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:''"They are as ice and glass and steel, being above all imagination of the Children of Earth cold, transparent, and hard. They cannot be seen, nor can they be passed, save by the [[Door of Night]]."''<ref>{{SM|5b}} p. 235</ref>
The '''Walls of the World''' were the walls that surrounded [[Ea]].<ref>{{HM|Guide}}</ref> Outside them, through the [[Door of Night]], there is the [[Void]].<ref>{{S|Earendil}}</ref>
:- [[Rúmil of Tirion]], ''The [[Ambarkanta]]''


The '''Walls of the World''' were the walls that surrounded [[Arda]] and marked its boundaries before it was 'bent' at the time of the [[Downfall of Númenor]].
==Other versions of the legendarium==
In earlier cosmology such as the [[Ambarkanta]], the Walls of the World were called [[Ilurambar]] in [[Qenya]] and they bounded the layer of [[Vaiya]].  
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The Walls of the World were the walls that surrounded Ea.[1] Outside them, through the Door of Night, there is the Void.[2]

Other versions of the legendarium

In earlier cosmology such as the Ambarkanta, the Walls of the World were called Ilurambar in Qenya and they bounded the layer of Vaiya.

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