Dragons,Ungoliant, Ents , Eagles and Huan

[Gwaihir the Windlord]

Lol, thanks Amarie. Not trying to change the facts to fit my theory, but the River Woman could well be another Maia, Goldberry's superior perhaps.

Either way, Goldberry is not like Tom. Tom is neither a Maia, nor is he anyone's son.

Johnny, you show promise. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] You're right, the Ents are definitely not Maiar, but an Illuvitar-sparked race. I believe the Eages to be similar, sparked from birds by Eru as were the Ents from trees.

The oliphants in LotR was much larger and more majestic than our's today because they were closer to the original animals which were no doubt splendid in deed.

Either that, or Oliphaunts simply evolved into elephants -- the Hobbits apparently did, after all, from Men. The idea of Ungoliant simply being the first of her race is a good one, but I don't think it fits the Oliphaunts; they were an entire species, not just a single, first one.