the vassal of the sea
.
The bringer of storms moves amongst the isles, his voice resounding in the breeze.
He is Ossë.
Ossë, who delights in winds and raging storms, who laughs in the roar of waves thrashing into the coasts of Middle-Earth; wild is his nature and wilful as the sea, and of the sea he taught the Lindar to sing.
Ossë, who had been tempted away by darkness and power and harsh abandon, but who returned to his master and to his spouse and to the true music of the waters; good is he to the coast-farers and much loved, if at times his hand needs staying.
Ossë, whose temper Uinen his wife can alone calm; together they watch over the coasts and isles, waves and gulfs.
Ossë, a Maia of the Sea, whose hands shower spray.
the lady of waters
.
The soother of the seas moves through the waves, stroking the sea-dwellers with gentle care.
She is Uinen.
Uinen, whose long hair outspreads through all water under the sky; shells and seaweed adorn her locks, little fish shining merrily in the tangled strands.
(All the creatures of salty waters and all the plants she loves; to her mariners cry, and she answers.)
Uinen, who restrains the wild waves and winds of Ossë her husband; back she had brought him when he had strayed, and friends they came to be to the Children of Eru.
(Through the rage of a dark tempest she had trudged, to find him in the eye of the storm; and it was her who had brought the peace found there.)
Uinen, who brings seafarers to safe harbours and weeps for those slain; for once hers was the storm, born out of grief inconsolable, that engulfed the slayers.
(There is a voice carrying over the waters, telling this tale; each time, she pauses to listen, and remember, and wonder.)
Uinen, the lady of the sea, whose hands spread calm across the waters.