Gandalf's powers - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

cesar.ewok · 11-25-2007, 03:54 PM

I was talking about the possibility of an Ainu turning an Incarnate into another creature, not of what the Incarnate meant. As we don't know at any rate the power of Gandalf (and we know that Lúthien, for instance, did amazing things with her power; and that Elwing, her offspring, devised wings for herself), we can't say for sure whether he could do that.

There's even the theory of Radagast granting Beorn the ability of shape shifting (though I don't agree with this, believing that he was born with that power).

However, I think is had more to do with the "awareness" of the spirit. Otherwise Morgoth and his agents would have only to turn their enemies into ants. As Elwing was about to die, I think this was possible.

11-25-2007, 03:54 PM	#10
cesar.ewok Pile O'Bones Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 25	I was talking about the possibility of an Ainu turning an Incarnate into another creature, not of what the Incarnate meant. As we don't know at any rate the power of Gandalf (and we know that Lúthien, for instance, did amazing things with her power; and that Elwing, her offspring, devised wings for herself), we can't say for sure whether he could do that. There's even the theory of Radagast granting Beorn the ability of shape shifting (though I don't agree with this, believing that he was born with that power). However, I think is had more to do with the "awareness" of the spirit. Otherwise Morgoth and his agents would have only to turn their enemies into ants. As Elwing was about to die, I think this was possible.