#valarine

[sol-lar-bink]

I managed to finish a piece on the big TV xD

Medea and Valarine spending some time at a local cafe~

I'm just happy to get a wintery piece done (x

#myart #kirby #kirby art #medea #valarine #floralian #spider #kirby spider #kirby oc #kirbyocs #i did trace the dreamstalk flower from an in-game screenshot im totally not sorry lmao

[aotearoa20]

Sauron invented gunpowder as like an after thought. Put it in like a 'this could be used for nefarious purposes' box for later.

And it worked, the Numenorians got hold of it at some point and when Tar-Mairon came finally, he looked over their work with a odd sort of pride?

All this to say Olorin smuggled gunpowder back into Middle Earth and created fireworks in the name of redeeming twisted creations (and in hopes of riling up the fledgling dark lord wherever it was he was hiding)

#gandalf revealing his investion with a giant rocket which lights up the sky #all of middle earth looks in awe #a doomed and sea soaked bard is squinting #he hasnt studied valarin in an eternity #but hes pretty sure somejust just wrote 'fuck you' in tge sky with fire #gandalf #olorin #sauron #maiar #silmarillion #tolkien #lord of the rings #just some thoughts

[sesamenom]

new headcanon: Maglor is the only elf ever with a natural Valarin accent.

feanor is canonically-to-some-versions one of very few elves fluent in Valarin and his linguistics phase happens to line up pretty well with maglor's birth. obviously he wanted to do a valarin language acquisition experiment and just so happened to have a convenient test subject/child. nerdanel didn't mind because it's cool and not going to cause any long-term problems, so baby maglor ended up learning valarin as his first language.

Later, his voice's uniqueness was partially due to the very recognizable Valarin accent

#silm #silmarillion #not art #maglor #his voice sounds like ulmo but more earthly? #like he has a really deep voice with the valarin/ainur accent but doesn't have the ainur echoeyness

[sauronnaise]

“If you are the God of the Wind... Does that make you the Lord of the Farts?"

—Melkor, to Manwë

#melkor #manwë súlimo #tolkien #shitpost #incorrect tolkien quotes #silmarillion #incorrect silmarillion quotes #crack #mānawenūz means fart master in valarin #facts i just made up #dont listen to me #💨

[outofangband]

Elven* word of the day, 109/?

iniðil from Valarin

Meaning “Lily or other large, single flower”

Source: The War of the Jewels

*not actually an elven language today

Notes: The Quenya word indil, meaning the same, derives from this

#the silmarillion #wotd #Valarin #musing and meta

[almaren]

Starting 2023 off with a very, very self indulgent Mairon piece

Mairon dressed as Jessica Rabbit, what's not to love?

Let's hope this is setting the tone for the rest of the year

hey there

@the-ring-wasnt-even-pretty

#mairon #sauron #tolkien #silmarillion #jessica rabbit #my art #started 2022 with varda #starting 2023 with mairon #in keeping with the tradition of valarin queens heralding the new year

[thedecoy-if]

top left: Azriel (he/him)

top middle: Drenwin (he/him)

top right: Namara (she/her)

bottom left: Vale (they/them)

bottom middle: Ceris (she/her, they/them, he/him)

bottom right: Taleea Farewyn (she/her)

ARYA/ARWEN VALARIN

(These aren't exact (aside from Vale, I'd say) considering much of their facial details are lost in the process, but it's a pretty good idea.)

#character profiles #azriel damaris #drenwin silva #namara al-luvin #vale #ceris besille #reference #interactive fiction #interactive game #interactive novel #a valarin

[ettelenethelien]

In my interpretation, Valarin is like that, because it was more or less invented as an experiment for fun by people who had other means of communication at their disposal, and thus is more or less the equivalent of those secret codes everyone made as kids, in which the character for "N" had 10 strokes and was exactly the same as the character for "D" except one circle became a spiral, and you forgot to include number characters and obviously had no idea about how actual scripts evolve. Only the Valar weren't constrained by practical realities so it wasn't abandoned after 2 days the way those nightmarish codes tended to be.

#My post #tolkien #Silmarillion #Valarin #valar #silm

[urwendii]

Valarin word part 12/?

i havent worked on my Valarin conlang in months so I'm rusty but my dear @helenvader asked me for a Valarin word for the imperative "Heal".

No surprising it is that you do not find any early root for such a word, and it makes sense in-universe wise:

in a perfect world - that is in a world Unmarred the concept of healing would not need to exist. I tried a few variant but ultimately decided to go back to the closest word we have for such concept and lo and behold, we do have something to use in official Valarin.

-> Amanaišāl = Unmarred

now all i did was to append the early primitive √NĀ root (the copula for "to be / exist"). Nā or Á na in its imperative form.

so we can have something like 'Be Unmarred' for the literal translation of Heal! in its imperative form.

