Spiders?

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

At least some one in some way thinks along the same lines as I do...

Well, I'm really just saying that Ungoliant may be a Maia, or she may not be. It's ambiguous so, in the absence of any further evidence, it's really up to the individual reader.

For myself, I prefer not to classify anything that is not one of the known races of Arda or animal invitably as an Ainu. I like to think that there are other possibilities, when it comes to the nature of beings such as Ungoliant, Huan and Thorondor.