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creation of the Two Lamps. Swifter on foot than any other living thing, he eschews a steed in battle. A wrestler, physically the strongest of Valar, his fist is his only weapon. He laughs in sport and in war, and even laughs in the face of Melkor. Husband of Nessa; slow to anger, but slow to forget; opposes release of Melkor after his prison sentence.
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Not initially one of the Valar, Tulkas the Strong is "greatest in strength and deeds of prowess ... came last to Arda, to aid the Valar in the first battles with Melkor". Having joined the Valar, Tulkas is the Last of the Valar to descend into Arda, helping tip the scales against Melkor prior to the
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know them by many other names, and sometimes worship them as gods. With the exception of Oromë, the names listed below are not actual names but rather titles: The true names of the Valar are nowhere recorded. The males are called "Lords of the Valar", and the females are called "Queens of the Valar,"
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In a letter to Milton Waldman, Tolkien states directly that the Valar are "'divine', that is, were originally 'outside' and existed 'before' the making of the world. Their power and wisdom is derived from their Knowledge of the cosmogonical drama". He explains that he intends them to be "of the same
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Younger sister of Yavanna. "All flowers spring as she passes and open if she glances upon them; and all birds sing at her coming." She dwells in gardens filled with golden flowers and often comes to the forests of Oromë. Tolkien wrote that Våna was "the most perfectly 'beautiful' in form and feature
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Stern and dispassionate, never forgetting a thing. Speaks the Prophecy of the North against the Noldor Elves leaving Aman, counselling that they should not be allowed to return. The prophecies and judgments of Mandos, unlike Morgoth, are not cruel or vindictive by his own design. They are simply the
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instead. He then conceived an entirely new tongue for the Valar, still called Valarin; he did not develop this new language in any detail. In this later conception, Valarin is unrelated to the other languages of Middle-earth. Only a few words of Valarin, mainly proper names, are recorded. The Valar
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Théoden could not be overtaken. Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. His golden shield was uncovered, and lo! it shone like an
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IlĂșvatar brings the Valar (and all the Ainur) into being by his thought and may therefore be considered their father. However, not all the Valar are siblings; where this is held to be so, it is because they are so "in the thought of IlĂșvatar". It was the Valar who first practise marriage and later
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the wrath of the Valar lieth from the West unto the uttermost East, and upon all that will follow them it shall be laid also. Their Oath shall drive them, and yet betray them, and ever snatch away the very treasures that they have sworn to pursue. To evil end shall all things turn that they begin
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in the land of the Valar, where he dwells with his wife Estë, are the fairest place in the world and are filled with many spirits. All those who dwell in Valinor find rest and refreshment at the fountain of Irmo and Estë. Since he is the master of dreams, he and his servants are well aware of the
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This world, fashioned from his ideas and expressed as the Music of IlĂșvatar, is refined by thoughtful interpretations by the Ainur, who create their own themes based on each unique comprehension. No one Ainu understands all the themes that spring from IlĂșvatar. Instead, each elaborates individual
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comments that the Valar are unique to Tolkien, "somewhere between gods and angels". In her view they mostly lack the rough brutality of the Norse gods; they have the angels' "sense of moral rightness" but disagree with each other; and their statements most closely resemble those of
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Once the Music is complete, including Melkor's interwoven themes of vanity, IlĂșvatar gives the Ainur a choice—to dwell with him or to enter the world that they have mutually created. The greatest of those that choose to enter the world become known as the
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There was more than one power at work, Frodo. The Ring was trying to get back to its master ... Behind that there was something else at work, beyond any design of the Ring-maker. I can put it no plainer than by saying that Bilbo was
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pass on their custom to the Elves; all the Valar have spouses, save Nienna, Ulmo, and Melkor. Only one such marriage among the Valar takes place within the world, that of Tulkas and Nessa after the raising of the Two Lamps.
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for "dark enemy") arrives in the world first, causing tumult wherever he goes. As the others arrive, they see how Melkor's presence would destroy the integrity of IlĂșvatar's themes. Eventually, and with the aid of the Vala
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Kindles the first stars before the Ainur descend into the world; later brightens them with gold and silver dew from the Two Trees. Melkor fears and hates her the most, because she rejected him before Time. The Elvish hymn
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Melkor means "He who arises in might". Morgoth means "Dark Enemy". Originally one of the most powerful Valar. The great enemy, the first Dark Lord; seeking to destroy both Elves and Men. Corrupts many Maiar such as
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or the Valar", the force "does not affect free will and cannot be distinguished from the ordinary operations of nature" nor reduce the necessity of "heroic endeavour". He states that this exactly matches the
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The Valar originally dwell on the Isle of Almaren in the middle of Arda, but after its destruction and the loss of the world's symmetry, they move to the western continent of Aman ("Unmarred") and found
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themes, singing of mountains and subterranean regions, say, from themes for metals and stones. The themes of IlĂșvatar's music are elaborated, and each of the Ainur add harmonious creative touches.
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Sister of Oromë. Noted for her agility and speed, she is able to outrun the deer who follow her in the wild. Known for her love of dancing and celebration on the ever-green lawns of Valinor.
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Noblest and greatest in authority, but not in power, of the Ainur; greatest of the Aratar. Observes the tidings of Middle-Earth and intervenes when necessary by use of his heralds, the
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Elf, with forethought and love, captures the light of the Two Trees in three Silmarils, the greatest jewels ever created. Melkor steals the Silmarils from FĂ«anor, kills his father,
