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Not initially one of the Valar, Tulkas the Strong is "greatest in strength and deeds of prowess ... [who] came last to Arda, to aid the Valar in the first battles with Melkor". [T 10] Having joined the Valar, Tulkas is the Last of the Valar to descend into Arda, helping tip the scales against Melkor prior to the creation of the Two Lamps ...
Pagan pantheon: the Valar, rulers of Middle-earth, resemble the Æsir, the strong and combative Norse gods of Asgard. [1] [2] Painting by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1817. Scholars have identified numerous themes in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings, among them paganism.
Tolkien's Valar, a pantheon of immortals, somewhat resemble the Æsir, the gods of Asgard. [6] Manwë, the head of the Valar, has some similarities to Odin, the "Allfather". [40] Thor, physically the strongest of the gods, can be seen both in Oromë, who fights the monsters of Melkor, and in Tulkas, the strongest of the Valar. [40]
Thor, for example, physically the strongest of the gods, can be seen both in Oromë, who fights the monsters of Melkor, and in Tulkas, the strongest of the Valar. Manwë, the head of the Valar, has some similarities to Odin , the "Allfather", [ 2 ] while the wizard Gandalf , one of the Maiar, resembles Odin the wanderer.
The correspondences are only approximate; the Valar are also influenced by Norse mythology, with characteristics resembling various of the Æsir, the gods of Asgard. [17] Thor, for example, physically the strongest of the gods, can be seen both in Oromë, who fights the monsters of Melkor, and in Tulkas, the physically strongest of the Valar. [18]
Whether the Valar actually deem Miriel innocent or the summoned sea monster just wasn't hungry, what really matters is that Miriel has won groundswell support among some Númenoreans. Civil war ...
In his view, the Valar "cannot be reduced either to spirit-beings or earth-forces; they encompass both simultaneously". [25] McBride shows how Eru's actions can be seen in the creation of the world (Eä) and the Valar through which he acts, and more ambiguously in the Third Age where the divine will is at most hinted at. [26]
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