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Arda (sq. Arda; "kingdom") — in the legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien, the name of the Earth in the period of mythical prehistory is the world that includes all the places mentioned in the" Lord of the Rings " and related works.
In Arda there were several seas and oceans, the continents of Middle earth and Aman, the giant island of Numenor, which existed in the Second Epoch, and other lands mentioned by Tolkien in the drafts.
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1 General Information 2 Undistorted Arda 3 Distorted Arda 4 See also 5 References
General information[edit / edit wiki text]
Main article: Middle Earth
Arda is part of Ea, the universe.
It was created, like the rest of Ea, through the Music of Ainur for the Children of Iluvatar elves and humans.
Since in Tolkien's cosmology the Sun, Moon, stars and other celestial objects were in the orbit of this planet, they were also considered part of Arda, so sometimes Arda is defined as a "solar system", while the Earth itself or the part of Arda that does not include celestial bodies was called Ambar (Ambar square) or Imbar (Imbar square).
Initially, Arda was a flat world, the continents of which were surrounded by a huge ocean Ekkaia (sq. Ekkaia), or Vaya (sq. Váya), the Outer Sea (Eng. Encircling Sea), and separated by Belegaer (Sind. Belegaer), the Great Sea (English Great Sea), and the Dividing seas (English Sundering Seas).
In the First Epoch, Beleriand was located in the north west of Middle earth, which was destroyed as a result of the War of Wrath.
To the south and east of Middle earth was a continent known as Dark Land.
To the east was a relatively small continent, the Land of the Sun, so named because somewhere nearby there was a Gate of the Sun that illuminated the discworld.
There is very little information about these continents, as there is little about the south and east of Middle earth.
It is possible that Tolkien did not mean the continents, but the distant regions of Middle earth.
In the south of Middle earth there were the so called Near Lands (English Hither Lands), which included Harad.
The word "harad" meant the south in a general sense and was used to refer not only to the lands directly south of Gondor and Mordor, but also to the south of Middle earth in general.
In the Near Harad there were many sun scorched deserts, which further south probably gave way to impenetrable jungles, the homeland of the mumakil.
The inhabitants of Far Harad also had dark skin, as if burned by the sun.
The vast eastern lands had the common name of Runes, although this word may also have been used only to refer to the area immediately adjacent to the Sea of Runes (Eng. Sea of RhûN) and the Running River (English River Running).
The Easterlings, like the Haradrim, were a conglomerate of a large number of different peoples.
Even less is known about the far eastern borders of Middle earth, presumably facing the sea.
It is known that in ancient times, a huge mountain range of Orocarni ("Red Mountains") passed from north to south there, similar to the ridge of the Ered Luin ("Blue Mountains") in the west of the continent (at the dawn of its existence, the world was symmetrical).
The elves first appeared there, in the extreme east.
Their homeland, Kuivienen, no longer existed in the Third Era.
It is not known whether the Orocarns were preserved in the Third Epoch and in what form (the Ered Luin was greatly reduced in size, but it was preserved).
Far to the east of the Runes, Blue Magicians wandered, who went there to raise an uprising against Sauron in the lands conquered by him, but information about their activities never reached the western lands.
Probably, the Blue Magicians did not cope with their task: either, like Saruman, they themselves began to rule people, or, like Radagast, they became the patrons of a particular area or people and stopped worrying about the fate of all Middle earth.
What is known for certain is that none of them returned.
In the Second Age, Numenor was raised for the Edain in the Great Sea.
This island existed for most of the Second Epoch, but was destroyed because of the pride of the Numenorians, who violated the ban of the Valar and went on a military campaign to Aman.
After the death of Numenor, Arda became round, and the world became smaller.
Aman was forever removed from the world accessible to humans, and from now on only elves could reach it, for whom a Straight Path was left.
At the behest of Iluvatar, new lands were formed to replace the disappeared lands to the east and west of Middle earth.
The word "Arda" itself was clearly borrowed by Tolkien from the Germanic languages (Dutch "aarde", German "Erde") and is related to the English "Earth", "Earth".
Of course, in Tolkien's mythology, this word had nothing to do with real languages and belonged to the Quenya language.
Arda Undistorted[edit / edit wiki text]
The original world created by the Valar was called "Arda Undistorted" (English Arda Unmarred), or "Arda Alahasta" (square Arda Alahasta).
This world was changed as a result of the wars between the Valar and Melkor, only one part of it remained — Valinor.
Arda Undistorted was a flat symmetrical world illuminated by eternal light.
Arda Distorted[edit / edit wiki text]
The new world was given the name Arda Distorted (English Arda Marred), because the fea Melkor was scattered in the world.
It was from this world that the race of the Children of Iluvatar was created.
This is a world in which evil and violence, diseases, unbearable cold and heat and other things that were not in Arda Undistorted are possible.
Arda the Distorted also distorted the idea of the immortality of the elves: in Arda the Distorted, the elves slowly fade away until their bodies become so thin that they become ghosts.
Only in Valinor could this process be suspended, and this is one of the reasons why all the elves are forced to eventually go to Valinor.
One of the abilities of the Rings of Power was the power over time, thanks to which Elrond and Galadriel in the kingdoms under their control could also stop the process of extinction of the elves.
After the destruction of the Ring of Omnipotence, the power of the elven rings was lost, and at the beginning of the Fourth Era, many elves finally left Middle earth.
