Thorondor as a Maia???

[Morgoth the Great]

An intersting point was put to me by a good friend about 3 days ago, of the possibility of Thorondor being a Maia spirit. This seemed to me to not be true, and after a debate i still stick to it. But The main arguments for were that He was exceptionally close to Manwe, as must be expected and subsequently may of been a minor Maia, as some of them took on forms of animals. i have searched for this topic, and the search came up with nothing, and so i was wondering what people thought of the possibility. Also, i was told that there was a reference to it in "Morgoth's Ring"(my bookd [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]) but i didnt see it when i rented it my self. if any one can give me a page reference or squash the rumour, i would be very grateful [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]