#uinen

[sempermoi]

Uinen

It’s Mermay still so I decided to draw my fave Tolkien mermaid again ^^

[bunnynoldo]

Let me share an example of why I love how Sauron and Galadriel's reletionship has been written and shown in the Rings of Power.

I have always thought that Sauron's possible try at redemption and his feelings towards Galadriel will be shown as ambiguous. And here's an example: right before a scene in the Numenorean prison, where Galadriel 'discovers' that Halbrand is 'the king of the Southlands', and tries to convince him to return to the Middle-earth with her, we get this scene - Galadriel as a puppet on strings moved by a puppeteer:

The obvious conclusion is that Sauron is the puppeteer that is manipulating her. Pretty neat, right? But that's not the only symbolism here!

Right after the puppet scene, comes this shot - Galadriel entering the prison, and the main focus is on this statue, which we will get in the prison scenes a lot:

The statue represents Uinen. Now it's not unusual that her statues would be present in Numenor, as she was a Maia who brought calm seas and was revered among the Numenoreans. What is unusual is that the statue is in the prison and that it is shown so many times. I've read the reasoning behind this is that the prison was formerly a temple to Uinen. But still, people creating the show really wanted to highlight that specific statue during Galadriel and Halbrand's scenes. Why?

Well, on the surface level, the statue resembles Galadriel with her long wavy locks (Galadriel's hair is always down in the prison scenes) - so that's a sign that we should connect her and Uinen.

So what is a possible meaning of the statue in this context?

Uinen was married to a Maiar Ossë, who was corrupted by Morgoth, but Uinen persuaded him to return to the light side.

If we assume that Sauron's redemption is true, he really might have wanted to return to the light by his relationship with Galadriel.

And of course that wouldn't have worked, because Sauron is a demigod corrupted by a god, and Galadriel could have helped him only if she dragged him back to Valinor. She can't heal him, but his intensions could have been true nevertheless. Like Halbrand has said himself: 'Look, Elf. You didn’t cause my suffering and you can’t fix it. No matter how strong your will. Or your pride.'

I have more to say about this so stay tuned if you're interested

Part 2

[salmonhere]

[lidensword]

Uinen as I imagine her in her human form.

Inspired by one of the amazing sculptures of Coderch & Malavia

[lorica-art]

[seaside-wanderer]

"for the most part"

[rittare]

It is said that in the making of Arda he endeavoured to draw Ossë to his allegiance, promising to him all the realm and power of Ulmo, if he would serve him. So it was that long ago there arose great tumults in the sea that wrought ruin to the lands. But Uinen, at the prayer of Aulë, restrained Ossë and brought him before Ulmo; and he was pardoned and returned to his allegiance, to which he has remained faithful. (с)

[atane-is-here]

@ainurweek

Uinen and Osse / New Beginnings

It was not easy for Uinen to accept Osse back into her life after he left her to join Melkors cause. When he returned as one of Ulmos Maiar and as her husband that broken trust had to be repaired. Their relationship had to start anew.

In the ages to come he would be grateful for her kindness and courage as Melkor and his allies bring more destruction than he, and maybe even they, had ever anticipated.

[violecov]

Uinen discovering what Ossë has been doing after joining Melkor.

[eri-pl]

Yesterday I was checking how the Noldor sailed and there's a wonderful paragraph there. It basically goes like: "Ossë didn't attack the Noldor despite his love for the Teleri, because the Valar had said to not interfere with them." And then, after one or it two sentences, "Uinen made some storms and drowned some ships". (Sorry, it's from memory, but this general meaning.)

Which means it basically went something like this:

Ossë: They killed my friends!

Uinen: What are we going to do about it?

Ossë (who is still on probation I guess): Nothing. There Valar forbade us from doing anything. *sniff* Hey, where are you going?

Uinen: ...shopping.

*a few storms later*

Uinen: ... So, my lord, Ossë didn't do anything. And I'm... Well, I'm not sorry, but I'm ready to take whatever punishment you see fit.

Ulmo: You are on clam duty. Both.

Seriously, Tolkien had so many hidden gems. Yeah Ossë couldn't do anything because of course everybody listens to the Valar, well, except Uinen in the very next sentence, she didn't care.

[sakasakiii]

for quite some time now ive wanted to redesign some of my existing maiar designs as well as give proper designs to some ive never really bothered with before, so here's some updated fullbody concepts! im happiest with mairon's honestly, but i really like the idea of olorin being a haggled, minimalistic shepherd who walks around valinor covered in dirt HAHAHAH

i also wanted to explore some of their potential dynamics with each other 😙 esp eonwe-ilmare and mairon-arien as siblings so these are just some quick doodles cuz my neck is in pa i n

compiled fullbody ref sheet under the cut 💃

[whosthatsilmcharacter]

(All art used with EXPRESS permission from the artist)

[mrsrincewind]

[daily-smol-silm]

Day #106 - Hair

FLOWY HAIR IN WATER MY BELOVED.

[verecunda]

[Ossë's] spouse is Uinen, the Lady of the Seas, whose hair lies spread through all waters under sky. All creatures she loves that live in the salt streams, and all weeds that grow there; to her mariners cry, for she can lay calm upon the waves, restraining the wildness of Ossë.

I love the wording of this, because it conjures up images of sailors caught in a tempest at sea, yelling into the storm, "Uinen, come and collect your man! He's doing the thing again!"

[rittare]

Uinen before the telerin mariners on the shores of Tol-Eressea.