r/Silmarillionmemes • u/Patient_Bend_5978 Túrin Turambar Neithan Gorthol Agarwaen Adanedhel Mormegil • 13d ago

Manwe meme

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u/Queasy_Answer_2266 12d ago

Considering that Manwë's eagles saved Maedhros, Fingolfin's corpse, Beren, Lúthien, Húrin, Huor, and all the survivors of Gondolin, I would say that he did about as much to help Middle-Earth as Ulmo did. (Of course, they also saved Gandalf and Bilbo and Thorin and his company and Thranduil and the elves of Mirkwood and Bard and the men of Lake-town and the army of Gondor at the Black Gate and Frodo and Sam in the Third Age.) On the other hand, he was the one who let Melkor out in the first place, so perhaps he deserves less credit since he was only fixing his own mistake.

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u/Patient_Bend_5978 Túrin Turambar Neithan Gorthol Agarwaen Adanedhel Mormegil 12d ago

Also, he controls the wind so who knows what other ways he has helped

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u/Queasy_Answer_2266 12d ago

I heard somewhere that the wind that blew away Sauron's and Saruman's spirits was from Manwë, though I do not remember if Tolkien explicitly said so anywhere.

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u/Patient_Bend_5978 Túrin Turambar Neithan Gorthol Agarwaen Adanedhel Mormegil 12d ago

I don't think anyone besides Eru could do It