Category:Magic

Magic is a vague term used by the Mortals to describe powers they do not fully understand.While great spirits as the Ainur do possess immense powers, understood by Men as "godly", also Elves and Dwarves have abilities appearing to Men as magical.Even a few men seem to have great powers and are therefore considered Magicians by their kin.

Elven and dwarven Magic
Elves distinguish between different sorts of greater abilities, while Curu refers to great Skill or Cunning, Sairina refers to Wisdom, Ingole even explicitly means Science, Philosophy and Ista Knowledge.

This elven-Magic means on one hand abilities inherent to the Elves, greater Strength, dexterity, intelligence and will on the other hand it means deeper lore and knowledge obtained by the Eldar from their insight in nature and their teaching by the Valar.A different category of magic seems to be the art performed by the Thothweg (S."Magician"), whose title seems to be derived from thosso ("fear") or thosta ("put to fright, terrify") and seems to refer to power that is terrifying or lays fear even upon elves.

While elvish-abilities can not be obtained by men (or only to a very limited degree as far as men can approach elvish way of life, nourishment and closeness to the Immortal Lands) deeper Lore and insight may be learned by talented and committed Men.

The same thing is true for dwarven magic, which is based for the most part of dwarven skill, dexterity, endurance and their teaching by Mahal.While Hildor never can match the dwarven dexterity and endurance, a commited mortal may learn a little of their craft, lore and insight.

Different Sorts of Magic

 * conjuring of Spirits - Bodyless spirits can be conjured or even controlled by a greater Will.Usually this form of magic is connected with the Dark Lords who could call upon spirits and force them into living creatures (Dragons, Werewolves) as well as dead matter (Statues, Weapons, Rings).A lesser form of Necromancy could even be performed by powerful Sorcerers as the Witch-King who had the ability to summon Wights (who again the other hand had the ability to turn other beings into wights and animate soulless Corpses).Yet a different form of conjuring spirits was known to the Drûghu whose craftsmen had the ability to force their own lifeforce or spirit into artificial effigies as the Pûkel creatures.
 * Foresight - foresight is the ability to see in the future, gain visions of things yet to happen or prophesize coming events.Foresight was a gift given to many Ainur and Elves but occasionally also to gifted mortals.These were known as Seers.
 * Illusion Weaving
 * Magical Artifacts
 * Magical Healing
 * Magical Machinery
 * Magical Songs
 * magical physical abilities