Spring of Arda: Difference between revisions

From Tolkien Gateway
m (iw de fi)
No edit summary
(8 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
The '''Spring of Arda''' was the time, many millennia ago, when the [[Valar]] had ordered [[Arda]] as they wished and rested upon [[Almaren]], and [[Melkor]] lurked beyond the [[Walls of Night]]. The Spring was marred when Melkor returned to Arda, and ended completely when he destroyed the [[Lamps of the Valar]].
{{events
| image=[[File:Almaren.png|250px]]
| event=Spring of Arda
| othernames=
| date=1,900 years after the [[Valar]] came to [[Arda]]
| location=[[Arda]]
| result=
| partof=[[Years of the Lamps]]
| participants=[[Valar]], [[Maiar]]
| description=Time period in which Arda first became inhabited by animals and plants
| references=
}}


The '''Spring of Arda''' began 1,900 years after the [[Valar]] came to [[Arda]], after [[Illuin]] and [[Ormal]] had been raised.  In that time Arda became filled with trees and herbs, beast and birds, and all the lands were green.  In the midmost of Arda was the Isle of [[Almaren]] in the [[Great Lake]] where, due to the blending of the light of the [[Two Lamps]] all things were richest in grown and fairest in hue, and there the Valar made their abode and rested.<ref>{{MR|P2a}}, p. 52</ref>
Yet beyond the [[Walls of Night]] [[Morgoth|Melkor]] lurked.  [[Manwë]] ordained a great feast in the 3,400th year at which [[Tulkas]] wed [[Nessa]].  Afterwards Tulkas slept and Melkor, seeing his chance, passed into the North of [[Middle-earth]] and began the delving of his vast fortress [[Utumno]].  The Spring of Arda was marred as living things became sick, or rotted, or corrupted into monstrous forms.  In the 3,450th year Melkor came forth in war and threw down the [[Lamps of the Valar]], breaking the lands, roiling the seas, and ending the Spring of Arda.<ref>{{MR|P2a}}, p. 53</ref> In their efforts to stay the raging storm and preserve what they may of their creations, the Valar were unable to chase and defeat Melkor, who retreated to [[Utumno]].
The destruction of the Lamps brought relative darkness to [[Middle-earth]] for several centuries, a period known as the [[Sleep of Yavanna]]. After witnessing the destruction that their powers might cause, the Valar were ever after cautions, fearing for the safety of the [[Children of Ilúvatar]], who hadn't yet entered Arda. <ref>{{S|III}}</ref>
{{references}}
[[Category:Periods]]
[[Category:Periods]]
[[de:Frühling von Arda]]
[[de:Frühling von Arda]]
[[fi:Ardan Kevät]]
[[fi:Ardan Kevät]]

Revision as of 20:05, 24 September 2013

File:Almaren.png
Spring of Arda
Event
LocationArda
Date1,900 years after the Valar came to Arda
Part ofYears of the Lamps
ParticipantsValar, Maiar
DescriptionTime period in which Arda first became inhabited by animals and plants

The Spring of Arda began 1,900 years after the Valar came to Arda, after Illuin and Ormal had been raised. In that time Arda became filled with trees and herbs, beast and birds, and all the lands were green. In the midmost of Arda was the Isle of Almaren in the Great Lake where, due to the blending of the light of the Two Lamps all things were richest in grown and fairest in hue, and there the Valar made their abode and rested.[1]

Yet beyond the Walls of Night Melkor lurked. Manwë ordained a great feast in the 3,400th year at which Tulkas wed Nessa. Afterwards Tulkas slept and Melkor, seeing his chance, passed into the North of Middle-earth and began the delving of his vast fortress Utumno. The Spring of Arda was marred as living things became sick, or rotted, or corrupted into monstrous forms. In the 3,450th year Melkor came forth in war and threw down the Lamps of the Valar, breaking the lands, roiling the seas, and ending the Spring of Arda.[2] In their efforts to stay the raging storm and preserve what they may of their creations, the Valar were unable to chase and defeat Melkor, who retreated to Utumno.

The destruction of the Lamps brought relative darkness to Middle-earth for several centuries, a period known as the Sleep of Yavanna. After witnessing the destruction that their powers might cause, the Valar were ever after cautions, fearing for the safety of the Children of Ilúvatar, who hadn't yet entered Arda. [3]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Two. The Annals of Aman: First section of the Annals of Aman", p. 52
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Two. The Annals of Aman: First section of the Annals of Aman", p. 53
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: The History of the Silmarils"