-> Á nāmanaišāl

fun facts:

early primitive elvish has the root √ŊAHYA (with a 'ŋaı̯' variation) meaning : hurt, grieve that you can find in Amanaišāl under its variant form. It might be coincidences since the Valarin word for marred is Dušamanūðān which share no similarities. Go figure.

#lang: valarin #valarin is a strange language indeed #also mandatory disclaimer for my new followers: this is my own hc / conlang. it might not be accurate. it might be wrong. #im not even a linguist im just sharing that divine nonsense ;)

[victors-grave]

The squad and Tye Loe go to the beach for the perfect day out.

They're all having a great time while Tye Loe is sleeping until it's time to go home as he is the only one who can be trusted behind the wheel.

#echoverse #victors echoverse #victor's echoverse #oc #sci fi #art #sci fi oc #original character #echoverse wip #beach #beach day #beach au #zena xa qui #thaniea hio #tye loe madon #orsk jei'lya #wren catis #valarin #aeron hesing #vero dene #artists community #artists of tumblr

[undercat-overdog]

Paging through a timeline today and the First Age was so very long ago even in what you might call the early Second Age. There is more time between the founding of Eregion (c SA 700) and the War of Wrath than there was in time in the entire First Age (about 600 years); Aldarion, living around the same time as the raising of Ost-in-Edhil, is six generations removed from Elros and the five generations between were all born in the Second Age: how different the lives of our own great-great-great-grandparents! And that's the earliest Second Age. By the time Eregion falls, 1700 years have passed since the Silmarils were set in their resting places; the Last Alliance happened around 3600 years after the Nirnaeth. And another three millenia in the Third Age! "Before the fall of Gondolin and Nargothrond in elder days" has very much the air of "a long time ago."

The First Age is so removed in time - and space! - from later events. Sometimes I feel this isn't appreciated enough. The Second and Third Ages have their own stories.

If anything, I think the First Age can be overrated in importance? Well, not in its own right, but in discussing later events.

#meta #i do think that for all that the creation of the silmarils and the creation of the rings are closer together in time #than either is to the destruction of the one ring #(probably. let's ignore valarin years) #the rings are part of one story and the silmarils another #when it comes to the ~story of arda or whatever #the dividing line is the war of wrath not the destruction of the trees or the akallabeth #(imo ofc!) #i admit to getting frustrated at times #galadriel giving three hairs to gimli can be seen in light of her refusing feanor but it's about *her and gimli* #there's lots to compare and contrast between the three rings and the silmarils if you want #but the three and their creation have meaning and value in their own right and you can talk about them meaningfully w/o reference to feanor #if you say 'maglor' to legolas his first association might be 'who?' or it might be 'oh yeah great songwriter love his stuff!' #(it's not all about the sons of feanor. who are secondary characters even in age one.) #(unlike feanor who's not at all secondary. but feanor's story is quite separate from that of the sons in some if not all ways)

[sol-lar-bink]

Did a bunch more of my Kirby OCs in the Super Kirby Clash Anniversary style/ Riki Fuhrmann's style (: It's super fun just doing a bunch of em.

Super happy with the Fecto, had to look at some chibi ones for a good idea how to shrink him down xD

#myart #kirby #kirby art #kirby fanart #kirbyocs #kirby oc #kirby ocs #puffe #moira #ella #galene #valarine #fecto ifirax #haltmann #robobot #mage sister #floralian #spider #fecto elfilis

[ceescedasticity]

#my polls #headcanon survey #forge accidents stonemasonry accidents boatyard accidents drowning #mountaineering accidents hunting accidents look the Noldor invented nitroglycerin #so I built these wings and I'm going to try to fly #bear wrestling #Underestimating Ossë's Enthusiasm #drank the Valarin wine #etc #a tolkien tag #reckless application of spackle

[z-h-i-e]

Current Situation

Friday night, lounging in bed, bag of mini chocolate covered marshmallows and graham cracker cereal at the ready, making up Valarin words because Tolkien gave me like fifteen to work with, and Melian sure as hell ain't gonna be chatting about authority and wine in this story, which is like 30% of what is in this dictionary.

#guess the Valar were just like dad's got authority here let's drink wine all the time #Valarin language #First Edition Silmarillion Problems #silmarillion fanfiction

[outofangband]

Elven* word of the day, 62/?

mirubhōze from Valarin

Meaning “honey wine”

miruvórë in Quenya and miruvor, its cognate in Sindarin derive from this word

Source: The War of the Jewels and linguistic journals

*not actually an elven language today!

