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Mandos Master of Doom

Mandos

Biographical information

Other names

Námo

Titles

Doomsman of the Valar, Fëanturi, Keeper of the Houses of the Dead, Ruler of the Dead

Date of birth

Before the creation of Arda

Year ascended to the throne

Date of death

Immortal

Realms ruled

Spouse

Vairë

Weapon

Powers of the Valar

Physical description

Race

Ainu

Culture

Valar (Aratar), Fëanturi

Gender

Male

Height

Hair color

Eye color

Peter Jackson's Film Trilogy

Actor

Voice

Character

Mandos (Quenya Tengwar: full spelling t#2^8 or vowel-abbreviated spelling t2^8; IPA: [ˈmandos]; in The Book of Lost Tales 1 named Vefantur) is the usual name for the Vala originally called Námo (Q. Tengwar: full 5~Ct^ or abbrev. 5#t^; [ˈnaːmo]; Judge). Námo was given this new name in honor of the Halls of Mandos, over which he presides, where elves go after they are slain (cf. Valhalla). His wife is Vairë the Weaver, and he is the brother of Lórien and Nienna in the mind of Eru Ilúvatar. He and his brother Lórien are the Fëanturi, the Masters of Spirits.

BiographyEdit

Mandos is described as being stern and dispassionate and never forgetting a thing. He was the Vala who cursed the Ñoldor leaving Aman, and counselled against allowing them to return (almost to the point of vindictiveness). But unlike Morgoth, his Dooms are not cruel or vindictive by his own design. They are simply the will of Eru, and he will not speak them unless he is commanded to do so by Manwë. Only once has he been moved to pity, when Lúthien sang of the grief she and her lover Beren had experienced in Beleriand. Then, with the Elder King's approval, he released them to Middle-earth to begin their second life there.^[1][2]

EtymologyEdit

His common name Mandos means 'Prison-fortress', and his real name Námo means 'Ordainer' or 'Judge' in Quenya.^[3]

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ The Silmarillion: Valaquenta
2. ↑ The Silmarillion: Quenta Silmarillion
3. ↑ The Complete Guide to Middle-earth

External linkEdit

• Mandos at Tolkien Gateway