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| '''Otselen''' "''[[Seven Stars]]''", an [[Elvish]] ([[Quenya]]) name for [[Valacirca]] (or the Great Bear), one of the [[constellations]].<ref>{{HM|LR}}, "[[The Etymologies]]" (but it is not used in any of the stories).</ref>
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| ==Etymology==
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| The first element of the name is Quenya numeral ''[[otso]]'' ("seven"), and the second Quenya ''[[elen]]'' ("star") and thus refers to the seven stars of [[Valacirca]].
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| ==Cognates==
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| *[[Noldorin]] ''[[Edegil]]''
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| ==Real-world inspiration==
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| [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] was perhaps inspired by ''otso'', one of the many words for ''karhu'' ('bear') in [[Wikipedia:Finnish|Finnish]]. Karhu is also the name of the North Polar Bear, a frequent character in ''[[The Father Christmas Letters]]'' which Tolkien wrote to his children during the years 1920-1943.<ref>[[Wayne G. Hammond]], [[Christina Scull]], ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator|J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator]]'', "Art for Children" (see fig. 66)</ref>
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| {{References}}
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| [[Category:Constellations]]
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