Vairë

This article is about the the Valier. For the wife of Lindo, see Vairë (Elf).

Vairë the Weaver by Silamir
Vairë
Biographical information
Other names	Gwîr, The Weaver
Titles	Queen of the Valar
Birth	Before the creation of Arda
Death	Immortal
Realms	Valinor (Halls of Mandos)
Spouse	Mandos
Weapon	Powers of the Valar
Physical description
Race	Ainur
Gender	Female
Culture	Valier

Vairë (Quenya; IPA: [ˈvaɪre] or [ˈwaɪre] - "Weaver") is an Ainu and Vala who was responsible for the weaving of the story of Arda.

Biography

Vairë is counted among the Valier, the Queens of the Valar; though she was not as great in power or prestige as some. Her "storied webs" covered the Halls of Mandos, where she apparently lived.

With the passage of time and its many ages, her woven tapestries expanded and clothed all the walls of the Halls of the Dead.

After the death of Finwë, Míriel returned to life and dwelt thereafter in the house of Vairë. She was given the task to record the deeds of the House of Finwë.

Etymology

In Quenya, Vairë means "Weaver", and was derived from the Primitive Quendian weirē, which derives from the root wey ("weave, wind"). Her Ñoldorin name is Gwîr, from gwi ("net, web").

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ቫኢሬ
Arabic	فايري ? (Vairë) الحائك (The Weaver)
Armenian	Վաիրը
Belarusian Cyrillic	Ваірё
Bengali	বাইরে
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Вайре
Chinese (Hong Kong)	薇瑞
Georgian	ვაირე
Greek	Βάιρε
Gujarati	વાયર
Hebrew	וירה
Hindi	व्ऐरे
Japanese	ヴァイレ
Kannada	ವೈರ್
Kazakh	Вайре (Cyrillic) Vayre (Latin)
Korean	바이레
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Ваирэ
Macedonian Cyrillic	Ваире
Malayalam	വൈരെ
Marathi	व्हायर
Mongolian Cyrillic	Ваирё
Nepalese	व्ऐरे
Pashto	وایرې
Persian	وایره
Punjabi	ਵਾਇਰ
Russian	Вайрэ
Serbian	Валари (Cyrillic) Vaire (Latin)
Sinhalese	ව්ඓරෙ
Tajik Cyrillic	Ваире
Tamil	வயிறே
Telugu	వైర్
Thai	วานา
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Вайре
Urdu	وایری
Uzbek	Ваире (Cyrillic) Vaire (Latin)
Yiddish	בֿאַירע