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==History==
==History==
[[File:Darryl Elliott - Moon.jpg|thumb|left|''Moon'' by Darryl Elliott]]
[[File:Darryl Elliott - Moon.jpg|thumb|left|''Moon'' by Darryl Elliott]]
After the [[Darkening of Valinor]] and the destruction of the [[Two Trees of Valinor|Two Trees]], [[Telperion]], the White Tree, bore one last Flower of Silver before its end. According to the lore of the [[Elder Days]], [[Aulë]] and his people made a vessel to carry to the silver flower aloft, and [[Tilion]], one of the hunters of [[Oromë]]; was granted the task of steering the new Moon through the sky.<ref name="Sil">Of {{HM|S}}, [[Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor]]</ref>
After the [[Darkening of Valinor]] and the destruction of the [[Two Trees of Valinor|Two Trees]], [[Telperion]], the White Tree, bore one last Flower of Silver before its end. According to the lore of the [[Elder Days]], [[Aulë]] and his people made a vessel to carry to the silver flower aloft, and [[Tilion]], one of the hunters of [[Oromë]], was granted the task of steering the new Moon through the sky.<ref name="Sil">Of {{HM|S}}, [[Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor]]</ref>


Tilion guided his charge up into the western skies just as [[Fingolfin]] entered [[Middle-earth]], and so marked the beginning the [[First Age]]. After seven lunar "days", [[Arien]], the Sun also rose. The Moon first rose above [[Valinor]] in the far West of the World, but [[Varda]] came to change this arrangement, so that the Moon would pass beneath the World, and arise in the east instead, as it does to this day. <ref name="Sil"/>
Tilion guided his charge up into the western skies just as [[Fingolfin]] entered [[Middle-earth]], and so marked the beginning the [[First Age]]. After seven lunar "days", the [[Sun]], also rose. The Moon first rose above [[Valinor]] in the far West of the World, but [[Varda]] came to change this arrangement, so that the Moon would pass beneath the World, and arise in the east instead, as it does to this day. <ref name="Sil"/>


According to the legends of the [[Elves]], Tilion was an unsteady steersman, sometimes dwelling overlong beneath the Earth, or appearing in the sky at the same time as the Sun. He was drawn to the bright new Sun, launched from Valinor shortly after his own vessel,<ref name="Sil"/> and his coming too close to his fiery companion was said to account for the darkening of the Moon's face.
According to the legends of the [[Elves]], Tilion was an unsteady steersman, sometimes dwelling overlong beneath the Earth, or appearing in the sky at the same time as the Sun. He was drawn to the bright new Sun, launched from Valinor shortly after his own vessel,<ref name="Sil"/> and his coming too close to his fiery companion was said to account for the darkening of the Moon's face.
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For the Númenóreans, the [[Sun]] and the '''Moon''' - ''Ûri'' and ''Nîlû'', called collectively also ''Ûriyat'' ("two suns") or ''Ûrinîl(uw)at'' ("two sun-moon") - were personified entities, the [[Man in the Moon]] and the [[Lady in the Sun]].<ref name="Drowning">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Christopher Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[Sauron Defeated]]'', "[[The Drowning of Anadûnê]]"</ref> They were the chief heavenly lights, and the enemies of the eternal Dark.<ref name="L347">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Humphrey Carpenter]], [[Christopher Tolkien]] (eds.), ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'', [[Letter 347]] (dated [[17 December|December 17]], [[1972]])</ref>
For the Númenóreans, the [[Sun]] and the '''Moon''' - ''Ûri'' and ''Nîlû'', called collectively also ''Ûriyat'' ("two suns") or ''Ûrinîl(uw)at'' ("two sun-moon") - were personified entities, the [[Man in the Moon]] and the [[Lady in the Sun]].<ref name="Drowning">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Christopher Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[Sauron Defeated]]'', "[[The Drowning of Anadûnê]]"</ref> They were the chief heavenly lights, and the enemies of the eternal Dark.<ref name="L347">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Humphrey Carpenter]], [[Christopher Tolkien]] (eds.), ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'', [[Letter 347]] (dated [[17 December|December 17]], [[1972]])</ref>


This notion was carried over to [[Gondor]], where the sons of [[Elendil]] each had either of the lights in his name: [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]], and with them their cities [[Minas Anor]] and [[Minas Ithil]], and the lands that lay about them, [[Ithilien]] and [[Anórien]].<ref name="L347"/>
This notion was carried over to [[Gondor]], where the sons of [[Elendil]] each had either of the lights in his name: [[Isildur]] and [[Anárion]], and with them their cities [[Minas Ithil]] and [[Minas Anor]], and the lands that lay about them, [[Ithilien]] and [[Anórien]].<ref name="L347"/>


