I am reading for the first time the Valaquenta. It mentions right at the beginning the seven Lords and Queens of the Valar (the Valiers). Melkor is excluded from the count of the Lords and from the numbers of the Valar: but I wonder if there ever was a Queen for him. Who knows, being forever alone could be the root cause of some rudeness in his temper...
Ps I am maybe bordering on the gossip, I know :)
Answer
No, there was no Queen for Melkor, though he was not alone in that. Strictly speaking, "Queen" is just a title, it doesn't indicate a pairing exists - there is a Queen with no Lord. There are six pairings of a Lord and a Queen:
- Manwë and Varda
- Aulë and Yavanna
- Námo (or Mandos) and Vairë
- Irmo (or Lórien) and Estë
- Tulkas and Nessa
- Oromë and Vána
The remaining two lone Valar are Ulmo and Nienna. I'd argue that being alone didn't really play a part in the fall of Melkor, given neither of these two showed the same inclinations as him.
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