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The Valar

Name: The Valar: Gods of Middle-earth Explained | Tolkien Silmarillion
Uploaded: 2025-11-14
Description: Who are the Valar? What makes them different from the gods of other mythologies? In this deep dive, we explore the fourteen Powers who shaped Middle-earth - divine beings who sang the world into existence alongside Eru Ilúvatar in the Music of the Ainur.

Gods of Middle-earth Explained

Before the world existed, the Ainur sang creation into being. Fourteen of the mightiest descended to shape and guard Arda—these are the Valar, beings somewhere between gods and angels who serve as intermediaries between Eru Ilúvatar and creation.

Published: 14 November 2025

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