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| [[File:Pascal Yung - Blind to the West.jpg|thumb|Art by Pascal Yung]]
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| '''Cosmology''' is the structure of the universe, its creation, and divinities.
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| [[Eä]] was created by [[Eru Ilúvatar]] and the [[Valar]] in the [[Ainulindalë]]. Within it, there is [[Arda]], the world, with its geography and such physical features as the layers of the atmosphere, the [[Vista]], and above it, [[Ilmen]] and [[Vaiya]]. Above, it was [[Menel]] with the [[stars]] and [[constellations]].
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| The landmasses of Arda were encircled by [[Ekkaia]] the Outer Sea, and the [[Walls of Night]].
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| The [[Ainur]] govern the world under [[Ilúvatar|Eru]]'s mandate.
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.physics.ccsu.edu/larsen/tolkien.html The Astronomy of Middle-earth] - collection of articles by [[Kristine Larsen]]
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| *[http://www.forodrim.org/daeron/md_astro.html Astronomical objects above Middle-earth] - [[Elvish]] names of celestial terms.
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| [[Category: Cosmology| ]]
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