Who is your favorite among the Valar? Do you ever feel the need to use flash cards to remember all their names? :)

@Akechi910

4 жыл бұрын

It's Melkor, I'm positive most of the fans favorite vala is Melkor, it's a love and hate feeling about him while he killed and destroyed many people and things that were important he is the most charismatic of the vala and did more things in the world than the other useless valar who just sat there and saw the world and it's creatures burn till someone came to them and said: hey umm our world is burning over there and everything is getting destroyed for the mistake you guys made so care to come and help us out after +500 years?

@Akechi910

4 жыл бұрын

Melkor is not the vala we necessary love, but the one we have the most admiration for.

@thorondor1593

4 жыл бұрын

Manwe is a great guy. Excellent aerodynamicist too.

@dariusmot8440

3 жыл бұрын

Yep i know all their names: Melkor Manwe Varda Ulmo Aule Yavannah Orome Niena Mandos Lorien Este Vaire Vana Tulkas Nessa

@nigeldepledge3790

3 жыл бұрын

My favourite is Estë. Grey is her raiment, and rest is her gift.

"Feanor, a jerk of an elf" I love that and I'm using that

@aesir1ases64

Жыл бұрын

"badass"

@wildfire9280

Жыл бұрын

@@aesir1ases64 “bad ass”

@Charles_S09

Жыл бұрын

@@wildfire9280 “Bass”

@abdullahimuse8119

Жыл бұрын

Feanor did nothing wrong.

@treyowen9213

Жыл бұрын

@@abdullahimuse8119 uuuuh, yeah he did.

Nienna is my favorite Valar by far. She’s such a unique god, and really encapsulates the overarching theme of Tolkien’s entire legendarium: mercy.

@untruelie2640

2 жыл бұрын

She and Varda are certainly the most "original" Valar Tolkien created. However, I personally like Ulmo even more. But you are right, she is the personification of Tolkien's most important literary motive, although I would say that it isn't mercy, but grief for things that are gone forever and the mourning about the fundamentally damaged Arda. There is a deep underlying sadness in all of Tolkien's work, but it's not necessary a bad thing, since it makes us value the good things even more.

@TemperedMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Nienna weeping on the remains of the Two Trees is the essence of repentance washing away past sins, birthing life-giving fruits. Tolkien's devout Catholicism poured into her character perfectly, as (aside from the influence of the occult) Catholicism is probably the most somber and mournful of all the world religions that I have encountered.

@pirojfmifhghek566

Жыл бұрын

I like that her character is complicated. We all naturally tend to think of mercy as a virtue, but that kind of absolute ideology was also instrumental in enabling Melkor to wreak havoc on the world followed by two entire ages of destruction and misery.

@david9243

Жыл бұрын

Im happy to see a fellow Niennaite. I love that there is a Vala for such distant specifics as mercy, compassion and growth and that she entered the world in grief (its such a Tolkien thing to write) and that her powerful spirit was carrying by her brightest pupil Gandalf to the shores of Middle Earth. Everything he did had her legacy over it like sparing the life of Gollum (or teaching people about sparing his life), awakening the hearts of men during the last age, seeing the uncorruptable steadfast nature of the hobbits when no one else did and that he made them grow in courage and character - this is Niennas growth. Grief and growth arent mutually exclusive. In grief you can make things grow because you learn to value and what to value as she represented the duality. What happened in the third age is Niennas triumph and everything she represents.

@user-fm6sk4wf3c

2 ай бұрын

Too mine 😇😘

Fun fact: Melkor once asked Varda's hand in marriage but she refused due the reason shown in the video and instead married his brother Manwe who was a "good" boy better than the "evil" Melkor so our guy Morgoth hated both of them very much for this particular reason too.

@FreedomAndPeaceOnly

3 жыл бұрын

Smart Women cast asside the wannabe-hawt badboy adventure and take the hand of less _"dominant"_ Men who treasure them way more regardless.

@azaram8133

3 жыл бұрын

Virgin Melkor vs Chad Varda

@Akechi910

3 жыл бұрын

@@FreedomAndPeaceOnly Yes I believe she was correct on rejecting Melkor cuz he had evil intensions and would only use her for his benefits, what I'm saying is her choosing Manwe wasn't the smartest choice either I mean Manwe is not the smartest of the valar cuz later on he freed Melkor then leading to more tragedies for the people of the world, I think Ulmo was a more suitable choice to be Varda's husband cuz he was certainly wiser than Manwe and understood the situation and the pain the people were in more.

