Chapter 6 Chapter 2 Aoli and Yavanna

It is said that the origin of the dwarves was created by Aoli when the middle-earth was in darkness; because Aoli was too eager for the arrival of those sons and daughters to teach him all his knowledge and crafts, so he did not want to wait for Iluvita any longer. The moment when your idea is fully realized.Because Auri didn't know what the future children would look like, he made the dwarves as we saw later, and because the power of Melkor still enveloped the earth at that time, he hoped that the people he created would not only be strong Strong in body and strong in mind.But he was afraid that other Valar would blame him for his creation, so he always did it in secret-in a cave in the mountains of Middle-earth, he created the first seven ancestors of the dwarves.

Iluvatar knew what had happened, and at the very moment Auli was satisfied with his work and began to teach him the language he had invented for the dwarves, Iluvatar spoke to him; transfixed.Iluvatar's voice said to him: "Why did you do such a thing? Why did you intend to do something that you knew was beyond your authority and power? I have given you your being and gifts, nothing more; Therefore, the things you create with your heart and hands will be limited by the nature of your being. They will only move when you want them to move. If your thoughts are elsewhere, they will sit idle all day long. Is this what you want?"

Aoli replied: "I don't want such dominion. I sincerely hope that the created things are different from me, so that I can love and teach them, and they can also see how beautiful your creation is. According to me Arda, you see, is huge, and there is room enough for all things to share, and most of the place is still empty and silent. My impatience makes me do stupid things. But my heart is eager to create things Your instinct was given to me; a child imitates his father's actions based on his meager understanding, and never mocks or despises him. He imitates his father in this way because he is his father's son. What should I do now, so that you won't be angry with me forever? As a child is to its father, I offer you these little things, the work of your hand that made them. You may judge them as you please. Or, Should I destroy what I guessed and created?"

After Aoli finished speaking, he immediately picked up a huge hammer to smash the dwarves, but he couldn't help crying before he started.In his humility Iluvatar felt pity for Auri and his longing; and all the dwarves huddled under the hammer, terrified, and bowed their heads and begged for mercy.Then the voice of Iluvatar said to Ori again: "Your creation is finished, and I accept what you offer. Do you not see that the things you have created have a life of their own and speak with their own voices?" ? Therefore, they will not be afraid of your blows, nor will they obey any of your orders." Hearing this, Aoli threw down the hammer and turned into joy. He thanked Iluvita and said, "May I be as blessed as you are." work, and improve upon it!"

But Iluvatar spoke again and said: "Just as I created the minds of the Ainu who existed at the beginning of the universe, so I accept what you have created at this time and give them a place to live; but I No improvement on your masterpieces, they are what you make them. They came before the firstborn I conceived, but I don't want to be troubled by that, and your haste won't gain Pay back. Now they shall sleep in the dark rocky depths until the Firstborn awaken on earth; until then you and they must wait, though the wait seems long. When the time comes, I will awaken them , they shall also be regarded as your children; from now on there will always be conflicts between your children and mine, but they are still the children I choose to adopt."

Then Auri took the seven ancestors of the Dwarves, and placed them in different places, and put them to sleep; and then he returned to Valinor, and waited for the long ages to pass. For the Dwarves were born in the day when the power of Melkor came over the land, and Auri made them strong and stoic.Therefore, dwarves are as hard as rocks, and their temperament is very stubborn. They are quick to decide whether they are enemies or friends. They are more hardworking than all other races, and can withstand hard work, trekking, hunger and physical pain; they are also very long-lived. , far beyond the age of human beings, but they are not immortal.The Elves who once dwelt in Middle-earth said that the dead Dwarves returned to the earth and rock from which they were made; but the Dwarves themselves did not believe this.They say that Auli who made them (and they called him Manho) took great care of them, and gathered the dead in a separate place in the temple of Mandos, and he declared to their ancestors that in the world At the end, Iluvatar will consecrate them, and prepare a place for them among her children.Their role will be to serve Aoli and help Aoli rebuild Arda after the "Doomsday Battle".And the dwarves say that their seven ancestors came back again as kindred, and once again assumed their ancient names: Turin was the most known of them, and his descendants were the most friendly race to the elves. , their hometown is located in Khasad-dum.

