u/Bob_Leves

I heard the word "numinous" yesterday. I've heard it before but this time I wondered if Tolkien deliberately used it as the inspiration for the Quenya word "numen" = west. Is that confirmed anywhere?

Merriam Webster link as the OED is subscription-only. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/numinous. "Supernatural. Holy. Filled with a sense of the presence of divinity. Appealing to the higher emotions or to the aesthetic sense".

Albeit the Valar aren't "gods", all of that applies to Valinor, then the Valar created Numenor (Westland) for the faithful men to have a home as close to 'paradise' (spiritually and geographically) as was allowed.