@azaram8133

3 жыл бұрын

@@Akechi910 Perhaps Varda is the brains in the pairing

@EvilSandwich

3 жыл бұрын

So Melkor basically Incel'd so hard, it destroyed the Two Lamps.

"A jerk of an elf." Awesome.

@EXMORTUSTV

3 жыл бұрын

Lol. Still one of the most badass elves ever.

@foolproofman

3 жыл бұрын

​ @EXMORTUS TV "...Therefore I say that we will go on, and this doom I add: the deeds that we shall do shall be the matter of song until the last days of Arda." And so it was and is.

@EdricLysharae

3 жыл бұрын

So true.

@AnnaMarianne

3 жыл бұрын

I'm reading this comment before watching the video, and I'm guessing that the quote is about my most favouritest Elvish princeling, Fëanor. Edit: Knew it I love him so much

@smoggyghost3773

3 жыл бұрын

The jerk of the elves/!

My favourite of the queens of the Valar is Nienna, whose influence upon Gandalf planted a seed of pity and mercy for the good and gentle folk of Middle Earth. It was this influence that caused Gandalf to remain truest to his mission when all other wizards failed.

Yavanna and Aulë are probably my favorite Valar. I just love the whole backstory to the dwarves and Ents. If it wasn't for Aulë's humility, the dwarves may have ended up as kind of race like the Orcs.

I've always loved Elbereth. The wonder and brilliance she lends the world is unsurpassed. It's no wonder to me why the Elves revere her so greatly.

@laurelelasselin

3 жыл бұрын

A Elbereth Gilthoniel!

@wesieboy56

2 жыл бұрын

i love how much Nerd goes into telling how much they love her, its amazing

Melkor: Screw your lamps, screw your elves. *Sees Mairon and blushes* Melkor: I'm keeping this. Also screw your trees.

@bosertheropode5443

10 ай бұрын

Morgoth: Screw you guys, I'm going home

Well, I love Iove Yavanna's and Aule's back and forth just after Illuvatar agreed to create the Ents...so organic just like real life couples. As for my favorite...Nessa the dancer.

@JonBoullion1020

3 жыл бұрын

You mean their Marriage? 😐

@KororaPenguin

2 жыл бұрын

And it must have been to Aulë, Yavanna, and Melian that the Istari went for help making forms that would work for ages and ages.

Ending with that clip of Colbert... inspired. I hadn't seen that interview, so I truly didn't know what happened. I was all set to look up that video directly after this one. And then... BOOOOOM! "You come into MY house!"

While I do love Varda, Nienna has a special place in my heart. There's just something about her that's so magnetic to me.

Manwe and varda! I like how Melkor feared Varda the most! And it is very interesting for them to live at the top of the tallest mountain

@General12th

3 жыл бұрын

@@FreedomAndPeaceOnly Take your assetry somewhere else. The Legendarium has no need for your putrid bile.

@dylanx886

3 жыл бұрын

@@FreedomAndPeaceOnly not sure about this interpretation. Morgoth wasn’t driven by a call for “diversity,” he was driven by greed and envy, and to possess all of arda in his one will - the opposite of diversity. Eru and the valar embrace and love the diversity of the world, rejoicing in their shared belonging and harmony in the song of creation.

@FreedomAndPeaceOnly

3 жыл бұрын

@@dylanx886 I just wanted to hate a bit on the forces of disorder in our world, which are liberals, diversitists, leftists etc. May they all die slow and painful deaths. =)

@desmonides

2 жыл бұрын

Living at the top of the tallest mountain is a very cookie cutter home of various pantheons 🏔

Varda is by far my favorite Valar, To create such glorious things as Stars and Celestial objects is what made Melkor fear, and hate her the most, and with good reason i think, i always thought Varda was more powerfull than Melkor because she could create what he craved... Light, This is why Melkor turned to darkkness, something he could create and contole. Also she was the manifestation of Ëa in a way, so if i see the stars i always think about Varda!

@laurelelasselin

3 жыл бұрын

A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath o galadhremmin ennorath Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, si nef aearon!

@Archgeek0

3 жыл бұрын

I like the bit where she up and made a constellation of bright new stars shaped like a scythe and positioned to sweep its blade right over Angband as a direct challenge. Very "You want Arda? Come out and *get* it, coward." of her.