===Hobbits===
===Hobbits===
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==Other names==
==Other names==
*'''''Isil''''': a ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈisil]}}) or '''Iþil''' ([[Vanyarin|VQ]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈiθil]}}) was a name given to the Moon in [[Quenya]] by the [[Vanyar]].  It is said to mean "the Sheen".{{fact}}
*'''''Isil''''': a ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈisil]}}) or '''Iþil''' ([[Vanyarin|VQ]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈiθil]}}) was a name given to the Moon in [[Quenya]] by the [[Vanyar]].  It is said to mean "the Sheen".{{fact}}
*'''''Rána''''': although the name given to the Moon in [[Valinor]] was Isil, the [[Noldor]] preferred a name of their own, ''Rána'', the Wayward.<ref>{{S|Sun}}</ref> ''Rána'' (or ''Rana''), meaning "The Wanderer"<ref>{{S|Index}}</ref> or "the wayward",<ref>{{MR|P2p}}, p. 130</ref> is a [[Quenya]] word derived from the [[Common Eldarin]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[RAN]] ("wander, stray, meander").<ref name=VT>{{VT|42a}}, p. 13</ref> In the ''[[The Etymologies|Etymologies]]'' appears the [[Qenya]] form ''Rana'', and [[Noldorin]] ''Rhân''. Both are descendant forms of [[Primitive Quendian]] ''Ranā'' ("Moon").<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 383 (entry RAN-)</ref> In ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part One|BoLT]]'' ''Rána'' was the name used by the Valar.<ref name=LT1VIII>{{LT1|VIII}}</ref>
*'''''Rána''''': although the name given to the Moon in [[Valinor]] was Isil, the [[Noldor]] preferred a name of their own, ''Rána'', the Wayward.<ref>{{S|Sun}}</ref> ''Rána'' (or ''Rana''), meaning "The Wanderer"<ref>{{S|Index}}</ref> or "the wayward",<ref>{{MR|P2p}}, p. 130</ref> is a [[Quenya]] word derived from the [[Common Eldarin]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[RAN]] ("wander, stray, meander").<ref name=VT>{{VT|42a}}, p. 13</ref> In the ''[[The Etymologies|Etymologies]]'' appears the [[Qenya]] form ''Rana'', and [[Noldorin]] ''Rhân''. Both are descendant forms of [[Primitive Quendian]] ''Ranā'' ("Moon").<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 383 (entry RAN-)</ref>  
*'''''Ithil''''': a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "the moon" or "(full) moon".<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 232 (citing from the [[Unfinished index]]; form: ''ithil'')</ref><ref>{{PE|17}}, pp. 30, 39, 121 (form: ''Ithil''</ref> The word can be found in ''[[Minas Ithil]]'', ''[[Ithilien#Etymology|Ithilien]]'', and ''[[Ithildin#Etymology|ithildin]]''. In the ''[[The Etymologies|Etymologies]]'', [[Noldorin]] ''Ithil'' ("(poetic name of the) Moon") derives from the [[Sundocarme|roots]] THIL/SIL.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, pp. 361, 385, 392 (entries I-, SIL- and THIL-)</ref>
*'''''Ithil''''': a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "the moon" or "(full) moon".<ref>{{HM|UI}}, p. 232 form: ''ithil''</ref><ref>{{PE|17}}, pp. 30, 39, 121 (form: ''Ithil''</ref> The word can be found in ''[[Minas Ithil]]'', ''[[Ithilien#Etymology|Ithilien]]'', and ''[[Ithildin#Etymology|ithildin]]''. In the ''[[The Etymologies|Etymologies]]'', [[Noldorin]] ''Ithil'' ("(poetic name of the) Moon") derives from the [[Sundocarme|roots]] THIL/SIL.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, pp. 361, 385, 392 (entries I-, SIL- and THIL-)</ref>
*'''''Elfaron''''': Meaning "Star-hunter" being a coumpound of [[EL]] and PHAR.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}} (entry PHAR)</ref>
*'''''Elfaron''''': Meaning "Star-hunter" being a coumpound of [[EL]] and PHAR.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}} (entry PHAR)</ref>
*'''''Phanaikelūth''''': The oldest recorded name of the Moon was its [[Valarin]] name, ''Phanaikelūth''. This was said to mean "bright mirror";<ref name="QaE">{{WJ|Quendi}}, p. 401</ref> making it the only name to accurately describe the origin of moonlight.
*'''''Phanaikelūth''''': The oldest recorded name of the Moon was its [[Valarin]] name, ''Phanaikelūth''. This was said to mean "bright mirror";<ref name="QaE">{{WJ|Quendi}}, p. 401</ref> making it the only name to accurately describe the origin of moonlight.
*[[Gollum]] referred to the Moon as ''The White Face''.<ref>{{TT|IV1}}; {{TT|IV2}}; {{TT|IV6}}. Cfr. "Yellow Face" ([[Sun#Names_of_the_Sun|the Sun]] by Gollum).</ref>
*[[Gollum]] referred to the Moon as ''The White Face''.<ref>{{TT|IV1}}; {{TT|IV2}}; {{TT|IV6}}. Cfr. "Yellow Face" ([[Sun#Names_of_the_Sun|the Sun]] by Gollum).</ref>
*The full moon of mid-[[November]] was referred as the '''[[Wikipedia:Hunter's moon|Hunter's Moon]]'''.<ref>{{FR|II3}}</ref>
*The full moon of mid-[[November]] was referred as the '''[[Wikipedia:Hunter's moon|Hunter's Moon]]'''.<ref>{{FR|II3}}</ref>
*'''''Sil''''': [[Qenya]] name meaning "Rose" in ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part One|BoLT]]''.<ref name=LT1VIII/>
 
