Sickle of the Valar

Sickle of the Valar
   The Valacirca, the seven stars set in the sky by Varda as an enduring warning to Melkor and his servants.

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  • The Seven Stars —    The Sickle of the Valar.         And in answer he sang a song of challenge that he had made in praise of the Seven Stars, the Sickle of the Valar that Varda hung above the North as a sign for the fall of Morgoth. (Quenta Silmarillion 19, Of… …   J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary

  • The Wain —  / Wain    A Mannish name for the Sickle of the Valar.    The name in the northern lands of Middle earth for the constellation we know today as the Plough or the Big Dipper. In Tolkien s mythology, these seven stars were set in the sky by Varda… …   J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary

  • Valacirca —     The Sickle of the Valar , name of the constellation of the Great Bear.        The Sickle of the Valar, the seven stars set in the sky by Varda as an enduring warning to Melkor and his servants …   J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary

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  • Varda — Elentári is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien s legendarium.Character overviewMiddle earth portalVarda is one of the Valar, a group of divine beings similar to archangels. Also known as Queen of the stars , she is said to be too beautiful …   Wikipedia

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  • Big Dipper — This article is about the asterism. For other uses, see Big Dipper (disambiguation). Big Dipper map The Plough, also known as the Big Dipper or the Saptarishi (after the seven rishis), is an asterism of seven stars that has been recognized as a… …   Wikipedia

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