#valar

[neldeathstar]

Jealousy on Almaren II, page 8

Don't mention f@*!ing fishboy 😫!!!

One more page to come 😁!

[gracefallingart]

Valar so Far…

Melkor, Oromë, Yavanna, Aulë, Vána, Nessa, Tulkas, Ulmo, Manwë, Varda, and a peek of unfinished Nienna…

I will upload a better version later, but one day I will have all of it done… I just finished Varda’s dress tonight. (I know its a bit… silky.)

This is a crowd… and making it all work has been a struggle I didn’t fully expect.

[eri-pl]

So this is the official bijection now. XD

I tried with the female Valar when I saw you mention it, but couldn't. I'm not fully on-board with your matching either, but sadly can't offer a better alternative.

Let's map the sons of Feanor to the Valar

for no other reason than "there are 7 of them"

Celegorm - Orome (hunting, Orome liked Celegorm and gave him a dog, I don't like them)

Maglor - Ulmo (sea, music)

Curufin - Aule (crafts)

Amrod - Namo (doomed) (unless I'm confusing Amrod and Amras?)

Amras - Irmo (the other one to the doomed)

Maedhros - Manwe (not many Valar left + is the boss of others + mountain)

Caranthir - Tulkas (for some reason... I mean, he's the only one left. Plus hot temper?)

Generally, I'm thinking a lot of the "3/7 of something" scheme, because I love mapping things to other things.

Like: Dads of E&E / Silmarils / elements / some Valar / the 3 rings / Eldar types

Earendil - air - Manwe - Elrond's ring - the Vanyar

Maglor - water - Ulmo - Galadriel's ring - the Teleri

Maedhros - fire - Melkor - Gandalf's ring - the Noldor

No, I have no idea what this accomplishes, I just like giving structure to things and finding symmetries in them.

Also the 3 is often more like a 2+1. Not an equilateral triangle, but a ... how do you call it in English? Two sides equal, one different.

silver/gold + darkness (trees + a spider; ice / fire and evil - the three main elements of Melkor)

alternatively, silver + gold + jewels (sun+moon+stars, especially Earendil)

Fingolfin, Finarfin and Feanor

Namo, Irmo and Nienna

Maedhros, Maglor and Earendil

Elladan, Elrohir, Arwen

those two E-guys whose names I forgot + Elwing

Anglachel, Anguirel, Maeglin (that's how I HC Eol seeing them)

Similarly, the 7 grows to 8:

sons + Feanor => 8-pointed star of their house, 8 of them made the Oath

(male) Valar + Melkor

...? I don't know.

I wonder if there's anything interesting to do with the number 9, or with the whole 1+3+7+9 scheme, this would be awesome.

[wroniec]

The Timeless Halls

Aulë & Melkor

[ylieke]

[silmalope]

Some Valar designs (+ Uinen!)

[mateiru]

Manwë and Varda as the painting "The Kiss" - Gustav Klimt

[quinthejester]

Aulë, Mairon and Curumo

because i wanted to draw a 'family' portrait of them :)

[nervmaup]

[anattmar]

little doodle of Yavanna

[wisesnail]

And finally here I come with a Moringotto aka the guy who thought it was a good idea to work with a giant spider…🙈

Prints and other stuff on my RedBubble and Threadless

[vertigoartgore]

Lord of the Rings's Gandalf the grey by artist Matías Bergara.

[drawulan]

[trash-ainu]

Eru: Here are all the resplendent Valar whom you may serve. This is Manwë, whose domain is Air, the very Breath of Arda. This is Yavanna, Giver of Fruits and Queen of Earth. But I think for you, most fitting would be Aulë the Smith, who—

Mairon, pointing at Melkor: I want that one.

Eru: Him?!

The rest of the Valar: Him?!

Melkor, in the background, choking on the water he was drinking straight from a flower vase: Me?!

[wroniec]

Taniquetil, a close-up

Manwë & Melkor

[arlenianchronicles]

My first submission for this year's @tolkienrsb (slide 32) in collab with @the-red-butterfly! Manwe takes a human form to visit the Edain; he befriends a blind elder from a village of the House of Beor, and slice-of-life shenanigans ensue XD