
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Tolkien does not claim Eru to have created the Valar or Maiar
I might be wrong as I don't have my book with me, but I thought it says in the Silmarillion that the Ainur (Valar and Maiar) were in fact offspring of Illuvatar's thought. This would say that Eru did in fact create the Valar & Maiar.
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