I am working here sans any books from which to reference ('Morgoth's Ring' & the essay on Osanwe are in the mail, so I've heard!) - so bear with me.
Some further questions: The term 'mirroanwi', that applies to fear incarnate in hroas only, correct? And not the Ainur who 'take on bodily raiment?
Does incarnate mean any sort of embodiment? Or is it more specifically some sort of humaniform body - Elves, Men, Hobbits, Dwarves?
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All these things, says Pengolodh, are true of all minds, from the Ainur in the presence of Eru, or the great Valar such as Manwe and Melkor, to the Maiar in Ea, and down to the least of the Mirroanwi.
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Do animals such as eagles, for example, have a fea incarnate in their eagle form hroa? What about Ents?
Do the seemingly inanimate parts of Eru's creation participate in this scheme at all? Trees, rivers, rocks, etc? Or are they considered only 'part of Ea & without thought', and by extension I presume out side the realm of spirit/mind/fea?