'Lord of Trees', a name occasionally used of the Vala Oromë that recognised his love of trees and forests. The name is a variation on the more common Tauron, 'Lord of Forests' that was generally used among the Sindar for the Hunstman of the Valar.
There is in fact some doubt over the canonicity of this name. Although it appears in the published Silmarillion, in volume X of The History of Middle-earth Christopher Tolkien raises questions about its inclusion. In his notes to The Later Quenta Silmarillion (II), he suggests that it belonged to an earlier phase of composition, and '...should not have been reintroduced into the published text.'
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