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The '''Valar''' ([[Quenya]], sg."''Vala''") are the ''Powers of Arda'' who live on the Western continent of [[Aman]].<br />
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The Valar were the fourteen powerful spirits of the [[Races|race]] of the [[Ainur]] who entered [[Arda]] after its creation to give order to the world and combat the evils of [[Melkor]]. They dwelt originally on the Isle of [[Almaren]], but after its destruction, long before the Awakening of the [[Elves]], they moved to [[Aman]] and founded [[Valinor]].<br />
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They were the greatest of the Ainur who witnessed the Vision of [[Ilúvatar]] and so came to create Arda. Melkor came to Arda to claim it for his own.<br />
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Manwë and Melkor fought, and Manwë called other spirits to help him in his battle. Among these were the other Valar and the [[Maiar]]. Melkor withdrew from the battle, and the others continued their creation of the World. But Melkor saw this, and returned to fight for control of Arda.<br />
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The Valar have no fixed shape, but often take the shapes of Men and Elves, or they can remain invisible. <br />
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The Valar are not gods, though Men have often mistaken them as such in the beginning of [[Arda]]. They are actually emissaries or regents of Ilúvatar, the monotheistic God of the world, who rarely directly intervenes in the world's course of events. <br />
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==Names==<br />
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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, ''[[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. <br />
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=== Lords of the Valar ===<br />
* [[Manwë]] Súlimo, King of the Valar<br />
* [[Ulmo]], King of the Sea <br />
* [[Aulë]], the Smith<br />
* [[Oromë]] Aldaron, the Great Rider<br />
* [[Námo]] ([[Mandos]]), Judge of the Dead <br />
* [[Irmo]] ([[Lórien]]), Master of Dreams and Desires<br />
* [[Tulkas]] Astaldo, Champion of Valinor<br />
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=== Queens of the Valar (''Valier'') ===<br />
* [[Varda]] Elentári, Queen of the Stars, wife of Manwë<br />
* [[Yavanna]] Kementári (Palùrien), Giver of Fruits, wife of Aulë<br />
* [[Nienna]], Lady of Mercy<br />
* [[Estë]] the Gentle<br />
* [[Vairë]] the Weaver<br />
* [[Vána]] the Ever-young<br />
* [[Nessa]] the Dancer<br />
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The '''[[Aratar]]''' ([[Sindarin]]: ''Exalted'') or '''High Ones of Arda''' are the eight greatest of the Valar: [[Manwë]], [[Varda]], [[Ulmo]], [[Yavanna]], [[Aulë]], [[Mandos]], [[Nienna]], and [[Oromë]]. Melkor, the most powerful of all, is not counted among them.<br />
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[[Irmo|Lórien]] and [[Mandos]] are brothers and are referred to collectively as the '''''Fëanturi''''' or "Masters of Spirits".<br />
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==Relationships between the Valar==<br />
Ilúvatar brought the Valar (and all of the Ainur) into being by his thought, and may therefore be considered their father. However, not all of the Valar are siblings; where this is held to be so it is because they are so "in the thought of Ilúvatar".<br />
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It was the Valar who first practiced marriage, and later passed on their custom to the Elves. However only one such marriage among the Valar took place within the world, that of Tulkas and Nessa after the raising of the [[Two Lamps]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Valaquenta]]<br />
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