@laurelelasselin

3 жыл бұрын

@@Archgeek0 'And high in the north as a challenge to Melkor she set the crown of seven mighty stars to swing, Valacirca, the Sickle of the Valar and sign of doom.' - The Silmarillion

@leenaleewitch3731

2 жыл бұрын

Well the fact she could create was a big case of jealousy for him.

@willardsteele4857

2 жыл бұрын

She casts spells at level 100 and knows all the spell in existence. I’d be scared of that too if I were Melkor.

Tolkien was a devout Catholic. Varda was his counterpart for the Virgin Mary, who is Queen of Heaven. It is widely known that satan (Morgoth) feared her more than all the angels and saints put together, for it is in her account, satan refused to accept that a weak mortal could be superior to him.

@Knight860

3 жыл бұрын

Nienna is also important for her mercy and represents the Christian tenant of pity/mercy for others. Without her, Bilbo might of killed Gollum and dramatically changed the ending of the LOTR's with Sauron possibly reclaiming the ring from a corrupted Frodo.

@faustomadebr

2 жыл бұрын

@@Knight860 Exactly. Pretty much all Valar can be compared with some Greek/Nordic god, but Nienna is unique, because forgiveness is unique to christians among mythologies in general.

@gelinrefira

2 жыл бұрын

Ohh you mean Guan Yin.

@desmonides

2 жыл бұрын

Veneration of Mary is a heresy that is extremely antithetical to Scripture

@joshuajoseph5998

2 жыл бұрын

@@desmonides and Jesus said to his disciple Simon: "you are Peter, and on this rock i will build 50,000 protestant churches." Amen.

8:58 It was probably unintentional, but in that picture Nienna bears a striking resemblance to Daenerys, except that her patronage of pity and compassion eventually saves both the world and its inhabitants.

@theblade1251

3 жыл бұрын

She's very proud on what her student became olorin teaching impacted him on his time on middle earth

@Phantom_Zer0

3 жыл бұрын

Thats an insult to Tolkien.

@concept5631

Жыл бұрын

@@Phantom_Zer0 🤨

"Este has the power to heal all hurts and weariness" Actually no, there was one whose weariness was not healed. The intense fiery energy of Feanor's soul was so great that giving birth to him drained Miriel of all her energy, and even her will to live. She lost hope that she'd ever be a functioning living elf, and basically died from that hopelessness(/weariness). The story that follows is interesting: Finwe, and even the Valar, lost hope for her as well, believing she would never be fit enough to live embodied - for the rest of the duration of the world! - leading to the 'divorce', as it were, between Finwe (still living and embodied) and Miriel ('dead' in body, living only in spirit in the halls of Mandos). This divorce led to complications later on, when Finwe remarried, then Miriel finally felt ready to face the world again, and the idea that Finwe should have two wives both alive and embodied was... troublesome.

@moscanaveia

2 жыл бұрын

The Silmarillion never speaks of the marital problem. What does come up os Fëanor's jealousy and resentment of his wiser brothers, Fingolfin and Finarfin

Of theses three Varda is my favorite. I've got a thing in real life for the Stars. I understand completely why the elves valued her above all. The stars she created were the first thing they saw when they awoke beside Cuivennen and they felt connected to them for the entirety of their existence. "You come in to my house??" That was awesome!!

2:12 Varda 6:12 Yavanna 8:59 Nienna 11:01 Estë 12:12 Vairë 12:33 Vána 12:25 Nessa

Tolkien in a KZread video said that the Valar are like saints in the Catholic Church. You all probably know that he was a devout Catholic. My favorite is Yavanna. Perfect that her little sister makes flowers bloom and birds sing.

@Amphitera

2 жыл бұрын

that's pretty funny, because they are like copy-pastes of various pagan gods/fairies. but then, the church never did anything BUT copy whatever was already there.

In the computer game Nethack, writing "Elbereth" on the ground can help keep monsters at bay.

Varda´s importance is very high, as the quote that Melkor/Morgoth actually fears and hates more than anyone else, except Illuvatar, is very interesting. Furtherly she manages to make some substitue source of Light whenever the main sources as the Lamps, Trees or Sun & Moon were gone, as the STARS. The Silmarills were consecrated by her, so the main power on them happens to be after her power, as also she was the supporter of the life of the Two Trees as the Water Spring nearer reinforced them untill Ungoliant came to destroy all that, even droughting the spring and thus herself increasing her power inmensely. Still Varda seems to have a key-role on bringing back the Two Trees into life after the Dagor Dagorath as the New Arda restarts, by destroying the Silmarills to release their magic within. So the importance of her being actually the true second powerfull being of Ea after Eru and quite matched with Melkor, Ungoliant and Manwe is very interesting and it´s oftenly overlooked.

