Tilion

Tilion was a Maia and the guardian of the Moon. While lesser in power than his counterpart Arien, he gained stewardship of the Moon earlier.
== Biography ==
Tilion was originally a Maia of Oromë the Huntsman, and resided in Valinor throughout the Years of the Trees, and into the beginning of the Third Age. He loved to wander through the Gardens of Lórien, and dream next to Lórellin, in the glittering silver rays of Telperion., Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XI: Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor He was said to be less mighty than Arien, who was chosen by the Valar to be the guardian of the Sun. When the Two Trees of Valinor were destroyed, Tilion rescued the last surviving flower of Telperion. Aulë decided to craft the Moon first, so it was seen rising and setting seven times before the Sun rose its first. However, Morgoth was angered and scared of the new lights in the sky, so he launched an attack on them, sending his dark servants after them. It was said that Arien easily burned away the dark powers, but Tilion was waylaid and hard-pressed to hold his own, but still managed to pull through. However, he was, and still is to this day somewhat reckless, not always following the Moon's direct, intended path across the sky, which causes the Moon to be occasionally visible at the same time as the Sun, or to not appear at all, or even to block the light of Arien.
Tilion may have been the inspiration for the Man in the Moon, a figure appearing in the folk-lore of Gondor and the Shire.
== Etymology ==
Tilion means "The Horned" in Quenya., Index of Names In , he is called Uolë Kúvion in Middle Quenya and Ûl Cuvonweg in Gnomish, meaning both "Moon king".
== In other versions ==
In very early versions of the legendarium, Tilion was said to love Arien. Then, when Morgoth ravished her, and she 'died', Tilion was thus angered; and he delivered the blow that killed Morgoth in an early version of Dagor Dagorath.
In another version, the Vala Silmo (Thilim in Gnomish), a servant of Lórien, was appointed with the task of being "ever mindful" of the watering of the silver tree Silpion., , chapter III: "The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor" When the tree was destroyed and the Moon was created, the Vala Ilinsor, a servant of Manwë, was a chosen as the steerer of the Moon. However, Ilinsor was envious of the greater brightness of the Sun, and so chased the stars., , chapter IX: "The Hiding of Valinor"
It is said in The Book of Lost Tales Part One that Tilion had been in love once with Arien, and because he pursued her, he came too close to the immense heat of the Sun, which scarred the Moon., , chapter VIII: "The Tale of the Sun and Moon"
== See also ==
* Arien / Sun
* Moon
* Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor
* The Tale of the Sun and Moon
== Translations ==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ትሊየን
Arabic 	تيليون
Armenian 	Թիլիոն
Belarusian Cyrillic	Тіліон
Bengali 	টিলিওন
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Тилион
Chinese 	提里昂
Georgian 	ტილიონი
Greek 	Τιλιον
Gujarati 	ટિલીયન
Hebrew 	טיליון
Hindi 	तिलिओन
Japanese 	ティリオン
Kannada 	ಟಿಲಿಯನ್
Kazakh 	Тілион (Cyrillic) Tilïon (Latin)
Korean 	틸리 온
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Тилион
Macedonian Cyrillic	Тилион
Marathi 	टिलियन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Тилион
Nepalese 	टिलियन
Persian 	تیلیون
Punjabi 	ਟਿਲਿਅਨ
Russian 	Тилион
Sanskrit 	टिलिओन्
Serbian 	Тилион (Cyrillic) Tilion (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ටිලියන්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Тилион
Tamil 	டிலியன்
Tatar 	Тилион
Telugu 	టిలిఒన
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Тіліон
Urdu 	طیلیون
Uzbek 	Тилион (Cyrillic) Tilion (Latin)
Yiddish 	טיליאָן
== References ==
Category:Maiar
Category:The Silmarillion characters
Category:Quenya names & words
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