Varda
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Sep 11, 2026
Austin WalkerHOST
know, and he's like, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do.
Austin WalkerHOST
Did y'all pop when it was revealed that Varda was Elbereth? I was
Michael LutzHOST
like,
Austin WalkerHOST
finally,
Austin WalkerHOST
That's Elbereth.
Austin WalkerHOST
Woo.
Austin WalkerHOST
I was reading all about Varda and I was being like, now wait a second.
Austin WalkerHOST
This Varda sounds pretty cool.
Alan SistoHOST
They're still kings and queens.
Alan SistoHOST
Instead, they stopped taking their titles in the language of the elves, and that's why Inziladûn's repentance takes the form that it does.
Alan SistoHOST
He doesn't issue an edict saying, "We still love the elves." He just goes back to Tar, Tar-Palantir, but it means the same thing.
Alan SistoHOST
Quick bonus word, by the way.
JohnHOST
However, the finished product is not entirely of her own design.
JohnHOST
Varda, another feminine Vala and the spouse of Manwë, kindles the lamps.
JohnHOST
Now, this is not just a kindling with the same fires that Melkor might have used.
JohnHOST
This is a kindling by the fire of stars, for Varda is known as the Star-kindler.
JohnHOST
Furthermore, Manwë hallows the lamps, makes them holy, so that what we have emanating from the great lamps is a holy starlight that fills the whole world.
JohnHOST
However, Melkor returns and casts down the lamps, destroying not only the holy and glorious towers of light themselves, but also marring the landscape of Arda, the work of the other Valar.
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JohnHOST
Of the hobbits involved here, Frodo, Sam, and Pippin, only Frodo has even a passing familiarity with Sindarin, yet somehow the musical nature of the sound is able to communicate to them an understanding of what is being sung.
JohnHOST
There seems to be a preternatural power to this song.
GauravHOST
So those that remained in the halls of Ilovitar, as we could say, were known as the Ainur.
GauravHOST
And then Melkor, Manwe, Varda, Tulkas, you know, all these guys that end up going there, they become the Valar.
CraigHOST
Yeah.
GauravHOST
And I think it was at this point also, Iluvatar did mention that his children have already been feeded to the world, right? They are already ready.
CraigHOST
The firstborn, but not the first to wake up.
GauravHOST
True.
GauravHOST
And we know that Varda created the stars, right? As a beacon.
GauravHOST
Like, you could say they're literally the North Star for us.
speaker_1HOST
This raises an important question.
speaker_1HOST
Elbereth is the Sindarin name for Varda, the angelic being who kindled the stars.
speaker_1HOST
She is the literal embodiment of holy light in Tolkien's mythology.
speaker_0HOST
Wow.