who is the best of the valar?

[Child of the 7th Age]

I answered this post once before, but I am reading the Silm and one of the Valar is definitely growing on me. That is Ulmo.

He is the one who never deserted us here in Middle-earth. Wherever a spring or stream exists, there is Ulmo. Even in Mordor, when Frodo and Sam struggled on without hope, there was a point where the Shadow lifted a bit and they found a little pool of water to strengthen their bodies and hearts.

We can go to the ocean--I live near the Gulf-- and listen to the magic sounds. It reminds us of the original music of Creation and also of the pull of the Sea and the West. Long before, I ever read Tolkien, I could sense that in the waves. So Ulmo is closer to us than the other powers.

So Ulmo gets my vote as the Valar who is the best for me as part of the human race, and Varda as the Valier.

sharon, the 7th age hobbit
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[ May 13, 2002: Message edited by: Child of the 7th Age ]