Aratar by Kaylee Arafinwiel

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Eight emblems for the eight most powerful of the Valar. Drawn for "Scribbles and Drabbles" 2021.

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Posted on 15 April 2024 Updated on 15 April 2024

Emblems for the eight most powerful of the Valar, displayed on a rectangle divided in eight triangular slices. Clouds and blue sky, stars in night sky, fish and trident in turquoise sea, silver and gold sword on red background, sun in eclipse on dark grey background, teardrop on light grey background, green tree on brown background.

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....which Aratar goes into each section. I can't figure out the symbolism for bottom half. The grey one I guessed is Nienna, and the sword Oromë or Aulë? But then there's Mandos/Námo still left.... My brain is sluggish this early in the morning. 

That's a fair question. Here's the answers:

Sky with white clouds - Manwe

Night sky with the Valacirca - Varda

Sea blue with fish and trident - Ulmo

Spring green with two wheat stalks crossed - Yavanna

Red background with sword - Aule

Grey with the Sun-in-Eclipse - Namo

Light grey with a teardrop - Nienna

Brown with green tree - Orome 

 

Some of these sigils were adopted from Fiondilverse (he gave me permission to use his universe before he died). Many of the ones Fiondil described were too complicated for me to draw, especially for a 'scribble' lol. But Namo's was especially important for me to keep the same, or as close as I could. Drawing a heraldically rayed sun eclipsed was a little too difficult for me to pull off (despite being on my SCA device) , so I went with what an eclipsed sun looked like to me in pictures.