#the silmarillion #musing and meta #wotd #Valarin #Quenya #Sindarin

[thegreatzombieartisan]

Rings of Power + Tolkien Fusion Meta

What’s in a Name: Case for ‘Halbrand’ as Sauron’s True Name - One That Shall Never Be Known Part t. 2

Series : Pt 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Why does Sauron have an Elvish name? Well ‘Mairon’ isn’t a name, it’s a title

*

The most pragmatic reason? Sauron once coexisted with the Eldar in Valinor and moved among them. Not far-fetched, as even post-prison Melkor was re-welcomed among the Noldor, who ‘took delight in the hidden knowledge that he could reveal to them' [1]. If so, dare it be asked, did the Eldar bestow their future tormentor “The Admirable” title? After all —Sauron, Gorthaur, Thû —Elves ain’t shy about giving old boy nicknames.

What is sure, as Noldor royalty, Galadriel and Mairon would have definitely met under better circumstances.

In contrast to the published The Silmarillion -- which has Mairon yelling #YOLO and joining Melkor in Middle-Earth long before the Elves awoke -- Tolkien did experiment with such a backstory origins storyline[8].

In S1:01, we see the light of the Two Trees of Valinor destroyed.

In The Silmarillion, Melkor forms an uneasy partnership with a giant spider named Ungoliant to carry-out the dastardly deed [2].

But in a different version, Sauron replaces her as the reason why Elves can’t have nice things before joining Melkor in Middle-Earth.

Sure, The Silmarillion is a draft yet it’s unlikely Tolkien would have reintroduced a plotline where Sauron and Eldar could be potential besties. It would require rewriting intricate lore. Besides, pre-Second Age was Melkor's time to wreak havoc on the Elves.

So again, why is Mairon an Elvish name?

*

'Mairon' is a Quenya Elvish translation of 'The Admirable' in the Ainur Language

Valarin -- the "tongue of the gods" -- predates all Elvish forms. Few every learn it ,as most little Elf ears judged Valarin as unpleasant and alien AF. Some Valarin words and names into “fair Eldarin” (Elvish) [4].

See translations below. Listen to them said in Valarin here:

Aulë - Aȝūlēz

Telperion - Ibrîniðilpathânezel 

Manwë - Mânawenûz 

⁠Oromë - Arǭmēz

Ossë - Oššai/Ošošai

In Valarin, ‘Mairon’ is most likely Mayarônôz (pronounced my-yah-row-noze)

Although Tolkien never fleshed out Valarin, enough exists to fairly conceptualize ‘Mairon’. Translation credit to @valarinventures [4]:

Known Valarin words starting with a “M” + vowel translate exactly into Quenya. Now it’s ‘M’.

In Valarin, Ainur = Ayanûz. So the ‘ai’ of ‘Mairon’ is translated into ‘aya’ in Valarin. Now it’s ‘My-yah’.

(+/- z) suffix might indicate the nominative singular or plural noun. That is, Mayarônôz (+ z) might be ‘The Admirable’ (singular), while Mayarônô (- z) might be ‘The Admirables (plural).

If Mayarônôz left Valinor before they awoke, how did the Eldar learn of his name? In the Valaquenta, it’s written:

Among those of his servants that have names the greatest was that spirit whom the Eldar called Sauron… he was of the Maiar of Aulë, and he remained mighty in the lore of that people.

Surely, the Valar warned the Eldar of Melkor and Mairon wickedness. Possibly Oromë told them first, as he was tasked to find and protect the newly awakened Elves in Middle-Earth.

Did Galadriel know Valarin? Once Aulë’s apprentice, Yavanna's handmaiden, and Melian protege — it's likely Galadriel would know more Valarin than most Eldar.

Mayarônôz is still not Sauron's true name

Now the names that we have for the Valar or the Maiar, whether adapted from the Valarin or translated, are not right names but titles, referring to some function or character of the person; for though the Valar have right names, they do not reveal them. Save only in the case of Oromë…[Quendi] asked him what that signified, and again he answered: Oromë. To me only is it given; for I am Oromë. Yet the titles that he bore were many and glorious; but he withheld them at the time, that the Quendi should not be afraid [3].

(Say, what’s with the Ainur “no name reveal” policy?)

Oromë's admission here is profound: Ainur true names lack a primitive root meaning in Valarin. Only the sound of their names distinguish them. He also states that his name (and presumably all Ainur) was "given" to him. By Eru Illuvatar or other Ainur? It's unknown.

Thank you for reading! Your likes and tagged reblogs are appreciated. Got feedback?

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Works Cited

[1] On Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor, Morgoth’s Ring

[2] On the Darkening of Valinor, Morgoth’s Ring

[3] Quendi and Eldar

[4] Valarin - Like the Glitter of Swords

[5] Why You Should Love Your Guardian Angel (And Not Name Him)

[6] Osanwe - Tolkien Gateway

[7] Orkish and the Black Speech - base language for base purposes

[8] Name for a Dark Lord

[9] Quenya Grammar

#sauron #Valarin #halbrand #rings of power #watsonian