![]() Melkor (Morgoth) and Sauron, fallen Maiar Saruman, of great power but also able to use deceptive power to create illusions Gandalf, able to create fire or blazing light use many spells read Frodo's mind and memory Maiar, spirit beings sent in Man-like form by the godlike Valar to intervene at need in the affairs of Middle-earth The various races of Middle-earth had differing powers: Powers of Middle-earth races Middle-earth is described both as being quite natural, with the ordinary features of Earth's rivers, mountains and plains, trees and plants under the sky, and supernatural, with magical powers shared by many of its races of beings from Wizards to Dwarves, and a variety of magical artefacts from rings to impenetrable walls. That too can be a trap, as the Elves are obliged to let their Rings and their realms fade, just as the Fellowship of the Ring have to let the One Ring go, its addictive power corrupting the wearer's mind to evil. The opposite of that is enchantment, something that Frodo experiences in the Elvish realms of Rivendell and Lothlórien, both preserved by the power of the Three Elvish Rings. In the sense that magic is the use of power to dominate other people, it is evil, and associated in Tolkien's mind with technology. Scholars have written that Tolkien felt the need for a magical cosmology to counter modernity's war against mystery and magic. Some of the magical artefacts were of great power, including the Palantíri or Stones of Seeing, but by far the most powerful was the One Ring, made by the Dark Lord Sauron and embodying much of his former power. ![]() ![]() Men and Hobbits could not directly work magic, but could make use of more or less magical artefacts made by others, such as Númenorean swords (made by Men with Elvish blood) and the Phial of Galadriel given to Frodo. Several of the races of Middle-earth are inherently able to work magic, from the godlike Ainur (including Wizards and Balrogs, both being members of the angelic race of Maiar) and the immortal Elves to Dragons and to some extent also Dwarves. Tolkien distinguishes ordinary magic from witchcraft, the latter always deceptive, stating that either type could be used for good or evil. Magic in Middle-earth is the use of supernatural power in J.
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