In The Lord of the Rings, Gandalf was secretly an immortal spirit known as a Maia, but which of the story's other heroes were ...
The term "Maia" is singular, while "Maiar" refers to the plural group. The same goes for Vala and Valar. Gandalf, Saruman, ...
The Maiar exist throughout Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings—Gandalf the Grey (Sir Ian McKellan), Saruman (Christopher Lee), and even the Balrog are all Maia that reside in Middle-earth—but you ...