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image of the Sun, and the grass flamed into green about the white feet of his steed. For morning came ... and the hosts of Mordor wailed ... and the hoofs of wrath rode over them.
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Her name means 'Rest'. "Grey is her raiment, and rest her gift." Lives with Irmo in his Gardens of LĂłrien in Valinor. She sleeps at day on the island in the Lake Lorellin.
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order of beauty, power, and majesty as the 'gods' of higher mythology". Whittingham notes further that Tolkien likens lesser spirits, wizards, who are Maiar not Valar, to
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and with them, the original home of the Valar, the Isle of Almaren. Melkor is captured and chained for many ages in the fastness of Mandos, until he is pardoned by Manwë.
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notes that Tolkien wrote that to be acceptable to modern readers, mythology had to be brought up to "our grade of assessment". In her view, between his early work,
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can communicate through thought and have no need for a spoken language, but may have developed Valarin when they took physical, humanlike (or elf-like) forms.
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only in dire need. A chief architect of Arda. In authority, second to ManwĂ«. Sympathetic to the plight of the Ñoldor and delivers them hope in the form of
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away from them once they were destroyed. She was in favour of releasing Melkor after his sentence, not being able to see his evil nature.
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of the Elves. He developed the Valarin language and its grammar in the early 1930s. In this early conception, as described in the 1937
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and pardons Aulë's disobedience. Eru notes the repercussions, including the love of the Dwarves' iron for Yavanna's trees. During the
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With the arrival of the Elves in the world, a new phase of the regency of the Valar begins. Summoned by the Valar, many Elves abandon
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well; and by treason of kin unto kin, and the fear of treason, shall this come to pass. The Dispossessed shall they be for ever."
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had two additional Valar, Makar and Meåssë, omitted from Tolkien's later works, with roles similar to war gods of classical myth.
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will of Eru, and he does not speak them unless he is commanded to do so by Manwë. Only once is he moved to pity, when
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An investigation of the Teutonic god Óðinn; and a study of his relationship to J. R. R. Tolkien's character, Gandalf
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against you, and shut you out, so that not even the echo of your lamentation shall pass over the mountains. On the
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and the eastern continent for the West, Valinor, where the Valar concentrate their creativity. There they make the
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Rutledge notes that in this way, Tolkien repeatedly hints at a higher power "that controls even the Ring itself,
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similarly discusses the role of providence, in the form of the intentions of the Valar or of the creator, in
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are derived from Valarin. In the 1940s, he changed his mind, and the tongue he had developed became
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She weaves the story of the world in her tapestries, which are draped all over the halls of Mandos.
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often spares the man who isn't doomed, as long as his courage holds." The scholar of humanities
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Judge of the Dead, Master of Doom, Chief advisor to Manwë, Keeper of the souls of elves
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but Tolkien had developed them earlier, in material published posthumously in
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The Battle for Middle-earth: Tolkien's Divine Design in The Lord of the Rings
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The Evolution of Tolkien's Mythology: A Study of the History of Middle-earth
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The names and attributes of the chief Valar, as they are described in the "
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Ardalambion: Of the Tongues of Arda, the invented world of J.R.R. Tolkien
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The Road to Middle-Earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology
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Tolkien's Valar behave as a group, so that readers perceive them as a
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comments that while Tolkien is not equating the events here with the
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The Great Tales Never End: Essays in Memory of Christopher Tolkien
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The Valar's first home is the Isle of Almaren, in the middle of
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King of the Valar, King of Arda, Lord of air, wind, and clouds
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is compared to Oromë when he leads the charge of Rohirrim in
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The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary
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Perilous Realms: Celtic and Norse in Tolkien's Middle-earth
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Some critics have noted the similarity of the Valar to the
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Kocher 1373:Main article: 1370: 1367: 1334: 1333: 1322: 1315: 1299:Marjorie Burns 1286:veneration of 1284:Roman Catholic 1276:Verlyn Flieger 1217: 1214: 1166: 1163: 1112: 1109: 1068: 1063: 1061: 1058: 1039:proto-language 1027:Main article: 1024: 1021: 1018: 1017: 1005: 998: 995: 992: 986: 985: 982: 981:Dwelling-place 979: 976: 973: 963: 960: 957: 956: 953: 950: 940: 939: 935: 932: 917: 916: 903:(animals) and 897: 894: 877: 876: 873: 870: 855: 854: 851: 848: 831: 830: 819: 816: 813:Lady of Mercy, 804: 803: 787: 784: 776: in  756: 755: 752: 749: 735: 732: 729: 728: 724: 722: 719: 716: 698: 697: 677: 674: 671: 668: 649: 648: 632: 629: 626: 623: 601: 600: 581: 579: 576: 573: 535: 534: 505: 502: 499: 496: 488: 487: 464: 461: 458: 455: 447: 446: 439: 432: 429: 426: 418: 417: 414: 413:Dwelling-place 411: 408: 405: 395: 392: 343: 340: 139: 136: 28: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 6905: 6894: 6891: 6889: 6886: 6884: 6881: 6880: 6878: 6859: 6858: 6854: 6852: 6851: 6847: 6846: 6844: 6840: 6834: 6833: 6829: 6827: 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Index

Oromë
Valar (disambiguation)
['valar]
J. R. R. Tolkien
legendarium
Eru IlĂșvatar
Ainulindalë
Ainur
Arda
Maiar
The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
Quenya
The History of Middle-earth
Unfinished Tales
angels
Christianity
pagan gods
luck
providence
Eru IlĂșvatar
Arda
Ainulindalë, "The Music of the Ainur"
Melkor

Arda
Years of the Lamps
Maiar
Children of IlĂșvatar
Men

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