Although Aoli created the dwarves hard without telling the other Vera, but in the end he confessed to Yavanna and told her everything.Yavanna said to him: "It is indeed merciful. I can see that your heart is now very happy, as it should be; for you have not only been forgiven, but have been generously rewarded. But because you have kept this I will not finish, so your children will not love what I love. They will love above all what their hands make, as their father did. They will dig the earth, but they will not care for anything that grows on it. Care. Many trees will be bitten by their merciless iron."

But Auri replied: "The children of Iluvatar will do the same, they will eat what the earth grows, and they will use it to build houses. Although everything in your domain is valuable in itself, even if there is no The group of sons and daughters does not detract from their value; but Yiru will give his children the power to rule and control, and they will use everything they can find on Arda-but according to Yiru's heart, when they use It will be done with respect and gratitude." "Unless Melkor blackens their hearts, they will be grateful," said Yavanna.But instead of being at peace, her heart was filled with sorrow, fearing what would happen to Middle-earth in the future.Therefore she came to Manwë, and she did not betray Auri, and confide what he had told, but she made a plea to Manwë, saying: "O lord of Arda, Auri told me that when the sons and daughters came, they would Is it true that I will rule and control all the things I have painstakingly created as I please?"

"It is true," said Manwë, "but why do you ask? You have no need of Aoli to teach you?" Yavanna was silent when she heard the words. She reflected on her thoughts, and then replied: "Because I think of the coming days, my heart is really anxious. Everything I made is my treasure. Could it be that Melkor Hasn't enough devastation been done? Hasn't everything I invented escaped the dominion of others?" "What would you wish to keep, if it were your wish?" said Manwe. "Of all your spheres, what is the most precious to you?" "They all have their own strengths," Yavanna said, "and they are intertwined and contribute to each other. However, Chirva can escape or defend itself, but Owa, who grows on the ground, cannot. Among them My dearest things are trees. They grow long, but are cut down quickly, and few will regret their disappearance unless their boughs bear fruit in return. So, I figured it out Yes. Let the trees speak for all that take root in the ground, and punish all who abuse them!"

"That's a curious idea," said Manwy. "But it is in the music," said Yavanna. "When you and Ulmo piled up clouds and rained down in the sky, I lifted up all the branches of the great trees to bear them, and some of the great trees mingled with the wind. Sing to Iluvatar in the rain." So Manwe sat in meditation, and Yavanna's thoughts took root in his heart; all this Iluvatar saw.Manwë felt as if the great music was ringing again around him, and now he noticed many things that he had heard before but had not noticed.At last the scene was renewed, and now it did not seem far away, and he himself was in it, and again he saw all things lifted up in Iluvatar's hand; There emerged many wonderful things that had been hidden in the minds of the Ainu until this moment were revealed to him.

Manwë came to his senses, and he went down to the hill of Ithiroha, and sat down beside Yavanna under the Two Trees.Said Manwë: "O Chimentari, the Ru speaks, and it says, 'Does any Valar think that I have not heard the whole music? I have heard even the last note of the last voice. Behold! When my children wake up, Yavanna's thoughts will wake up at the same time, and it will call many spirits from afar, and they will haunt Kilva and Ovar, and some of them will settle in the world, and Honored by all things, their righteous wrath will be terrible. The days of their existence are: when the power of the firstborn was still strong, and the secondborn were young.’ Do you remember now? Qimen Terry, the song of your mind is not always sung alone. Didn't your mind and mine once meet and then spread their wings together like a big bird flying among the clouds? That also happens under Iluvatar's attention, Before those sons and daughters wake up, there shall appear wings that soar like the great eagle of the master of the West." Yavanna was overjoyed when she heard this. She stood up, stretched her arms towards the sky, and said: "The tree of Chimentari will be lifted up to the sky, and the king's eagles will build their nests on it!" Manwë rose up likewise, and he was so great that the voice with which he spoke to Yavanna was like the wind falling from heaven. "No," he said, "only the trees made by Auri will be tall enough. The eagles will nest on the mountains, and hear the voices calling to us from heaven. And the one who walks in the forest will be the shepherd of the hundred trees." So Manwë and Yavanna said good-bye to each other, and Yavanna returned to Auri, who was busily building things, pouring molten metal into models. "Ru is very generous," she said. "Now beware your children! There will be a power walking in the forests, and their wrath will rise in danger." "Unless they need wood, nothing will happen." After Aoli finished speaking, he went back to work on his forging.