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Dates Immortal; existed before the making of Arda Location Dwelt throughout the seas of the world, and especially the Outer Ocean surrounding Arda Origins One of the Ainur who descended into Arda at its creation to become the Valar Race Ainur Division Valar (Aratar) Settlements None1 Other names Sometimes seen in the form 'Dweller of the Deep'; associated with the titles King of the Sea, Lord of Waters Title of Ulmo Indexes: Ainur Alphabetical: D About this entry: Updated 8 October 2024 This entry is complete Ulmo, Vala of the Sea A title given to Ulmo, one of the greatest of the Valar, whose province was the waters of the world, from streams to great rivers to the oceans. It was Ulmo who carried the Eldar into the West on the island of Tol Eressëa, and after the Exile of the Noldor, it was he who gave most thought to the plight of Elves and Men in Middle-earth. He became known as the 'Dweller in the Deep' (or occasionally 'Dweller of the Deep') because unlike the other Valar his halls were not in Valinor, but instead he dwelt beneath the dark waters of the Outer Ocean. Notes 1 The Silmarillion is explicit that the Dweller in the Deep had no single hall or dwelling-place beneath the waves, saying that Ulmo '...dwells nowhere long, but moves as he will in all the deep waters about the Earth or under the Earth.' (Valaquenta). In earlier accounts of the Valar, however, Ulmo did dwell in a particular place in the deep, in halls named Ulmonan beneath the Outer Ocean. This is an older conception belonging to the Lost Tales, and was evidently abandoned in Tolkien's later writing. Indexes: Alphabetical: D Ainur About this entry: Updated 8 October 2024 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2012, 2024. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Got a question about Discus or DISC? Why not take a look through our Knowledge Base and see what you can learn?

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Dates Immortal; existed before the making of Arda Location Dwelt throughout the seas of the world, and especially the Outer Ocean surrounding Arda Origins One of the Ainur who descended into Arda at its creation to become the Valar Race Ainur Division Valar (Aratar) Settlements None1 Other names Sometimes seen in the form 'Dweller of the Deep'; associated with the titles King of the Sea, Lord of Waters Title of Ulmo Indexes: Ainur Alphabetical: D About this entry: Updated 8 October 2024 This entry is complete Ulmo, Vala of the Sea A title given to Ulmo, one of the greatest of the Valar, whose province was the waters of the world, from streams to great rivers to the oceans. It was Ulmo who carried the Eldar into the West on the island of Tol Eressëa, and after the Exile of the Noldor, it was he who gave most thought to the plight of Elves and Men in Middle-earth. He became known as the 'Dweller in the Deep' (or occasionally 'Dweller of the Deep') because unlike the other Valar his halls were not in Valinor, but instead he dwelt beneath the dark waters of the Outer Ocean. Notes 1 The Silmarillion is explicit that the Dweller in the Deep had no single hall or dwelling-place beneath the waves, saying that Ulmo '...dwells nowhere long, but moves as he will in all the deep waters about the Earth or under the Earth.' (Valaquenta). In earlier accounts of the Valar, however, Ulmo did dwell in a particular place in the deep, in halls named Ulmonan beneath the Outer Ocean. This is an older conception belonging to the Lost Tales, and was evidently abandoned in Tolkien's later writing. Indexes: Alphabetical: D Ainur About this entry: Updated 8 October 2024 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2012, 2024. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Got a question about Discus or DISC? Why not take a look through our Knowledge Base and see what you can learn?