I was thinking about the best way to adapt the "creation symphony" of the first age and how cool would the story of the Valar be as an oratorio? Kinda like a concert based sacred drama, traditionally telling a sacred/religious story Arias to introduce the Valar, and Melkor bringing that discord, we could get like, atonal and shit at times. Unison choruses when Eru speaks, traditional voice leading choruses for narrator prose. Soloists can be more than one of the Valar for efficiency's sake. Guys, is Nienna a soprano or a mezzo? Should Melkor try to sing the Eru themes all the time and "fail" ? Would you want to comission Howard Shore for this task or would you be more stoked for an up and coming composer who loves Middle-Earth?

@jimmyboy131

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting idea. I might suggest listening to "The Siren", by Nightwish, from their live show End of an Era. That type of song is what I imagine such a symphony might include.

@jimmyboy131

3 жыл бұрын

Nienna might be a dramatic soprano. Yavanna would be a lyric soprano, like the singer in The Siren, and that would be the song she sings as she's creating the stars.

@karlpoppins

3 жыл бұрын

I think the kind of harmony you'd want to use for this work would be a clash between late Impressionism (Eru, Valar) and Expressionism (Melkor). If I were composing this, I would not opt for traditional oratorio/mass structure but instead approach the piece as one continuous work (picture something like Daphnis et Chloé but way more dissonant at times). The first arc of the work would start out of very little (pianissimo Eru theme) then introduce the important Valar and come to a climax with Eru and his Valar unison interrupted by Melkor's dissonance (you could do something like parallel minor chords on the brass, overlaying impressionistic major harmonies by a dissonance of a half-step or tritone). The rest of the piece would involve these arcs whereby Eru and his Valar are interrupted by Melkor's loud and oppressive themes (I don't remember the exact sequence of events). At the end of Creation you'd get mostly consonant harmonies but with some soft intrusions of dissonance, a sign of Melkor's underlying corruption of Eru's work.

@FairyRingRAW

2 жыл бұрын

lmao 🤣

I tear up a little thinking of how a valar for pity is counted as one of the queens and biggest powers in Tolkiens world. I do believe that pity and understanding are enormous powers, easily underestimated.

You spoke "A Elberith Gilthoniel" beautifully. I had the LP of Tolkien reciting passages from LOTR and that was always my favorite.

Yay!! Women first! Love the background music. This post is a keeper just for the massive amount of information. Thank you!! Love Varda, Oh hail! Elbereth Gilthonial!! Nienna is pretty cool too for sure.

@NerdoftheRings

4 жыл бұрын

So glad you liked it!! Thanks for watching!

@vixendoe2545

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. Always. Thank you for all you do. It is so appreciated.

Since Tolkien was a Catholic, I would think the Valar and the Maiar are ranks of angels. That would fit with Melkor being the angel that rebelled and became Satan. Catholic Archangels are quite powerful.

@jaapuitroepteke2750

3 жыл бұрын

Good thing he didn’t use the original depictions of elves. That would have been quite a disturbing 😅

@MrHardeep95

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaapuitroepteke2750 what’re the original depictions of elves?

@angeljaceherondale

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, which would in this, makes Manwe Michael, the 'twin' and counterpart to Lucifer.

@howdareyouexist

2 жыл бұрын

yes but they are also influenced by greek and norse gods

@Thiago_Alves_Souza

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's a mix of his faith plus Nordic/Anglo-Saxon and Celtic lore. Tolkien wanted to create a new mythology for England and all of those influenced British culture.

Fantastic. So much information. I know I won't remember all their names, but I know much more about their histories, roles, and how they fit into the main stories

While watching this video a though occured to me. Of course Varda is way more powerful but aren't there some parallels between her and Galadriel? I mean Varda is for the Valar what Galadriel is for the Elves. They are both described as extremely beautiful even for the standards of their races, Varda created the stars the moon and the sun, so she is linked with light, Galadriel literally means Lady of Light. Varda was the first to understand what Melkor had in mind even before the music of the Ainur, and Galadriel had an insight in people's thoughts and motives even greater that these people understood themselves AND she understood the evil nature of Anatar better than everyone else similar to how Varda understood Morgoth's evil intentions from the very beginning. Melkor hated Varda above all Valar and Sauron thought that, in Galadriel, he had found a worthy opponent.

