Valaquenta

The Silmarillion chapters

Ainulindalë Valaquenta Quenta Silmarillion Of the Beginning of Days Of Aulë and Yavanna Of the Coming of the Elves Of Thingol and Melian Of Eldamar Of Fëanor Of the Silmarils Of the Darkening of Valinor Of the Flight of the Ñoldor Of the Sindar Of the Sun and Moon Of Men Of the Return of the Ñoldor Of Beleriand and its Realms Of the Ñoldor in Beleriand Of Maeglin Of the Coming of Men into the West Of the Ruin of Beleriand Of Beren and Lúthien Of the Fifth Battle Of Túrin Turambar Of the Ruin of Doriath Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin Of the Voyage of Eärendil Akallabêth Of the Rings of Power

The Valaquenta is the second part of The Silmarillion.

The Valaquenta is a middle-ground and link between Ainulindalë, which recounts the creation of Middle-earth, and Quenta Silmarillion, where the first major elements of Middle-earth post-creation history are elaborated.

Summary

Description of the Valar

In this part, the Ainur are introduced by their given names. Afterwards, they are described and their attributes and functions are given. Among them, the more notable Manwë and Ulmo.

Description of the major Maiar

Here, the Maiar are introduced, named and described, including the renowned Istari, also known as Order of Wizards.

Description of enemies

This section speaks of the major Dark Powers, Melkor and his subject Sauron, who would later become the Dark Lord himself after his master's defeat, giving them brief descriptions.

Appearances

By type

Characters	Species and creatures	Locations	Factions, groups and titles
Events	Objects and artifacts	Miscellanea

Characters

Aulë Eru Ilúvatar Estë Lórien Mandos Manwë Melkor Nessa Nienna Oromë Tulkas Ulmo Vána Vairë Varda Yavanna

Species and creatures

Ainur Children of Ilúvatar Elves Men

Locations

Eä Arda Aman Valinor Gardens of Lórien Lórellin Halls of Mandos Taniquetil Middle-earth Void

Factions, groups and titles

High Elves Ñoldor Valar Aratar Doomsman of the Valar Fëanturi King of Arda Lord of the Breath of Arda Lord of Waters Queen of the Earth Valier

Objects and artifacts

Ulumúri

Miscellanea

Airefëa Darkness Eldarin Forest King Queen Sea Tower Trees

Etymology

Valaquenta was a Quenya word that meant 'Tale of the Valar'.^{[citation needed]}

Behind the scenes

Although sequential descriptions of the Valar go back to The Book of Lost Tales, the earliest writing that resembles the Valaquenta is found in the text called Quenta Noldorinwa (published in volume four of The History of Middle-earth). It then became Chapter 1 of the Quenta Silmarillion (entitled Of the Valar). In revisions to the Quenta Silmarillion done in 1958, the section was split off into a separately titled work. There is nothing to indicate why J.R.R. Tolkien felt that the piece should stand alone. While it is not a narrative, neither is the chapter Of Beleriand and its Realms, and Tolkien never seems to have considered removing that section.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ቫላኩታንት
Arabic	فالاكينتا
Armenian	Վալաqւենտա
Belarusian Cyrillic	Валаквента
Bengali	ভালাউনটা
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Валакуента
Catalan	Vàlaquenta
Chinese	維拉本紀
Georgian	ვალაქუენტა
Greek	Βαλακουέντα
Gujarati	વેલુસેન્ટા
Hebrew	ואלאקוונטה
Hindi	वैलाक्विन्टा
Japanese	ヴァラクウェンタ
Kannada	ವಲಕ್ವೆಂಟಾ
Korean	발라퀜타
Macedonian Cyrillic	Валаквента
Marathi	वाल्युसेना
Persian	والاکوئنتا
Russian	Валаквента
Serbian	Валаквента (Cyrillic) Valakventa (Latin)
Sinhalese	වලකෙන්ටා
Tajik Cyrillic	Валакуэнта
Tamil	வளக்குயெண்ட
Telugu	వలక్యూన్తా
Thai	วาลาเควนตา
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Валаквента
Urdu	والالوسا
Yiddish	װאַלאַכוענטאַ

J.R.R. Tolkien's - The Silmarillion
Ainulindalë | Valaquenta | Quenta Silmarillion | Akallabêth | Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
The History of Middle-earth (earlier versions of the story of The Silmarillion)