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	==Names==		==Names==
−	These are the names of the Valar as they were known to the [[Eldar]]. In Middle-earth, they were known by other names of [[Sindarin]] origin; for example they called [[Varda]] "Elbereth". [[Men]] knew them by many other names, sometimes referring to them as "gods" at first. The [[Dwarves]] called Aulë, their creator, ''[[Aulë#Names and etymology\|Mahal]]''. It should be noted that, with the exception of Oromë, the names listed below are not actual names but rather titles: the true names of the Valar are nowhere recorded. Male Valar are called "Lords of the Valar"; females are called "Queens of the Valar," or '''Valier'''. In [[Sindarin]], the equivalents to ''Vala'' and ''Valar'' would be '''[[Balan]]''' and '''Belain''', respectively. They were not used in common language; it only survived in ''[[~~Tárion~~\|Orbelain]]'' and ''[[Valacirca\|Cerch i Mbelain]]''. In Sindarin, they were called '''Rodyn''' (singular ''Rodon'') instead.	+	These are the names of the Valar as they were known to the [[Eldar]]. In Middle-earth, they were known by other names of [[Sindarin]] origin; for example they called [[Varda]] "Elbereth". [[Men]] knew them by many other names, sometimes referring to them as "gods" at first. The [[Dwarves]] called Aulë, their creator, ''[[Aulë#Names and etymology\|Mahal]]''. It should be noted that, with the exception of Oromë, the names listed below are not actual names but rather titles: the true names of the Valar are nowhere recorded. Male Valar are called "Lords of the Valar"; females are called "Queens of the Valar," or '''Valier'''. In [[Sindarin]], the equivalents to ''Vala'' and ''Valar'' would be '''[[Balan]]''' and '''Belain''', respectively. They were not used in common language; it only survived in ''[[Valanya\|Orbelain]]'' and ''[[Valacirca\|Cerch i Mbelain]]''. In Sindarin, they were called '''Rodyn''' (singular ''Rodon'') instead.

	=== Lords of the Valar ===		=== Lords of the Valar ===
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	===Other names===		===Other names===
−	The '''[[Aratar]]''' "Exalted" ([[Sindarin]]: ''[[Rodyn]]'') or '''High Ones of Arda''' are the eight greatest of the Valar: [[Manwë]], [[Varda]], [[Ulmo]], [[Aulë]], [[Yavanna]], [[Mandos]], [[Nienna]], and [[Oromë]]. Melkor, the most powerful of all, is not counted among them.	+	The '''[[Aratar]]''' "Exalted" ([[Sindarin]]: ''Rodyn'') or '''High Ones of Arda''' are the eight greatest of the Valar: [[Manwë]], [[Varda]], [[Ulmo]], [[Aulë]], [[Yavanna]], [[Mandos]], [[Nienna]], and [[Oromë]]. Melkor, the most powerful of all, is not counted among them.

	[[Irmo\|Lórien]] and [[Mandos]] are brothers and are referred to collectively as the '''''[[Fëanturi]]''''' or "Masters of Spirits".		[[Irmo\|Lórien]] and [[Mandos]] are brothers and are referred to collectively as the '''''[[Fëanturi]]''''' or "Masters of Spirits".
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	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[Valaquenta]]		*[[Valaquenta]]
−	* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]]

	{{ainur}}		{{ainur}}

−	~~==Gallery==~~
−	~~<gallery>~~
−	~~File:Angel Falto - Melkor.jpg \| [[Morgoth\|Melkor]]~~
−	~~File:Alice Falto - Manwe.jpg \| [[Manwë]]~~
−	~~File:Tania Weil - Varda Elentari.jpg \| [[Varda]]~~
−	~~Image:John Howe - Ulmo, Lord of the Waters.jpg \| [[Ulmo]]~~
−	~~File:Alice Falto - Aule.jpg \| [[Aulë]]~~
−	~~Image:Mikel Janin - Yavanna.jpg \| [[Yavanna]]~~
−	~~File:Angel Falto - Mandos.jpg \| [[Mandos\|Námo]]~~
−	~~Image:Daniel Govar - Nienna.jpg \| [[Nienna]]~~
−	~~File:Angel Falto - Orome.jpg \| [[Oromë]]~~
−	~~File:Alice Falto - Este.jpg \| [[Estë]]~~
−	~~File:Angel Falto - Lorien.jpg \| [[Irmo]]~~
−	~~File:Alice Falto - Vaire.jpg \| [[Vairë]]~~
−	~~Image:Olga Kukhtenkova - Vana.jpg \| [[Vána]]~~
−	~~File:Angel Falto - Tulkas.jpg \| [[Tulkas]]~~
−	~~File:Alice Falto - Nessa.jpg \| [[Nessa]]~~
−	~~</gallery>~~
−
−	~~{{references}}~~
	[[Category:Valar\| ]]		[[Category:Valar\| ]]
	[[Category:Quenya nouns]]		[[Category:Quenya nouns]]

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