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Old 02-02-2005, 08:39 PM   #10
THE Ka
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If I remember rightly the bodies that the valar chose to dress themselves in were chosen to reflect their inclinations. It should be remembered that they were spiritual rather than physical beings - and the use of the word spouse again is in the sense of a spiritual rather than physical union (which is why the idea of the Maiar being the offspring of the Valar was rejected).
Furthering on that, If we know, or are told that Eru created them out of his thought, to represent different spiritual aspects, can we not speculate that upon arriving (or that the valar sensed that they existed) that they began to form themselves to what they thought of thmeselves. They, as thought began to somehow know that they would have to become some part, or some relation with Arda and Eru, but they were free to mold themselves. For spiritual references to coupling it might be seen that it was either relativity of the valars' each chosen aspects that caused this 'union' or that they shared common, if not entire relations to what they governed. Example might be Yavanna and Aulë. Yavanna chose to govern all growing things apon Arda, while Aulë was concerned with the substances of arda. Their relation can be seen in how they are both concerned with one, Arda and two, things Arda creates or is able to.


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