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Know Your Valar: Tulkas and Nessa

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We have another couple today, who get married early on in The Silmarillion, Tulkas and Nessa:

Tulkas

  • Type: Vala
  • Name meaning: “Strong” or “Steadfast”
  • Other titles: “the Wrestler”
  • Appearance: Golden hair and beard
  • Location: –
  • Notes:
    • Last of the Ainur to enter Arda who entered to fight Melkor.

Nessa

  • Type: Vala
  • Name meaning: “Young”
  • Other titles: “The dancer”
  • Appearance: Beautiful!
  • Location: –
  • Notes:
    • Loves to dance
    • Runs swiftly

Know Your Valar: Aulë and Yavanna

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It’s time to talk about more of the Valar! Today we look at another couple, Aulë and Yavanna…

Aulë

  • Type: Vala
  • Name meaning: “Invention”
  • Other titles: “The Smith”, “The Maker of Mountains”, “Mahal” (The Maker)
  • Appearance: –
  • Location: Central Valinor
  • Notes:
    • He is a master of all crafts who fashioned and crafted the substances of which Arda was made
    • He created the Dwarves
    • Made the Lamps of the Valar
    • Forged the vessels which hold the Sun and Moon
    • Taught the Noldor Eleves about stonework

Yavanna

  • Type: Vala
  • Name meaning: “Giver of fruits”
  • Other titles: “The Fruitful Queen of the Earth”
  • Appearance: Tall as a cypress tree and clothed in green
  • Location: Her gardens are in south Valinor
  • Notes:
    • Planted seeds of everything which grows
    • She thought of the Ents
    • She made the Trees of Light which lit Valinor,
    • She used the last fruit of those trees was used to make the Sun and Moon
    • She also made the White Tree of the Eldar in Tirion.

Know Your Valar: Ulmo

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Last time we looked at a couple, the King and Queen of Arda. Today we look at a bachelor…

Ulmo

  • Type: Vala
  • Name meaning: “Pourer”/”Rainer”
  • Other titles: “Lord of the Waters”
  • Appearance: A gigantic king with silver and emerald armour. Has sea-shell horns (the Ulumúri).
  • Location: Ulmonan, his palace, on the bottom of Vaiya.
  • Biography:
    • Helped bring the Elves to the Undying Lands during the Age of Stars.
    • Taught the Elves music and seacraft.

Know Your Valar: Manwë and Varda

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In an effort to establish more clearly in my mind the different Valar, I thought I would put together some memorable graphics and a short description for each of the main ones. Today’s post is about Manwë and Varda…

Manwë

  • Type: Vala
  • Name meaning: “The good”
  • Other titles: “King of Arda”, “Lord of the Air”
  • Appearance: His eyes and clothing are blue and his sceptre is made of sapphire.
  • Location: Lives in the mansions of Ilmarin atop the mountain of Taniquetil
  • Loves: All birds, particularly eagles, are sacred to him. He has a soft spot for the Vanyar Elves because of their skill in poetry.

Varda

  • Type: Vala
  • Name meaning: “Sublime”/”Lofty”
  • Other titles: “Queen of the Heavens”, “Queen of Light”, “Gilthoniel”, “Elbereth”, “Lady of the stars”
  • Appearance: Extremely beautiful
  • Location: Lives in the mansions of Ilmarin atop the mountain of Taniquetil
  • Loves: Light. She rekindled the stars, lit the Lamps of the Valar, and placed the Sun and Moon in the heavens.
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