*'''''Ilsaluntë''''': Alternative [[Qenya]] name meaning "silver boat" in ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part One|BoLT]]''.<ref name=LT1VIII/>
==Other versions of the legendarium==
*'''''Minathelos''''': [[Noldorin]] name meaning "silver island" in ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part One|BoLT]]''.<ref name=LT1VIII/>
===Early concepts===
*'''''Cristhosceleg''''': Another [[Noldorin]] name meaning "silver island" in ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part One|BoLT]]''.<ref name=LT1VIII/>
In the early versions of the [[legendarium]] as described in ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part One]]'', the Moon was described in great detail as an immense island of crystal (''vírin'').<ref name=LT1VIII/> The spots on the Moon were also explained by telling that the Rose of [[Silpion]] fell because [[Irmo|Lórien]] did not want to pick it from the Tree.<ref name=LT1VIII/>
 
The phases of the Moon were explained that: first, like the earlier Silpion, the Rose needed to be watered with its shining dew and created it in greater quantities, and the heavy dew had to be removed; second, the Moon had to stay within the lower layers of [[Ilwë]] and the winds made it wobble.<ref name=LT1VIII/>
 
[[Silmo]] wanted to steer the Moon but could not do it, so [[Manwë]] appointed [[Ilinsor]], who was joined by other air spirits. The [[Man in the Moon]] is described in those writings as being an old Elf who secretly hid on the island of the Moon, and built his minaret there.<ref name=LT1VIII/> This is alluded to further in Tolkien's ''[[Roverandom]]'', where the Man in the Moon also lives in a Minaret.
 
Other Elvish names in this fase were:
*'''''Celebron''''': [[Gnomish]] name for "Moon".<ref name=Telimpe>{{LT1|Appendix}}, entry "Telimpë"</ref>
*'''''Crithosceleg''''': Gnomish name meaning "disc of glass".<ref name=LT1VIII>{{LT1|VIII}}</ref>{{rp|192}}
*'''''Gilthalont''''': unclear [[Gnomish]] name with the elemnent ''giltha'' ("white metal").<ref name=Ilsalunte></ref>
*'''''Ilsaluntë''''': [[Qenya]] name meaning "silver boat".<ref name=Ilsalunte>{{LT1|Appendix}}, entry "Ilsaluntë"</ref>
*'''''Minethlos''''': Gnomish name meaning "argent isle".<ref name=LT1VIII>{{LT1|VIII}}</ref>{{rp|192}}
*'''''Rána''''': Qenya name for "Moon" used by the Gods.<ref name=LT1VIII>{{LT1|VIII}}</ref>{{rp|192}}
*'''''Sil''''': Qenya name for "Moon" used by the fairies, literally "Rose".<ref name=Silindril>{{LT1|Appendix}}, entry "Silindril"</ref>
*'''''Silindril''''': Qenya name meaning "Moon-cauldron".<ref name=Silindril></ref>
 
===Later concepts===
In the [[Round World version of the Silmarillion|Round World]] version of the legendarium, the Sun and the Moon were not the fruit of the Two Trees, but actually preceded the creation of the Trees. Instead, the Trees preserved the light of the Sun before it was tainted by Melkor when he ravished [[Arien]].


