Elizabeth
Half-elven
Jun 4 2014, 3:40am
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Unlike Saints, however...
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...the Valar were never Men or Elves. Saints "earned" their status by exceptional merit. The Valar were created that way. They are really closer to [lower-case] gods in various mythologies, in that they have specific spheres of interest and responsibility, and even have gender, but do not have mortal origins. In that sense, Tolkien posits a somewhat different celestial "organization chart" from the Catholic one, just as he posits a different creation myth.
(This post was edited by Elizabeth on Jun 4 2014, 3:41am)
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