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| caption="Makar and Measse (''right'')" by [[:Category:Images by A-denn|A-denn]] | |||
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| othernames=''Rávi'' | | othernames=''Rávi'', ''Tarkil'' ([[Qenya|Q]])</br>''Mechos''/''Mechothli'' ([[Gnomish|G]]) | ||
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'''Meássë''' was a [[Valar|Vala]] only appearing in the earliest versions of the [[legendarium]]. She is described as the "warrior [[Gods|goddess]]" and an "[[Wikipedia:Amazons|Amazon]] with bloody arms". She was the "fierce sister" of [[Makar]]. | '''Meássë''' was a [[Valar|Vala]] only appearing in the earliest versions of the [[legendarium]] in ''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]''. She is described as the "warrior [[Gods|goddess]]" and an "[[Wikipedia:Amazons|Amazon]] with bloody arms". She was the "fierce sister" of [[Makar]]. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Meássë was among the [[Ainur]] who aligned themselves with [[Melko]] during the [[Music of the Ainur]].<ref>{{ | [[File:A-denn - Measse.jpg|thumb|150px|left|''Measse'' by [[:Category:Images by A-denn|A-denn]]]] | ||
Meássë was among the [[Ainur]] who aligned themselves with [[Melko]] during the [[Music of the Ainur]].<ref name="Valar"/>{{rp|67}} | |||
Upon their arrival to [[Valinor]] she and her brother Makar | Upon their arrival to [[Valinor]], she and her brother Makar made an abode in the northern [[Aman]], close to the [[Halls of Mandos]].<ref name="Valar" />{{rp|79}} She, along with her brother, rode often to the [[Middle-earth|Great Lands]], where they hunted wolves and bears in the black mountains.<ref name="Valar"/> | ||
She, along with her brother, rode often to the [[Middle-earth|Great Lands]], where they hunted wolves and bears in the black mountains.<ref name="Valar" | |||
When the [[Elves]] awoke, she backed Makar in his opposition to the rest of | When the [[Elves]] awoke, and the Valar invited them to live among the Gods, she backed Makar in his opposition to the rest of them, saying that Valinor was built for the Valar only.<ref>{{LT1|V}}, p. 117</ref> | ||
She joined her brother and the rest of the Valar in the pursuit of Melko and his servants who were escaping from Valinor | She joined her brother and the rest of the Valar in the pursuit of Melko and his servants, who were escaping from Valinor after the destruction of the [[Two Trees]].<ref>{{LT1|VI}}, pp. 154-155</ref> | ||
== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
''Meássë'' is a [[Qenya]] name, deriving from the [[Sundocarme|root]] MEHE ("ooze?") and related to the word ''mear'' ("gore"). | '''''Meássë''''' is a [[Qenya]] name, deriving from the [[Sundocarme|root]] [[MEHE]] ("ooze?") and related to the word ''mear'' ("gore"). Its [[Gnomish]] equivalent is '''''Mechos''''' or '''''Mechothli'''''.<ref name="Ravi"/> | ||
Among her other names was '''''Rávi''''' (related to ''ravennë'' "she-[[lions|lion]]").<ref name="Ravi">{{LT1|Appendix}}, p. 260</ref>, as well as '''''Tarkil''''', deriving from the root [[TARA]] ("to batter, thud, beat").<ref>{{PE|14}}, p. 15</ref> | |||
== Genealogy == | == Genealogy == | ||
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{{familytree| MAK | | MEA | |MAK=[[Makar]]|MEA='''MEÁSSË'''}} | {{familytree | MAK | | MEA | |MAK=[[Makar]]|MEA='''MEÁSSË'''}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:08, 19 April 2024
| Meássë | |
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| Vala | |
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| "Makar and Measse (right)" by A-denn | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Other names | Rávi, Tarkil (Q) Mechos/Mechothli (G) |
| Location | Valinor |
| Family | |
| Siblings | Makar |
| Physical Description | |
| Gender | Female |
| Weaponry | Spear[1]:78 |
| Gallery | Images of Meássë |
Meássë was a Vala only appearing in the earliest versions of the legendarium in The Book of Lost Tales. She is described as the "warrior goddess" and an "Amazon with bloody arms". She was the "fierce sister" of Makar.
History[edit | edit source]
Measse by A-denn
Meássë was among the Ainur who aligned themselves with Melko during the Music of the Ainur.[1]:67
Upon their arrival to Valinor, she and her brother Makar made an abode in the northern Aman, close to the Halls of Mandos.[1]:79 She, along with her brother, rode often to the Great Lands, where they hunted wolves and bears in the black mountains.[1]
When the Elves awoke, and the Valar invited them to live among the Gods, she backed Makar in his opposition to the rest of them, saying that Valinor was built for the Valar only.[2]
She joined her brother and the rest of the Valar in the pursuit of Melko and his servants, who were escaping from Valinor after the destruction of the Two Trees.[3]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Meássë is a Qenya name, deriving from the root MEHE ("ooze?") and related to the word mear ("gore"). Its Gnomish equivalent is Mechos or Mechothli.[4]
Among her other names was Rávi (related to ravennë "she-lion").[4], as well as Tarkil, deriving from the root TARA ("to batter, thud, beat").[5]
Genealogy[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "III. The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "V. The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr", p. 117
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "VI. The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor", pp. 154-155
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, p. 260
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Early Qenya and The Valmaric Script", in Parma Eldalamberon XIV (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), p. 15
