Arda

Arda is the name given to the Earth in a period of prehistory, wherein the places mentioned in The Lord of the Rings and related material once existed.

Arda was part of Eä, the universe of all which exists. Arda was created, together with the rest of Eä, through the Music of the Ainur for the Children of Ilúvatar (that is, Elves and Men). Arda was considered earth itself. Because the Sun, Moon, stars, and other objects orbited the planet in the cosmology of Middle-earth they were considered part of Arda, leading to Arda sometimes being called the

'Solar System' of Middle-earth. The term for the Earth itself, excluding these celestial bodies, was Ambar or Imbar. Originally the Earth (Arda) was flat, the continents were surrounded by a mighty ocean (or perhaps by space), Ekkaia or Vaiya, the Encircling Sea, and separated by Belegaer, called the Great Sea and the Sundering Seas. In the First Age, the area in the northwest of Middle-earth was occupied by the country of Beleriand, but this was destroyed during the War of Wrath. There was also a separate continent south and east of Middle-earth called the Dark Land. Another separate continent to the east of Middle-earth was the relatively small Land of the Sun, so called because when the world was flat the Gates of the Sun were near there, and it would be scorched. Information regarding both was vague. To the south were the Hither Lands including Harad, though "Harad" means "South" and while properly used for the region immediately south of Gondor and Mordor was often loosely used to refer to every land to the south. There were many stretches of sun-scorched desert in Near Harad, but there was supposedly a jungle beyond it which few had ever ventured to, from which the great Oliphaunts were found. Men of Far Harad are also described as being black skinned. The vast lands of the East were collectively referred to as Rhûn, though this may have only referred to those immediately east of the Sea of Rhûn and River Running. The Easterlings, like the Haradrim, were a diverse collection of many races. There was even less knowledge of the extreme eastern end of Middle-earth, where the land was supposed to stop at another sea. It is known that in ancient times the great chain of the Red Mountains ran north to south near here, and was roughly analogous to the Blue Mountains of the west (the world was once symmetrical at the dawn of time). The race of Elves first originated near here, though their original home of Cuiviénen no longer existed by the Third Age. It is not known if the Red Mountains survived into the Third Age, either intact or in some reduced form (like the Blue Mountains). It is said that the Blue Wizards went far into the east of Rhûn and beyond to stir up rebellions against Sauron in the lands he held sway over, though the tales of these struggles never reached the west in detail. In the Second Age, Númenor was raised in the Great Sea for the Edain. This island existed through most of the Second Age, but was destroyed as a result of the pride of the Númenórean people in defying the Ban of the Valar and sailing to Aman in the west. After the destruction of Númenor, Arda was made round. Aman was taken out of the world, and could only be reached by the Elves, following the straight road that was granted to them. As Aman was taken away from Arda, new lands and continents were created east and west of Middle-earth.

02/07/2016

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16/03/2015

''Théoden: Gandalf? Gandalf: Respira di nuovo l'aria libera, amico mio! Théoden: Cupi sono stati di recente i miei sogni! Gandalf: Le tue dita riconoscerebbero meglio la tua forza se afferrassero la tua spada!'' da Il signore degli anelli

16/03/2015

''Il coraggio sarà d'ora in poi la migliore arma di difesa!''
Gandalf da Il signore degli anelli - Il ritorno del re'

Il coraggio sarà d'ora in poi la migliore arma di difesa.
Gandalf da Il signore degli anelli - Il ritorno del re'

16/03/2015

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them...

16/03/2015

I amar prestar aen.
[The world is changed]

16/03/2015

....7 stelle sopra il cielo che risplende sull'albero simbolo del re della foresta.. Aran Ornè

16/03/2015

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though we pass them by today, Tomorrow we may come this way And take the hidden paths that run towards the moon or to the sun.

15/03/2015

Guardate che simpatica pagina di wiki ho trovato sul Quenya con regole grammaticali e di pronuncia illustrate insieme a frasi di uso comune.. http://it.wikihow.com/Parlare-in-Elfico

Come Parlare in Elfico L'elfico è una lingua artificiale inventata da J.R.R. Tolkien, l'autore de "Lo Hobbit" e de "Il Signore degli Anelli". I dialetti principali dell'elfico sono due, il Quenya e il Sindarin: prima di iniziare, tocca a te decidere quale vuoi ...

15/03/2015

che bello, oltre 100 nuovi contatti amici in meno di un mese sono proprio contenta! Grazie, Hantanyel, Thanks ^_^

15/03/2015

Elen síla lúmenn'omentielvo...
Una stella brilla sull'ora del nostro incontro...
in lingua Quenya

Elen síla lúmenn'omentielvo...

Una stella brilla sull'ora del nostro incontro...

08/03/2015

Lady Galadriel.
She is a royal Elf of both the Noldor and the Teleri, being a grandchild of both King Finwë and King Olwë, and was also close kin of King Ingwë of the Vanyar through her grandmother Indis. She was one of the leaders in the rebellion of the Noldor and their flight from Valinor during the First Age, and she was the only prominent Noldo to return at the end of the Third Age. Towards the end of her stay in Middle-earth she was co-ruler of Lothlórien with her husband, Lord Celeborn, and was referred to variously as the Lady of Lórien, the Lady of the Galadhrim, the Lady of Light, or the Lady of the Golden Wood. Her daughter Celebrían was the wife of Elrond and mother of Arwen, Elladan and Elrohir.

08/03/2015

Arda was originally flat but was made round near the end of the Second Age by Eru Ilúvatar, the Creator.

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