This is Brilliant, Thank you! Just what I needed. I finished reading The Silmarillion a couple of months ago and I kept struggling to wrap my head around all the different names.

@NerdoftheRings

4 жыл бұрын

I’m the same way! One of the side benefits of doing a Tolkien KZread channel is it helps me memorize a ton of stuff I would otherwise not known off the top of my head! 😁

Love these videos. Thank you so much for making them!

Interesting that Vaire is given so little time in this story, as the Weaver goddess is prominent and very important in many mythologies (Nordic, Celtic (Orchil) Navajo) weaving the fates of humans. Then Ungoliant, in the form of a spider is made into an evil character.

This was an amazing episode. I love your channel man 🌬🦅

Varda is also known as Elbareth Gilthoniel. Frodo calls upon her in the lair of Shelob while he holds forth the phial of Galadriel that holds the light of Earendil's Star (One of the silmarills) caught in reflection in the waters of the Mirror of Galadriel and contained in the Phial.

@teehongyee4074

3 жыл бұрын

*elbereth

@woolflower8316

3 жыл бұрын

Yes this is explained on the video...

@narsilreforged

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry but the Silmarills are in three places, the sea, sky, (with Earendil)and fire (under ground) as we can see in the end of the Silmarillion. What she gave to Frodo was probably something made in Gondolin or by Celebrimbor.

@teehongyee4074

3 жыл бұрын

@@narsilreforged nah, its probably the light of the silmarils from Earendils star captured in a phial

@narsilreforged

3 жыл бұрын

@@teehongyee4074 I agree. That’s probably what it is because anytime Sam or Frodo used it they call to Varda lady of stars so it would make sense.

Well done That was beautiful I would love more stories about the ents!!

@NerdoftheRings

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I’d love to do a video on the ents. Might be fun to do a reading video from a section with Treebeard too!

@tscarb

4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate you dude I really do Many people are doing things about the entwives and those brown land stories but I’ve always wondered after listening and re-reading some things what would happen if an Ent took a walk in the old Forest you know it? What if he decided to stay? What would that do?

Another excellent video! Looking forward to The Kings of the Valar video next!

@johndododoe1411

3 жыл бұрын

Still waiting, it's been 7 months.

Well done! Thanks for the information on a beautiful world Tolkien created!

@NerdoftheRings

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

Brilliant video. We always appreciate your hard work and dedication towards these videos. Love and appreciation from Sri Lankan fan of you. 🇱🇰🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

3:12 somehow i imagined them just sitting there eating popcorn and watching the battle of the last allience and the second ringwar just chilling and doing nothing about it

I think Nieanna is my favorite. something about what she does is really touching and I could absolutely see helping other beings in middle earth

Thanks so much for doing this. I began reading the Simarillion and this will help a lot!

@NerdoftheRings

2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy your dive further into Middle-earth!! 😁

I hope you do another video like this soon about the rest of them. Was top notch.

Beyond sublime.....When I heard the name Elbereth Gilthoniel I immediately remembered that I knew the prayer. Thank you for including this in your video.. My favorite parts of LOTR are the Elven starlit scenes.....Love your videos. I love Varda and Yavanna.

This is awesome, waiting for the "Lords of the Valar" video!

This video was beautiful man. Good Job

Excellent work as usual! Bring us the Lord's of the Valar! .... please

I love how you went from beautiful words and descriptions to "a jerk of an elf" and moved on.

Here is an idea for a video. For those of the fellowship that went to aman, once there, Where did they go to? I suspect Frodo and bilbo went to dwell in Lorien with Este. Where went Elrond, Galadriel, Celeborn, Legolas, Gimli, and Samwise Gamgee?

@Akechi910

4 жыл бұрын

Although my knowledge is not full but Celeborn didn't went to aman with the others because he was a sindar and sindar elves they loved middle earth more than aman and unlike noldor who all migrated to valinor few of the sindar went to aman after the war of the ring.

@superblahman

4 жыл бұрын

@@Akechi910 I believe he did go, I think he explored the world for as bit, and then left iin the early Fourth Age, probably around the time Sam went west.

@JH-zs3bs

3 жыл бұрын

Well for Sam it is obvious, he'd go where Frodo went. Even without their Friendship, where would you go as one of only three hobbits in the land of the undying if not to the other two Hobbits?

