Aule and Yavanna

It’s true that many of the other Ainur couples seem to specialize in elements of Arda that are very closely related (Irmo and Este have dreams and sleep, Mandos and Vaire have death and history, even Varda and Manwe have stars/ight and sky/air.) At first glance, it does seem like Aule and Yavanna don’t have…

Valarin Names of the Valar

The names for the Valar that you see used most often in The Silmarillion are their Quenya names, and were the names used by the Vanyar and Noldor in Valinor, as well as the Noldorin exiles in Middle Earth. Presumably all the Valar had names in Sindarin, though not all of them were recorded (the…