Facts about Valaquenta

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   Valaquenta identifies Manwë as the King of the Valar and chief servant of Ilúvatar, with his spouse Varda as his queen.

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   Valaquenta names Melkor as the most powerful of the Ainur yet treats him as an enemy rather than one of the Valar.

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   Valaquenta follows the Ainulindalë in the Silmarillion's structure, functioning as an account of the powers who entered the world after its creation.

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   A brief prose text, Valaquenta describes the Maiar as spirits of lesser power than the Valar, including figures such as Gandalf, Sauron, and the Balrogs.

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   In Valaquenta, Tolkien names fourteen Valar, divided into eight lords and seven queens, with Melkor excluded from their number.

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   The Valaquenta is a section of Tolkien's Silmarillion that describes the Valar and Maiar, the angelic powers of Middle-earth.

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