See also[edit / edit wiki text]
Cosmology of Middle Earth Arda MUD
Links[edit / edit wiki text]
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"Middle Earth"
Arda in the Middle of Nowhere Encyclopedia of Arda (in English)
The World of Middle Earth Characters
"The Hobbit"
and "The Lord of the Rings"
Aragorn • Arwen • The Bard Archer • Bilbo • Boromir • Galadriel • Gimli • Girion • Gollum • The Voice of Sauron • Grima Wormtail • Gandalf • Dain • Treebeard • Denetor II • Goldenrod • Celeborn • Kirdan the Shipbuilder • The Sorcerer King • Legolas • Merry • Pippin • Radagast • Saruman • Sauron • Smog • Sam • Theoden • Tom Bombadil • Thorin • Thranduil • Thror • Faramir • Frodo • Helm • Shelob • Elendil • Elrond • Eowin • Eomer
Characters
"Silmarillion"
Amandil • Aredel • Aegnor * Beleg • Beren • Gil Galad • Glaurung • Glorfindel • Gorlim • Gotmog • Daeron • Idril • Indis • Isildur • Karharot • Celebrimbor • Kurufin • Luthien • Maglor • Maeglin • Maedhros • Melian • Melkor • Miriel • Nessa • Olve • Orome • Orofer • Rumil of Tyrion • Tilion • Thingol • Tulkas • Tuor • Turgon • Turin Turambar • Ulmo • Ungoliant • Feanor • Finwe • Fingolfin • Fingon • Finduilas • Finrod • Huan • Earendil • Elros • Elving • Eru Iluvatar
Geography
Arda • Azanulbizar • Aman • Angband • Angmar • Anduin • Arnor • Artedain • Buckland • Barad dur • Beleriand • Bri • Gondolin • Gondor • Dale • Dol Guldur • Doriath • Iron Hills • Isengard • Ithilien • Cardolan • Kuivienen • Lindon • Likholesye • Lorien (forest) * Misty Mountains • Menegroth • Minas Itil • Minas Tirith • Mordor • Moria • Nan Elmot • Numenor • Orodruin • Orthank • Osgiliath * Rivendell • Rohan • Rudaur • Run • Sirion • Old Forest • Tangorodrim • Tol Eressea • Umbar • Utumno • Fangorn • Forohel • Harad • Shir • Eldamar • Erebor • Ered Engrin
Battles
The First Battle of Beleriand • Dagor nuin Giliath • Dagor Aglareb • Dagor Bragollach • Nirnaeth Arnoediad • The Great War • War of Wrath • Battle of Bywater • Siege of Barad Dur • Battle of Azanulbizar (Nanduhirion) • Battle of Dagorlad • Battle of Dale • Battle of the Green Fields • Fall of Isengard • Battle of Osgiliath • Battle of Morannon • Battle of Pelargyr • Battle of the Pelennor Fields • Battle of Fornost • Battle of Hornburg • Battle of the Five Armies
Artifacts
The Ring of Omnipotence • The Rings of Power • Acelas • The White Tree of Gondor • Glamdring • The Trees of the Valar • The Sting • Lembas • Mithril • Narsil • Orcrist • Palantirs • Silmarils
Races and peoples
Ainur (Valar * Maiar • Balrogi) * Wargs • Dwarves • Humans (Edain * Easterlings • Numenorians • Rohirrim • Haradrim) * Nazguls • Orcs • Trolls • Hobbits • Elves (Eldar * Avari) • Ents
The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
Ainulindale • Valaquenta • Quenta Silmarillion • The Fall of Numenor • About the Rings of Power and the Third Era
The Characters are Immortal
Eru Iluvatar * Valar (Manwe • Ulmo • Aule • Orome • Mandos • Irmo • Tulkas • Varda • Yavanna • Nienna • Este • Vayre • Vana • Nessa) * Maiar (Melian • Sauron • Olorin • Tilion • Eonwe • Osse • Uinen) • Tom Bombadil
Elves
Ingwe • Finwe • Miriel • Indis • Thingol (Elwe, Elu) * Olwe • Rumil • Feanor • Sons of Feanor (Maedhros • Maglor • Celegorm • Curufin • Karantir • Amrod • Amras) * Fingolfin • Fingon • Turgon • Aredel • Eol • Maeglin • Finarfin • Finrod (Felagund) • Orodreth • Galadriel • Aegnor • Celebrimbor • Idril • Daeron • Beleg • Mablung • Saeros • Glorfindel • Orofer • Thranduil • Luthien • Gil Galad
Humans (Edain) and half Elves
Beren • Gorlim • Hurin • Huor • Turin Turambar • Tuor • Earendil • Elving • Elrond • Elros
Antagonists
Melkor (Morgoth) * Balrogi (Gotmog) • Glaurung • Karharot • Ungoliant
Geography
Ea • Arda • Beleriand • Aman (Valinor) * Tol Eressea • Kuivienen • Sirion • Lindon • Nan Elmot • Gondolin • Doriath (Menegroth) • Nargothrond • Numenor • Thangorodrim • Angband • Utumno • Ered Engrin • Cosmology of Middle Earth • Stars of Middle Earth
Artifacts
Secret Flame • Silmarils • Rings of Power (The Ring of Omnipotence) * Palantirs
Races
Ainur (Valar • Maiar (Istari)) * Humans • Dwarves • Hobbits • Elves (Eldar (Vanyar, Noldor, Teleri, Sindar) * Avari) • Ents • Orcs • Trolls
The Battles of Beleriand • "The Lord of the Rings"
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