endillos: @arwenindomiel’s tolkien south asian week day 1: ainur + monochrome • MELIAN Me
endillos: @arwenindomiel’s tolkien south asian week day 1: ainur + monochrome • MELIAN Melian was the name of a Maia who served both Vána and Estë; she dwelt long in Lórien, tending the trees that flower in the gardens of Irmo, ere she came to Middle-earth. Nightingales sang about her wherever she went. - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, “Of the Maiar”[ID: An edit for Melian, consisting of six images mainly in red and orange. A south asian woman with her hair in a braid. She’s wearing a red and orange gown and golden jewelry. This image contains text reading “Melian the maia”A rainforest. The green is recolored to be redA nightingale singing in a tree. Like the previous image, this has been recoloured to be mainly redThe same woman as in image one, with a veil now. This image contains text reading “and among his people there were none more beautiful, nor more wise, nor more skilled in songs of enchantment”, which is a quote from The SilmarillionThat woman again, now once more without the veil. The text on this image reads “Melian the maia”, like in image oneA series of gateways built from red stonesEnd ID] -- source link
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