The Valarindi were the Children of the Valar in the earliest phases of the mythology, especially in The Book of Lost Tales. In the later versions the concept was abandoned and some of the Valarindi characters survived as Maiar. The Quenya name is attested for the last time in The Annals of Aman.[1]
The term Valarindi has also been used to denote a fictive kinship relation between the Valar and the lesser spirits, as exampled in The Earliest Annals of Valinor: "With them came many lesser spirits, their children, or beings of their own kind but of less might; these are the Valarindi."[2]
List of Valarindi
- Manwë and Varda: Fionwë, Erinti
- Aulë and Yavanna: Oromë, Nessa
- Oromë and Vána: Nielíqui
- Tulkas and Nessa: Telimektar
- Melko and the ogress Ulbandi: Kalimbo/Kosomot
- Túrin Turambar was named among the sons of the Gods in both the Quenta Noldorinwa[3] and the Quenta Silmarillion of 1937,[4] although it was later removed along with the concept.
- Melian was named as "a child of Lórien".[5]:note 10
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Two. The Annals of Aman": §4, p. 49
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "VI. The Earliest Annals of Valinor: [Valian Year] 0"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "III. The Quenta: [Section] 19", pp. 165-166 (see note 9)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Two: Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings, VI. Quenta Silmarillion", p. 333
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "I. The Tale of Tinúviel": "The second version of the Tale of Tinúviel"