Oromë

Oromë by Steamey
Oromë
Biographical information
Other names	Aldaron, Araw, Arômêz, Béma, The Great Rider, Oromë the Great, Tauron
Titles	The Huntsman of the Valar, Lord of Forests
Birth	Before the creation of Arda
Death	Immortal
Spouse	Vána
Weapon	Powers of the Valar, Bow, Spear
Physical description
Race	Ainur
Gender	Male
Height	Varies
Culture	Valar (Aratar)

Oromë (Quenya; IPA: [ˈorome] - "Horn-Blower" or "Sound of Horns"), also known as Aldaron (Quenya; IPA: "Horn-Blower"), Araw (Sindarin; IPA: "Horn-Blower") or Arômêz, was an Ainu, one of the Aratar and a Vala who was responsible for the hunt. He was the brother of Nessa and the husband of Vána.

Biography

Oromë in Middle-earth

During the Years of the Trees, after most of the Valar had withdrawn completely from Middle-earth and hidden themselves in Aman, Oromë still hunted in the forests of Middle-earth on occasion. Thus, he was responsible for discovering the elves when they awoke at Cuivienen, and the first to name them the Eldar, following this he remained close in friendship with the Eldar.

Being a powerful huntsman, he was active in the struggles against Morgoth. He had a great horn called the Valaróma and a great steed named Nahar. Huan, a Hound from Valinor, once belonged to him and was later given to Celegorm, one of the Sons of Fëanor.

Etymology

Oromë means "Horn-blowing" and "Sound of Horns", and is derived from the Valarin name Arômêz.

Araw is the Sindarin translation of Oromë. The Sindar additionally referred to him as Tauron, which means "Lord of the Forests" and "The Forester." It is possible that the name comes from the Sindarin taur ("forest") or the Quenyan taure ("great wood").

Other names

In the Old English translation of Eriol, Oromë is called Wadfrea ("The Huntinglord"), Huntena frea ("Lord of Hunters"), and Wealdafrea ("Lord of Forests"). Among the Rohirrim and other Northmen, he was also sometimes called Béma (Old English, originally Béaming; translating Tauron "forest-lord").

Character

Oromë is described to be a mighty lord and a great huntsman, as he would often train his folk and beasts in pursue of evil creatures. He loved the lands of Middle-earth that he was initially unwilling to leave it. He contrasts the Vala Tulkas in demeanor; whereas Tulkas laughs in sports, Oromë is said to be dreadful in anger.

Maiar of Oromë

• Tilion, the Maia who guided the Moon, was one of his Maiar in Valinor.

• Alatar and Pallando, the last two of the five wizards, were Maiar sent by Oromë to Middle-earth. What became of them is not known, although apparently they journeyed into the east with Saruman, but did not return.

Earlier versions of the legendarium

Oromë and his wife Vána were once envisioned to have had a daughter named Nielíqui.

Translations around the World

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ዖሮሜ
Arabic	أوروم
Armenian	Էրոմե ?
Belarusian Cyrillic	Оромё
Bengali	ওরমে
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Ороме
Burmese	ဪရောမေ ?
Cambodian	ោរោមេ ?
Chinese (Hong Kong)	歐羅米
Dari	ورومه
Georgian	ორომე
Greek	Όρομε
Gujarati	ઑરોમે
Hebrew	אורומה
Hindi	ॐरोमे
Japanese	オロメ
Kannada	ಓರೊಮೆ
Kazakh Cyrillic	Ороме
Korean	오로메
Kurdish	ۆرۆمه‌ (Arabic script) Orome (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Оромэ
Macedonian Cyrillic	Ороме
Marathi	ओरोमे
Mongolian Cyrillic	Оромё
Nepalese	ॐरोमे
Persian	اورومه
Punjabi	ਓਰੋਮੇ
Russian	Оромэ
Sanskrit	ॐरोमे
Serbian (Cyrillic) Orome (Latin)	Ороме
Sinhalese	ඕරොමෙ
Tajik Cyrillic	Ороме
Tamil	ஓரொமெ
Telugu	ఓరొమె
Thai	โอโรเม
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Ороме
Urdu	ورومے
Uyghur	ورومە
Uzbek	Ороме (Cyrillic) Orome (Latin)
Yiddish	אָראָמע