Maiar
Fictional race from J. R. R. Tolkien's universe, Middle-earth.Warning: Wikipedia contains spoilers
The Maiar are those spirits which descended to Arda to help the Valar to shape the World. Singular is Maia.
Each of the Maiar was associated with one or more particular Vala. For example, Ossė, as a spirit of the sea, belonged to Ulmo, while Curumo, who came to be known in Middle-earth as Saruman, belonged to Aulė the Smith. Others included Sauron (originally also of Aulė's people), and Olórin, known as Gandalf, who belonged to Manwė and Varda.
