Eldest?

[Farael]

Originally Posted by Kuruharan

Here's a question. Were the bodies of the Valar, when they inhabited them, biologically alive?

Obviously the Istari were...

Don't quote me on this, but I believe the bodies of the Valar were not biologically alive when they 'inhabited' them. Unless we are talking about different things, I recall reading in The Sil or UT that the Valar could adopt a visible shape for the children of Eru to see, yet that was not like a real body (with the needs we all have) but rather a physical expression of a being that was beyond that.

That's why we have the distinction about the Istari, who were trully inhabiting human(oid) bodies and thus felt the same needs and feelings we do.