Scholarship and Critical Assessment Michael D. C. Drout. V W. VALAR The Valar are the Powers of Middle - earth . Among the Ainur ( “ rational spirits or minds without incarna- tion " [ Letters , 284 ] ) who were the offspring of Eru's ...
... Valar put into Arda, the less energy the Valar had at their disposal though Tolkien has hinted that Valar at rest “drew strength from the Earth which under Eru they had made.”23 Tolkien used a term for this transformation of the Valar ...
... Valar. and. Maiar. These two groups belong together as part of Tolkien's creation myth. The principal work in which they appear is the “Valaquenta: Account of the Valar and Maiar according to the Lore of the Eldar” (Tolkien 1999a: 25–32) ...
... Valar and Maiar enter Arda Arda shaped by Valar First War Arda marred Melkor expelled AGES OF THE LAMPS YeAR VALARIAN 5000: Age 5tH Lamps of the Valar forged Spring of Arda begins Valar found Almaren Great Forests of Arda grow Melkor ...
... Valar, meaning “Powers.” To Men, they became known as the gods. Tolkien states that when the Valar entered the world, they took on shapes and colors according to the knowledge they had of their powers and ... Valar The powers of the Valar.
... Valar , however , wished to bring the Third Kindred to their realm . At their bidding Ulmo sent Ossë to them . Ossë taught them the art of building ships and , when the ships were built , Ulmo sent to them vast winged Swans , which drew ...
... Valar within these works are brief and provide little detail. Only one work, the Quenta Silmarillion, develops them more fully, and it represents the last of Tolkien's work before setting the legendarium aside to focus on The Lord of ...
... VALAR , VALIER , AND MAIAR Many names for the most prominent Valar , Valier , and Maiar exist in Sin- darin and Noldorin . The actual usage of these names is , however , some- what limited ; only Manwë , Varda , Orome , and perhaps ...
... Valar established stability among its substances and then turned their attention to light and growth. The Spring of Arda began when the Valar created the two Lamps and settled in Almaren. Once again Melkor marred their work, casting ...