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Re: The Silmarillion, the Valar are very explicitly stated to NOT be \
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Re: The Silmarillion, the Valar are very explicitly stated to NOT be \\\"gods,\\\" but rather, the highest order of the Ainur, the angelic beings that SOME mortal men WORSHIPED AS gods. The only real deity in Tolkien\\\'s Middle Earth is Eru Ilúvatar.
The story of the creation of the Dwarves illustrates this: the Vala Aulë created the Dwarves out of impatience for the arrival of sentient beings to teach, but only Eru could give them sentience.
There are lots of obvious parallels between the Ainulindalë and Valaquenta, and Milton\\\'s *Paradise Lost*
The story of the creation of the Dwarves illustrates this: the Vala Aulë created the Dwarves out of impatience for the arrival of sentient beings to teach, but only Eru could give them sentience.
There are lots of obvious parallels between the Ainulindalë and Valaquenta, and Milton\\\'s *Paradise Lost*