==Inspirations==
==Inspirations==
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On the contrary, other mythologies of the world had connected the Moon with the feminine, like the Græco-Roman deities [[Wikipedia:Luna|Luna]], [[Wikipedia:Selene|Selene]], [[Wikipedia:Hecate|Hecate]] and others.  
On the contrary, other mythologies of the world had connected the Moon with the feminine, like the Græco-Roman deities [[Wikipedia:Luna|Luna]], [[Wikipedia:Selene|Selene]], [[Wikipedia:Hecate|Hecate]] and others.  


The gender of the celestial deity, is mirrored also in the gender of the noun for "Moon" in these languages (eg. French ''la Lune'' but German ''der Mond''). This was also perhaps the case with some of the [[languages]] of [[Arda]] ([[Ghân-buri-ghân]] refers to the Sun as a woman).
The gender of the celestial deity is mirrored also in the gender of the noun for "Moon" in these languages (eg. French ''la Lune'' but German ''der Mond''). This was also perhaps the case with some of the [[languages]] of [[Arda]] ([[Ghân-buri-ghân]] refers to the Sun as a woman).


*''See also [[Sun#Inspiration|Sun: Inspiration]]''
:''See also [[Sun#Inspiration|Sun: Inspiration]]''


===Phases===
===Phases===
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===Calendar===
===Calendar===
The mention that Hobbits and Dwarves based their year and months on the Moon, mirrors the [[Wikipedia:lunar calendar|lunar calendar]] used by several ancient cultures through history, such as the Hebrews. The observation of the Moon phases formed the months; the words are even related etymologically in some languages (cf. the English words "Moon" and "month").
The mention that Hobbits and Dwarves based their year and months on the Moon, mirrors the [[Wikipedia:lunar calendar|lunar calendar]] used by several ancient cultures through history, such as the Hebrews. The observation of the Moon phases formed the months; the words are even related etymologically in some languages (cf. the English words "Moon" and "month").
==Other versions of the legendarium==
===Early concepts===
In the early versions of ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' as described in [[The Book of Lost Tales Part One]], a part of the [[The History of Middle-earth|History of Middle-earth]] series, the Moon was described in great detail as an immense island of crystal (''vírin'').<ref name=LT1VIII/> It was also said there that the youth Tilion was said to secretly be in love with [[Arien]], the maiden who guided the [[Sun]], and that because he steered the Moon too close to the Sun the Moon was burned, causing the darker spots on the Moon which in reality are caused by the great basalt plains known as Lunar maria.{{fact}} The spots on the Moon were also explained by telling that the Rose of [[Silpion]] fell because [[Lórien]] did not want to pick it from the Tree.<ref name=LT1VIII/>
The Rose needed to be watered with its light dew and created it in greater quantities, like earlier Silpion. The dew was heavy and had to be removed. Besides the Moon had to stay within the lower layers of [[Ilwë]] and the winds made it wobble. This explained the phases.<ref name=LT1VIII/>
[[Silmo]] wanted to steer the Moon but could not do it and [[Manwë]] appointed [[Ilinsor]]. Many air spirits joined him. The [[Man in the Moon]] is even described in those writings, as being an old Elf who secretly hid on the island of the Moon, and built his minaret there.<ref name=LT1VIII/> This is alluded to further in Tolkien's [[Roverandom]], where the Man in the Moon also lives in a Minaret.
In writings which are older than the material from which the published ''Silmarillion'' was drawn, the Moon was described at one point rather as being created by [[Morgoth]] as a mockery of [[Arda]] the world, but this notion was abandoned.{{fact}}
===Later concepts===
In the [[Round World version of the Silmarillion|Round World]] version of the legendarium, the Sun and the Moon were not the fruit of the Two Trees, but actually preceded the creation of the Trees. Instead, the Trees preserved the light of the Sun before it was tainted by Melkor when he ravished [[Arien]].


