Textual History of Ulmo

History of Ulmo

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”
§63(1). Thereafter came Ulmo and Aulë, and with Ulmo were none, save Salmar only who was after known as Noldorin, for good though the heart of that mighty one he thought ever deep thoughts alone, and was silent and aloof and haughty even to the Ainur;
§44(5). But Ulmo dwells in the outer ocean	§2(4). Next in might and closest in friendship to Manwe was Ulmo Lord of Waters, who dwells alone	§4(5). Next in might and closest in friendship to Manwë is Ulmo, lord of waters, who dwells alone in the Outer Seas,	§4(5). Next in might and closest in friendship to Manwë is Ulmo, lord of waters. He dwells alone in the Outer Seas,	§6. Ulmo is the Lord of Waters. He is alone. He dwells nowhere long, but moves as he will in all the deep waters about the Earth or under the Earth. He is next in might to Manwë, and before Valinor was made he was closest to him in friendship; but thereafter he went seldom to the councils of the Valar, unless great matters were in debate. For he kept all Arda in thought, and he has no need of any resting-place. Moreover he does not love to walk upon land, and will seldom clothe himself in a body after the manner of his peers. If the Children of Eru beheld him they were filled with a great dread; for the arising of the King of the Sea was terrible, as a mounting wave that strides to the land, with dark helm foam-crested and raiment of mail shimmering from silver down into shadows of green. The trumpets of Manwë are loud, but Ulmo’s voice is deep as the deeps of the ocean which he only has seen.
§44(6). and controls the flowing of all waters and the courses of rivers, the replenishment of springs and the distilling of rains and dews throughout the world. At the bottom of the sea he bethinks him of music deep and strange yet full ever of a sorrow: and therein he has aid from Manwë Sulimo.	§2(5). in the rivers, fountains and springs, throughout the earth.	§4(6). but has the government of all water, seas and rivers, fountains and springs, throughout the earth.	§4(6). but has the government of all waters, seas and rivers, fountains and springs, throughout the earth.	§7. Nonetheless Ulmo loves both Elves and Men, and never abandoned them, not even when they lay under the wrath of the Valar. At times he win come unseen to the shores of Middle-earth, or pass far inland up firths of the sea, and there make music upon his great horns, the Ulumúri, that are wrought of white shell; and those to whom that music comes hear it ever after in their hearts, and longing for the sea never leaves them again. But mostly Ulmo speaks to those who dwell in Middle-earth with voices that are heard only as the music of water. For all seas, lakes, rivers, fountains and springs are in his government; so that the Elves say that the spirit of Ulmo runs in all the veins of the world. Thus news comes to Ulmo, even in the deeps, of all the needs and griefs of Arda, which otherwise would be hidden from Manwë.
§45(1). The Solosimpsi, what time the Elves came and dwelt in Kôr, learnt much of him, whence cometh the wistful allurement of their piping and their love to dwell ever by the shore. Salmar there was with him,
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.