Some of the artwork are just magnificent

Really good video - thanks :)

Thanks, that was a great video!

Can we please appreciate the artwork you showed? There were some really beautiful paintings.. :) ♥

I love the way you pronounce the names.

My favourite is definitely Elbereth. Melkor from the boys obviously. Yes, he is still a Vala in my eyes... Nice video man

@NerdoftheRings

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I think I’ll have to make Melkor his own video - lots to cover there!!

@EvilGamerCrowley

4 жыл бұрын

@@NerdoftheRings I would love that. He is definitely a super interesting character. Also waiting for the next part of the Valar video

They are not 'gods' - only elves and men called them gods, they didn't call themselves that but rather Powers (Valar is translated from Elven tongue as Powers or Beings of Power). By the way Powers - is a name of angelic 'level' in Christianity. There are 9 'levels' of angels arranged in three orders. The angelic beings of the highest order are - Seraphim, Cherubim and Thrones, the middle order are - Dominions, Virtues and Powers and the lowest order are Principalities, Archangels and Angels. In Tolkiens' world there are only three kinds of angelic beings - Ainur (those who stayed near the throne of Eru and never descended into Arda) resemble beings of the highest order, Valar - who shaped and reshaped Arda's face and were basically guardians of the planet and thus resemble the middle order and Maiar - who helped common creatures as Istari and thus resemble beings of the lowest order. P.S. Tolkien was a devout Catholic Christian so he was well aware of all that I mentioned above.

@NerdoftheRings

3 жыл бұрын

You are correct that they are not gods. I made the comparison that they are like "gods" so folks could understand the ranking between them and Eru - and because, as you say, the elves and men somewhat saw them that way. One thing I would correct in your statement is that the Ainur consists of all the Valar and Maiar - so Gandalf, Melkor, Sauron, Saruman, Yavanna, Varda - they're all Ainur. Thanks for watching!

@ATalesTruth-

3 жыл бұрын

@@NerdoftheRings I will say compared to god from other mythologies they are more powerful to some Also can you do how powerful the valar are or even the maiar

Very well done!!

Beautiful video, well made!

@NerdoftheRings

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

Really enjoying your videos, I'm learning so much. If I can make a request/suggestion for your consideration. I'd love to see a comprehensive video on Sauron. Basically where he came from, what he is, etc. He's still the most fascinating character to me, but I don't know as much about him as I'd like. Either way, great job on these!

@NerdoftheRings

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! I’ll definitely need to cover more on Sauron again! So far I’ve only covered his time in the second age. If you haven’t seen it already, here it is: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gJyBqduNermnZNY.html

@Brickhouse917

4 жыл бұрын

@@NerdoftheRings Thanks! I'll check this one out, and hope to see more on him soon!

OMG 12:51 This picture is just amazing!

Nienna and Este are my favourite ones. I wonder when the Elf heal others, do they say prayers to Varda or Este?

I'm a new subscriber & loving your videos

i love yavanna and aluë and the dwarves. it explains everything about the dwarves. who they are. the reason aluë felt like he had to hide his creations from her. she made it so the dwarves would not feel the need or love for any of her creations. the trees. so thats why dwarves are hole diggers and live underground. i love it

Love the ending.. throwing down some JRR..! Boom!!

Love this video as usual! Great Work!! May I ask for a video?? (I don't know where to ask) I would like to know about the main female characters. There are so few named and important women in Tolkien's work, and yet when we do hear about them, they are usually really important.... So... pleaaaaaase???? (my favorites are Eowyn and Luthien btw)

My favorites have to be Nienna, especially in her relationship with Olórin, and her attachment to pity and hope; and Ulmo, since I have a fondness for when the Greek gods interfere in the quests of heroes and he reminds me most of them. In particular I recall his appearance in the story of Túrin for some reason sticks out in my mind.

“Because chivalry isn’t dead.” This channel is great!

I had no idea Colbert was so well versed in Tolkein. That was impressive

@jakecruise90

10 ай бұрын

bruh, even peter jackson said colbert knew more about Tolkien than everyone who worked on the set of the lotr combined!

Wait. Did you ever do one on the male Valar? Don’t get me wrong, this is stupendous! But I love your breakdowns and need more!

Would love a more in depth video on Tulkas. That dude is one bad man

Cool channel, keep it up!

