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Race
Ainur
Division
Valar (Aratar)
'Order'
Fëanturi (Masters of Spirits)
Meaning
A doomsman is one who speaks judgements ('dooms')1
Title of
Mandos

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  • Updated 19 January 2009
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Doomsman of the Valar

Mandos, the harbinger of fate

(Ilúvatar)
Nienna
Doomsman of
the Valar
(Mandos)
Vairë
Lórien

Title given to Mandos, who is given the power to pronounce judgement in matters of fate.


Notes

1

It was Mandos' role to speak the judgements of Manwë, or of the Valar as a group. Once the Doomsman of the Valar had spoken, those judgements became irrevocable.

See also...

Halls of Mandos, High Ones of Arda, Lords of the Valar, Powers of Arda

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