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Race
Ainur
Division
Valar (Aratar)
'Order'
Fëanturi (Masters of Spirits)
Meaning
'prison-fortress'1
Other names
Námo, Nurufantur
Titles
Doomsman of the Valar

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  • Updated 4 October 1998
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Mandos

The Doomsman of the Valar

(Ilúvatar)
Nienna
Mandos
Vairë
Lórien

The Doomsman of the Valar and keeper of the slain in his Halls in the west of Valinor; his true name is said to be Námo.


Notes

1

This interpretation may seem odd at first, but remember that Mandos was originally the name of the Halls of Waiting, and only later associated with the Vala who kept them.

See also...

Aman, Aratar, Curse of Mandos, Doom of Mandos, Doom of the Noldor, Doomsman of the Valar, Dwarves, Elves, Exiles, Fëanturi, Halls of Mandos, Halls of Waiting, High Ones of Arda, Lay of Leithian, Lords of the Valar, [See the full list...]

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