Land of the Sun
The Land of the Sun, also known as the the Burnt Land of the Sun, Easternesse,[1], and the Eastern Land,[2] was a continent east Middle-earth that corresponded toAman in the far west. The land was separated from Middle-earth by the waters of the East Sea.
In the Land of the Sun was a great, curve-shaped mountain range called the Walls of the Sun, which corresponded symmetrically to the Pelóri Mountains of Aman.[2]
Other versions of the legendarium
In The Book of Lost Tales Part One, the easternmost land of Arda was called Oronto ("East"). This region was connected to the Great Lands, laying directly east of Palisor, with no separating water. The huge peak Kalormë stood in Oronto.[3]
Oromë described the East to the Valar, saying that "there is a silent beach and dark empty seas". It is also told that Aulë and Ulmo "builded great havens [of the Sun and Moon] beside the soundless sea".[3][4]
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "V. The Ambarkanta: Map V"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "V. The Ambarkanta: Of the Fashion of the World"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "IX. The Hiding of Valinor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "V. The Ambarkanta: Commentary on the Ambarkanta"
