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Showing posts with label Valar. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Valar. Show all posts

19 January 2022

'So that they are its life and it is theirs' (Silm. 20)

Many readers will no doubt recall this fascinating passage in The Silmarillion (20) which draws an equivalency between the life of the Vala...

19 December 2015

Guest Post -- Luke Baugher on Tulkas and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"

Tulkas, a question of the influence of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight On Tuesday of this week, I began a read-through of Sir Ga...

09 December 2015

The Dream of Manwë in 'Of Aulë and Yavanna'

After Ilúvatar has sanctioned Aulë's making of the Dwarves because of his humility, Yavanna turns to Manwë, fearful of what the coming ...

20 October 2015

Hellehinca, or Morgoth the Lame

Fingolfin's Challenge, © John Howe Readers of The Silmarillion will recall Fingolfin's hopeless challenge of Morg...

28 July 2015

Why Does the Roaring of the Sea Disquiet the Valar?

The Sea -- Copyright © Ted Nasmith. All rights reserved. A well known theme that runs throughout Tolkien's legendarium is that...

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