Stars

The Stars were lights that illuminated Eä.Some had been made by Eru before the creation of the Ainur, others had later been added by individual Ainur, especially Varda or had once been Eälar who transformed themselves into celestial bodies.

Stars or Planets

• Alcarinquë,Silindo - Jupiter
• Carnil - Mars
• Earendil’s star, Rothinzil,Gil-Estel - the Evening Star, Venus
• Elemmíre - Mercury
• Helluin, Nielluin, Ingil - Sirius
• Luinil - Neptune or perhaps Uranus, blue Rigel,Spica or Regulus
• Lumbar - Saturn
• Morwinyon, Morwinthi- Arcturus
• Nénar - Neptune
• red Borgil - Aldebaran or Betelgeuse
• Telumehtar, Nielluin
• Til

Constellations

• Anarríma
• Durin’s Crown - Cepheus or perhaps auriga, Andromeda or northern crown
• Menelmakar, Menelvagor, Telumehtar, Telimektar -The Swordsman of the Sky, Orion
• Remmirath,Sithaloth, Sithaloctha, Itselokte - the Netted Stars, Pleiades or Seven Sisters
• Soronúmë - Western Eagle, Aquila
• Telumendil
• Valacirca,Edegil, Otselen, Cerch i-Mbelain, the silver Bear, the Silver Wain, The Great Bear, the Burning Briar, the Sickle of the Valar, the Seven Butterflies, the Seven Stars,the Wain - the Big Dipper, great Bear,the plough, Ursa Major
• Wilwarin - “The Butterfly,” Cassiopeia