Textual History of Namo/Mandos

History of Namo (Mandos)

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”
§64(6). and [came] those brethren the Fánturi,	§3(1). The Fanturi were called those brothers Mandos and Lorien.	§6(1). The Fanturi were brethren, and are named Mandos and Lórien.	§6(1). The Fanturi were brethren, and are named Mandos and Lorien. Yet these are not their right names, and are the names rather of the places of their abiding. For their right names are seldom spoken save in secret: which are Namo and Irmo. Quoth Rumil.	§10. The Fëanturi, masters of spirits, are brethren, and they are called most often Mandos and Lórien. Yet these are rightly the names of the places of their dwelling, and their true names are Námo and Irmo.
§64(8). and Fántur of Death who is Vefántur Mandos,	§3(2). Nefantur the first was also called, the master of the houses of the dead, and the gatherer of the spirits of the slain.	§6(2). Nurufantur the elder was also called, the master of the houses of the dead, and the gatherer of the spirits of the slain. He forgets nothing, and knows all that shall be, save only what Ilúvatar has hidden, but he speaks only at the command of Manwë. He is the doomsman of the Valar.	§6(2). Nurufantur the elder was also called, the master of the houses of the dead, and the gatherer of the spirits of the slain. He forgets nothing, and knows all that shall be, save only what Ilúvatar has hidden; but he speaks only at the command of Manwë. He is the doomsman of the Valar.	§11(1). Námo the elder dwells in Mandos, which is westward in Valinor. He is the keeper of the Houses of the Dead, and the summoner of the spirits of the slain. He forgets nothing; and he knows all things that shall be, save only those that lie still in the freedom of Ilúvatar. He is the Doomsman of the Valar; but he pronounces his dooms and his Judgements only at the bidding of Manwë.
		§6(3). Vairë the weaver is his wife, who weaves all things that have been in time in her storied webs, and the halls of Mandos, that ever widen as the ages pass, are clothed therewith.	§6(3). Vairë the weaver is his wife, who weaves all things that have been in time in her storied webs, and the halls of Mandos that ever widen as the ages pass are clothed therewith.	§11(2). Vairë the Weaver is his spouse, who weaves all things that have ever been in Time into her storied webs, and the halls of Mandos that ever widen as the ages pass are clothed with them.
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.