Schlagwort: valar

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Here is Varda, the Queen of stars, for @deathordesire the second promt for my sketch
request on tumblr. (yes again this did get a little out of hand but she
deserved it!) I first drew her on paper, and then colored in Procreate
on my iPad mini with a wacom stylus pen. From start to finish this
drawing has been extremely fun, surprisingly easy to get how I wanted,
and a fountain of creativity. I drew her as a part of the night sky and
the stars, stars also falling from her hands as they belong to her. I
imagine that if she stands in blackness her skin will radiate with stars
as if she was the evening sky. Raditating power and might as is only
right for her.

Varda is one of the most fascinating of the
Valier, the female Valar. She is the Queen of stars and Queen of all the
Valar. In Silmarillion she is mentioned as the spouse of Manwe, but I
read somewhere else that in another script she was the sister of Manwe
and Melkor, and this opened for some very interesting head-canons on my
part. She is such a powerful symbol and one of the great female
characters of Tolkien, so this theory appeals to me a lot more, as she
is therefore equal to Manwe and Melkor, the two greatest of the Valar.
While the word spouse is generally used for man and wife, I also think
it can be meaning that they belong together or are made together by Eru.
This is supported by Melkors fear of her. In Silmarillion it states
that he fears her because she would not yeild to him and that she
withstood him, which can also apply to siblings. While the Valar are not
humans or elves, it seems to me that their relationships with each
other cannot be defined by earthly standards, and being siblings or
spouses must be interpreted in an entirely new setting. I really like to
give her the same reverence as Manwe and Melkor, for her to be their
equal in power and might, because I believe Tolkien did this
intentionally. All his women, mentioned and explained, hold great
importance, and so she should be of no less importance than her male
parallels. (yes I can go on and on about this, but I hope you understand
my thoughts!)

Next in line is Fëanor, so that’ll be exciting!

Cheers,
Iggy