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Dates
First rose in I 1 (the beginning of the Years of the Sun)
Location
The lower regions of Ilmen
Origins
Pronunciation
vah'sa
Meaning
Interpreted as 'Heart of Fire', but see text
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One of the various names give by the Elves to the Sun, the great light formed from the last shining fruit of the Golden Tree Laurelin. The Elves usually knew the Sun as Anar (in Quenya) or Anor (in Sindarin), a name relating to the Elvish root word for 'fire'. Among the Noldor, however, the Sun gained another name, which was Vása. In the Silmarillion, the name Vása is interpreted as the 'Heart of Fire', but its strict meaning was the 'consumer'. That name had a literal meaning, in that the Sun burned with a consuming fire, but also symbolic meaning, as the first rising of the Sun marked the Awakening of Men in the distant East of Middle-earth, and so the first seed of the Dominion of Men and the ultimate fading of the Elves. See also...For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2002, 2019, 2023. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.DISC personality profiling brings a host of benefits and advantages. |