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Nielíqui | |
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Vala | |
Biographical Information | |
Other names | Nieliq(u)i Nielikki |
Location | Woods of Oromë[1] |
Family | |
Parentage | Oromë and Vána[2] |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Female |
Nielíqui was a Vala maiden only appearing in the earliest version of the legendarium. She was the daughter of Oromë and Vána.[3][4] She also enjoyed dancing through her father's woods and Ómar would sometimes accompany her by singing along.[1]
Etymology
Nielikki was perhaps intended to be a "pet-name form" of Nieliqi.[5]
Genealogy
Aulë | Yavanna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vána | Oromë | Nessa | Tulkas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NIELÍQUI | Telimektar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "III. The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Index, p. 288
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays, "A Secret Vice", p. 220 (note 9)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Index, p. 288
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Early Elvish Poetry and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets", in Parma Eldalamberon XVI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, Carl F. Hostetter and Bill Welden), p. 90