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'''Vista''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈvista]}}) or '''Wista''' (pron. {{IPA|[ˈwista]}}) was a part of the atmosphere that surrounded the world of [[Arda]] before the cataclysm at the end of the [[Second Age | '''Vista''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈvista]}}) or '''Wista''' (pron. {{IPA|[ˈwista]}}) was a part of the atmosphere that surrounded the world of [[Arda]] before the cataclysm at the end of the [[Second Age]]. | ||
Vista was the breathable air, | Vista was the lowest layer of the atmosphere, filled with normal breathable air: above it was [[Ilmen]], and above that [[Vaiya]]. Vista was divided into two parts: The upper part was [[Fanyamar]], the home of clouds, and the lower part was [[Aiwenórë]], the "land" of birds. Vista only lay upon [[Middle-earth]] and the seas; it was bounded by the [[Pelóri|Mountains of Valinor]] in the West, the [[Gates of Morning|Walls of the Sun]] in the East, and the [[Walls of the World]] in the North and South. | ||
The air in [[Valinor]] is that of [[Ilmen]] which can only sustain the servants of [[Manwë]] or those to whom he has granted this ability. Thus the mortal creatures of Middle-earth were bound within the confines of Vista while they lived.<ref>{{SM|5b}}, pp. 289-290</ref> | |||
==Other versions of the Legendarium== | |||
In the early schematic titled ''[[I Vene Kemen]]'', the lowest layer of airs was marked as ''Vaitya'' ([[Qenya]]). | |||
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Revision as of 14:14, 29 June 2014
Vista (Q, pron. [ˈvista]) or Wista (pron. [ˈwista]) was a part of the atmosphere that surrounded the world of Arda before the cataclysm at the end of the Second Age.
Vista was the lowest layer of the atmosphere, filled with normal breathable air: above it was Ilmen, and above that Vaiya. Vista was divided into two parts: The upper part was Fanyamar, the home of clouds, and the lower part was Aiwenórë, the "land" of birds. Vista only lay upon Middle-earth and the seas; it was bounded by the Mountains of Valinor in the West, the Walls of the Sun in the East, and the Walls of the World in the North and South.
The air in Valinor is that of Ilmen which can only sustain the servants of Manwë or those to whom he has granted this ability. Thus the mortal creatures of Middle-earth were bound within the confines of Vista while they lived.[1]
Other versions of the Legendarium
In the early schematic titled I Vene Kemen, the lowest layer of airs was marked as Vaitya (Qenya).
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "V. The Ambarkanta: Of the Fashion of the World", pp. 289-290
| Middle-earth Cosmology | |
| Constellations | Anarríma · Durin's Crown · Menelmacar · Remmirath · Soronúmë · Telumendil · Valacirca · Wilwarin |
|---|---|
| Stars | Alcarinquë · Borgil · Carnil · Elemmírë · Helluin · Luinil · Lumbar · Morwinyon · Nénar · Star of Eärendil · Til |
| The Airs | Aiwenórë · Fanyamar · Ilmen · Menel · Vaiya · Veil of Arda · Vista |
| Narsilion | Arien · Moon (Isil, Ithil, Rána) · Sun (Anar, Anor, Vása) · Tilion |
| See also | Abyss · Arda · Circles of the World · Eä · Timeless Halls · Two Lamps · Two Trees · Void |
