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ALPHABETICAL RACES PLACES MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE INTERACTIVE SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random
Dates Descended into Arda at its beginning; immortal Origins Created by Ilúvatar Race Ainur Division Valar (Aratar) Pronunciation a'rau (to rhyme with English 'now') Meaning Adapted from Quenya Oromë, 'trumpeter' Other names Aldaron, Béma, Oromë, Tauron Titles The Forester, The Great, Great Rider, Huntsman of the Valar, Lord of Forests Indexes: Ainur Alphabetical: A About this entry: Updated 29 August 2018 This entry is complete A name of Oromë in Middle-earth Ilúvatar VánaAraw(Oromë)Nessa The Sindar in Middle-earth had never crossed the Sea to Valinor, and so had names for only a few of the Valar. One was very familiar to them, however: the Huntsman of the Valar who had found them, newly awakened, by the shores of Cuiviénen. In those ancient days the Eldar gave him a name that was intended to mirror the sound of his great hunting horn, the Valaróma. As the languages of the Elves diverged, this name became Oromë in Quenya, but to the Sindar in Middle-earth the Vala was known as Araw. Legend said that Araw had brought extraordinary beasts to Middle-earth in ancient times, including the ancestors of the mearas of Rohan. To the east in Rhûn a kind of giant oxen could be found that were also said to have originated with the Huntsman, and so they were known as the Kine of Araw. See also... Béma, Forester, Huntsman of the Valar, Kine of Araw, Oxen of the East, Tauron, Valar Indexes: Alphabetical: A Ainur About this entry: Updated 29 August 2018 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2010-2011, 2018. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Axiom Discovery aptitude and skill testing.Axiom Discovery gives you comprehensive online aptitude testing covering core skills across a wide range of disciplines.

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SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random

Dates Descended into Arda at its beginning; immortal Origins Created by Ilúvatar Race Ainur Division Valar (Aratar) Pronunciation a'rau (to rhyme with English 'now') Meaning Adapted from Quenya Oromë, 'trumpeter' Other names Aldaron, Béma, Oromë, Tauron Titles The Forester, The Great, Great Rider, Huntsman of the Valar, Lord of Forests Indexes: Ainur Alphabetical: A About this entry: Updated 29 August 2018 This entry is complete A name of Oromë in Middle-earth Ilúvatar

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Araw(Oromë)Nessa The Sindar in Middle-earth had never crossed the Sea to Valinor, and so had names for only a few of the Valar. One was very familiar to them, however: the Huntsman of the Valar who had found them, newly awakened, by the shores of Cuiviénen. In those ancient days the Eldar gave him a name that was intended to mirror the sound of his great hunting horn, the Valaróma. As the languages of the Elves diverged, this name became Oromë in Quenya, but to the Sindar in Middle-earth the Vala was known as Araw. Legend said that Araw had brought extraordinary beasts to Middle-earth in ancient times, including the ancestors of the mearas of Rohan. To the east in Rhûn a kind of giant oxen could be found that were also said to have originated with the Huntsman, and so they were known as the Kine of Araw. See also... Béma, Forester, Huntsman of the Valar, Kine of Araw, Oxen of the East, Tauron, Valar Indexes: Alphabetical: A Ainur About this entry: Updated 29 August 2018 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2010-2011, 2018. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Axiom Discovery aptitude and skill testing.Axiom Discovery gives you comprehensive online aptitude testing covering core skills across a wide range of disciplines.