@NerdoftheRings

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

Make more Videos about dwarves please, specially their wars with the dragons😊

Thankyou for explaining..a film set in this middle earth era would be epic..i would love to play Varda ...shes like a super galadriel..and galadriel Is already super lol :D

That Colbert clip never gets old.

Sitting on my hands waiting for the Lords video!!!!!!

Tolkien creations, especially the creation and anthology of Middle Earth is very reminiscent of the ancient Gnostics creation story. It's fascinating....

My favourites are Námo, Irmo , Este and Nienna. They are the healers of the soul.

“Yavanna, giver of gifts” *Sauron intensifies*

My God, this is beautiful. And to think Varda was Tolkien's representation of, and homage to, Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth.

Awesome!

That Colbert interview was so funny... Franco got schooled hard.

Beautiful, beautiful...

Props to Stephen here! He has clearly been watching Nerd of the Rings😉 or read the Silmarillion, but either way, he’s educated😂

Yavanna is my fave. Literally mother nature.

Our second daughter is named Nienna My seventh daughter is Elenya

You say Feanor refused the Valar but I remember reading it where he asked for a moment to think about it at which time it was reported they had been stolen?

Either Nienna or Ulno (Poseidon-esque lord of the Valar) have to be my personal favourites, and despite disagreeing, they are awfully similar in personality

now these valaar, id simp for any day

O Yavanna Vanimelda! O giver of life! Why have we no hymns to her, but only to the brilliant and brittle queen of starlight?

I like when you explaine by middle earth map it more comfortable pleas bring back the old videos I want see with map not with pictures cause I want know more about middle earth and thank you so much

Who unlikes a video like this?...I can't understand why you would even watch it if you wasn't into this content....this is surely Morgoth spreading his discord from the void.

I love this story it so wonderful story on earth

Manwe ~ Zeus Melkor ~ Cronus Varda ~ Hera Tulkas ~ Hercules Aule ~ Hephaestus Ulmo ~ Poseidon Yavanna ~ Gaia Nessa ~ Aphrodite Orome ~ Artemis Vana ~ Demeter Este ~ Asclepius Mandos ~ Hades Vaire ~ Moira Nienna ~ Eleos Lorien ~ Morpheus I compared the Valar to the Greek gods to understand their roles better.

@SophiaAstatine

2 жыл бұрын

Varda feels more like Nyx. In the sense that you probably don't want to piss her off and she is very powerful. And also the whole association with night that's implied in being queen of stars.

@yeahnope620

Жыл бұрын

The parallel between Cronus and Melkor does not hold up. Cronus being the master of time and also matter, would make him a merging of several of the valar. Yes indeed one could argue that earth is his domain. Whereas Melkor had a much lesser impact upon the world.

Varda prayer reminds me of the Hail Mary and Salve Regina prayer. That's pretty cool

500th!!! WHAATTT!!! OMG! I LOVE THAT JAMES FRANCO CLIP!!!!

Ulmo probably my favourite and I would never be able to name them all hard to remember my own name at times lol

You mentioned at the end of this brilliant video that you were going to publish a video focusing on Lords of the Valar, I don't seem to be able to find that one, is that still in the pipeline or have I missed it? I'm reading LOTR at the moment and your work is providing much appreciated elaboration on Tolkien's words so many thanks for this and continue the fantastic work.

@NerdoftheRings

3 жыл бұрын

I got a little derailed on my plans back then, but I’m planning to release part two later this month/early March!

@DesertRider999

3 жыл бұрын

@@NerdoftheRings Fantastic! I look forward to watching, listening and learning. Thanks again for your efforts, now back to Lothlórien (in the book 🙂)

this is so confusing but i love all of it. i really vibe with varda, and also with nienna's deep sadness. basically i really love the queens of the valar

I was getting Yavanna and Elbereth mixed up.

@NerdoftheRings

4 жыл бұрын

That’s part of the reason I did this video - I would get different Valar mixed up and forget names all the time!

Question: when the two trees are destroyed, why didn't/couldn't Yavanna and Nienna just recreate them again like they did the first time??? Come to think of it why not just recreate the two lamps in the first place?????

Let's see, without watching... Manwe, Yevonna, Varda, Ulmo, Tulkas, Orome, yeah that's it I think I'm tapped out. Oh and I guess Melkor... And I don't know how to spell them because I listened to Silmarillion as an audiobook most recently, rather than reading it.

@Jiggerjaw

3 жыл бұрын

Oh shoot Aule!