"And in answer he sang a song of challenge that he had made in praise of the Seven Stars, the
Sickle of the Valar that
Varda hung above the North as a sign for the fall of
Morgoth."
The Silmarillion
Quenta Silmarillion 19
Of Beren and Lúthien
One of the many names for the seven-starred constellation that turned, and still turns, through the northern skies every night of the year. To the Elves this was the Valacirca, the Sickle of the Valar that signalled the downfall of Morgoth, but the Men of the Northern lands called it simply 'The Wain'. The Seven Stars are today known as the Plough, or the Big Dipper.
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