The Music of Solstice in The Silmarillion: Mortality, Hope, and the Hidden Triumph

Few could foresee that, in that hour, Ilúvatar triumphed over evil through weakness, as it had been foresung in the Music of old.

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What is solstice? It’s more than the Sun’s “standing” in the sky—it’s a powerful symbol of the power of Light in our lives.

In J.R.R. Tolkien’s lore, Iluvatar’s children are not created; they are awakened. The Elves awaken at the bay of Cuivienen and for a long age gaze upon the stars of Varda. Men, the Second-born, awaken with the first risi…