Textual History of Manwe

History of Manwë

Excerpts from the THE MUSIC OF THE AINUR (Containeth also the COMING OF THE VALAR and beginneth THE BUILDING OF VALINOR)	Excerpt from the THE QUENTA (herein is QUENTA NOLDORINWA Or Pennas-na-Ngoelaidh)	Excerpt from the QUENTA SILMARILLION Here begins the Silmarillion or history of the Silmarils 1 OF THE VALAR	Excerpt from the “Later QUENTA SILMARILLION” Here begins the Silmarillion or history of the Silmarils 1 OF THE VALAR	“VALAQUENTA”
§47(1). Yet was the greatest and chief of those four great ones Manwë Súlimo;		§4(1). Manwë and Melko were brethren in the thought of Ilúvatar and mightiest of those Ainur who came into the World.	§4(1). Manwë and Melkor were brethren in the thought of Ilúvatar and mightiest of those Ainur who came into the World.	§4(1). Manwë and Melkor were brethren in the thought of Ilúvatar. The mightiest of those Ainur who came into the World was in his beginning Melkor; but Manwë is dearest to Ilúvatar and understands most clearly his purposes.
§48. Lo, Manwë Sulimo clad in sapphires, ruler of the airs and wind, is held lord of Gods and Elves and Men, and the greatest bulwark against the evil of Melko.	§2(2). Manwe was the Lord of the Gods and Prince of the airs and winds and the ruler of the sky.	§4(2). But Manwë is the lord of the Gods, and prince of the airs and winds, and ruler of the sky.	§4(2). But Manwë is the lord of the Gods, and prince of the airs and winds, and ruler of the sky.	§4(2). He was appointed to be, in the fullness of time, the first of all Kings: lord of the realm of Arda and ruler of all that dwell therein. In Arda his delight is in the winds and the clouds, and in all the regions of the air, from the heights to the depths, from the utmost borders of the Veil of Arda to the breezes that blow in the grass. Súlimo he is surnamed, Lord of the Breath of Arda.
§47(3). Hawks flew ever to and fro about that abode,				§4(3). All swift birds, strong of wing, he loves, and they come and go at his bidding.
A manuscript by J.R.R.Tolkien, c. 1918-1920, edited and published by Christopher Tolkien in THE BOOK OF LOST TALES 1, Houghton Mifflin, 1983.	A typescript by J.R.R.Tolkien, c. 1930, edited and published by Christopher Tolkien in THE SHAPING OF MIDDLE-EARTH, Houghton Mifflin, 1986.	A typescript by J.R.R.Tolkien, c. 1937, edited and published by Christopher Tolkien in THE LOST ROAD AND OTHER WRITINGS, Houghton Mifflin, 1987.	A typescript by J.R.R.Tolkien, c. 1951, edited and published by Christopher Tolkien in MORGOTH’S RING, Houghton Mifflin, 1993.	A typescript by J.R.R.Tolkien, c. 1958, edited and published by Christopher Tolkien in THE SILMARILLION, Houghton Mifflin, 1977.