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In the beginning Eru, the One, who in the Elvish tongue is named Ilúvatar, made
the Ainur of his thought; and they made a great Music before him. In this Music
the World was begun; for Ilúvatar made visible the song of the Ainur, and they
beheld it as a light in the darkness. And many among them became enamoured
of its beauty, and of its history which they saw beginning and unfolding as in a
vision. Therefore Ilúvatar gave to their vision Being, and set it amid the Void,
and the Secret Fire was sent to burn at the heart of the World; and it was called
Eä
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Then those of the Ainur who desired it arose and entered into the World at the
beginning of Time; and it was their task to achieve it, and by their labours to
fulfil the vision which they had seen. Long they laboured in the regions of Eä,
which are vast beyond the thought of Elves and Men, until in the time appointed
was made Arda, the Kingdom of Earth. Then they put on the raiment of Earth
and descended into it, and dwelt therein.
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The Great among these spirits the Elves name the Valar, the Powers of Arda, and
Men have often called them gods. The Lords of the Valar are seven; and the
Valier, the Queens of the Valar, are seven also. These were their names in the
Elvish tongue as it was spoken in Valinor, though they have other names in the
speech of the Elves in Middle-earth, and their names among Men are manifold.
The names of the Lords in due order are: Manwë, Ulmo, Aulë, Oromë, Mandos,
Lórien, and Tulkas; and the names of the Queens are: Varda, Yavanna, Nienna,
Estë, Vairë, Vána, and Nessa. Melkor is counted no longer among the Valar, and
his name is not spoken upon Earth.
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Manwë and Melkor were brethren in the thought of Ilúvatar. The mightiest of those Ainur who came into the World was in his beginning Melkor; but Manwë is dearest to Ilúvatar and understands most clearly his purposes. He was appointed to be, in the fullness of time, the first of all Kings: lord of the realm of Arda and ruler of all that dwell therein. In Arda his delight is in the winds and the clouds, and in all the regions of the air, from the heights to the depths, from the utmost borders of the Veil of Arda to the breezes that blow in the grass. Súlimo he is surnamed, Lord of the Breath of Arda. All swift birds, strong of wing, he loves, and they come and go at his bidding.
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With Manwë dwells Varda, Lady of the Stars, who knows all the regions of
Eä. Too great is her beauty to be declared in the words of Men or of Elves; for
the light of Ilúvatar lives still in her face. In light is her power and her joy. Out of
the deeps of Eä she came to the aid of Manwë; for Melkor she knew from before
the making of the Music and rejected him, and he hated her, and feared her more
than all others whom Eru made. Manwë and Varda are seldom parted, and they
remain in Valinor. Their halls are above the everlasting snow, upon Oiolossë, the
uttermost tower of Taniquetil, tallest of all the mountains upon Earth. When
Manwë there ascends his throne and looks forth, if Varda is beside him, he sees
further than all other eyes, through mist, and through darkness, and over the
leagues of the sea. And if Manwë is with her, Varda hears more clearly than all
other ears the sound of voices that cry from east to west, from the hills and the
valleys, and from the dark places that Melkor has made upon Earth. Of all the
Great Ones who dwell in this world the Elves hold Varda most in reverence and
love. Elbereth they name her, and they call upon her name out of the shadows of
Middle-earth, and uplift it in song at the rising of the stars.
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Of the Valar, Part IV: Ulmo, Part I: A Mounting Wave
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Of the Valar, Part IV: Ulmo, Part II: The Veins of the World
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Of the Valar, Part V: Aulë
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Of the Valar, Part VI: Yavanna
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Of the Valar, Part VII: The Fëanturi
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Of the Valar, Part VIII: Námo and Vairë
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Of the Valar, Part IX: Irmo and Estë
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Of the Valar, Part X: Nienna
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Of the Valar, Part XI: Tulkas and Nessä
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Of the Valar, Part XII: Oromë and Vána
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Of the Valar, Part XIII: But a Veil
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Of the Maiar, Part I: The People of the Valar
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Of the Maiar, Part II: Ilmarë and Eönwë
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Of the Maiar, Part III: Ossë and Uinen, Part I: Amid the Roaring
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Of the Maiar, Part III: Ossë and Uinen, Part II: Delight in Violence
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Of the Maiar, Part IV: Melian and Olórin, Part I: Melian
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Of the Maiar, Part IV: Melian and Olórin, Part II: Olórin
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Of the Maiar, Part IV: Melian and Olórin, Part III: Among Them Unseen
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Of the Enemies, Part I: For He Coveted
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Of the Enemies, Part II: A Spirit Wasteful
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Of the Enemies, Part III: The Valaraukar
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Of the Enemies, Part IV: Sauron
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Here Ends the Valaquenta
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