==Portrayal in adaptations==
==Portrayal in adaptations==
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Man in the Moon]]
* [[Man in the Moon]]
==External links==
==External links==
* [http://shire-reckoning.com/moon.html The Moon phases in the Lord of the Rings]
* [http://shire-reckoning.com/moon.html The Moon phases in the Lord of the Rings]

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Moon
Source of light
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"Tilion" by Lady Elleth
Other namesSee below
LocationIlmen in
OwnerTilion
CreatorAulë
Y.T. 1500
GalleryImages of the Moon
"The round Moon rolled behind the hill,
as the Sun raised up her head.
She hardly believed her fiery eyes;
For though it was day, to her surprise
they all went back to bed!
"
The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late

Ithil, the Moon, is a celestial object seen in the skies of Arda at night.

History

Moon by Darryl Elliott

After the Darkening of Valinor and the destruction of the Two Trees, Telperion, the White Tree, bore one last Flower of Silver before its end. According to the lore of the Elder Days, Aulë and his people made a vessel to carry to the silver flower aloft, and Tilion, one of the hunters of Oromë, was granted the task of steering the new Moon through the sky.[1]

Tilion guided his charge up into the western skies just as Fingolfin entered Middle-earth, and so marked the beginning the First Age. After seven lunar "days", the Sun, also rose. The Moon first rose above Valinor in the far West of the World, but Varda came to change this arrangement, so that the Moon would pass beneath the World, and arise in the east instead, as it does to this day. [1]

According to the legends of the Elves, Tilion was an unsteady steersman, sometimes dwelling overlong beneath the Earth, or appearing in the sky at the same time as the Sun. He was drawn to the bright new Sun, launched from Valinor shortly after his own vessel,[1] and his coming too close to his fiery companion was said to account for the darkening of the Moon's face.

According to a tradition,[2][3] Melkor will discover how to break the Door of Night, and will destroy both the Sun and the Moon.

Lore of the Moon

Númenóreans

For the Númenóreans, the Sun and the Moon - Ûri and Nîlû, called collectively also Ûriyat ("two suns") or Ûrinîl(uw)at ("two sun-moon") - were personified entities, the Man in the Moon and the Lady in the Sun.[4] They were the chief heavenly lights, and the enemies of the eternal Dark.[5]

This notion was carried over to Gondor, where the sons of Elendil each had either of the lights in his name: Isildur and Anárion, and with them their cities Minas Ithil and Minas Anor, and the lands that lay about them, Ithilien and Anórien.[5]

Hobbits

New Moon by Gail McIntosh

When the Hobbits were still a wandering people, their calendaric unit was not a 'week' , but a 'month', governed more or less by the Moon. However, through contact with alien peoples (perhaps the Dúnedain of Arnor) they adopted the notion of weeks which formed the Shire Reckoning.[6]

In Hobbit folklore, the moon was imagined to be inhabited by the Man in the Moon.[7]

Dwarves

The Dwarves based their calendar on the Moon. The Dwarven year began with the first day of the last moon of Autumn on the threshold of Winter.[8] However it seems that by the late Third Age the Dwarves adopted the Stewards' Reckoning,[9] and few had the skill to calculate the Durin's Day.

Other names

Other versions of the legendarium

Early concepts

In the early versions of the legendarium as described in The Book of Lost Tales Part One, the Moon was described in great detail as an immense island of crystal (vírin).[22] The spots on the Moon were also explained by telling that the Rose of Silpion fell because Lórien did not want to pick it from the Tree.[22]

The phases of the Moon were explained that: first, like the earlier Silpion, the Rose needed to be watered with its shining dew and created it in greater quantities, and the heavy dew had to be removed; second, the Moon had to stay within the lower layers of Ilwë and the winds made it wobble.[22]

Silmo wanted to steer the Moon but could not do it, so Manwë appointed Ilinsor, who was joined by other air spirits. The Man in the Moon is described in those writings as being an old Elf who secretly hid on the island of the Moon, and built his minaret there.[22] This is alluded to further in Tolkien's Roverandom, where the Man in the Moon also lives in a Minaret.

Other Elvish names in this fase were:

  • Celebron: Gnomish name for "Moon".[23]
  • Crithosceleg: Gnomish name meaning "disc of glass".[22]:192
  • Gilthalont: unclear Gnomish name with the elemnent giltha ("white metal").[24]
  • Ilsaluntë: Qenya name meaning "silver boat".[24]
  • Minethlos: Gnomish name meaning "argent isle".[22]:192
  • Rána: Qenya name for "Moon" used by the Gods.[22]:192
  • Sil: Qenya name for "Moon" used by the fairies, literally "Rose".[25]
  • Silindril: Qenya name meaning "Moon-cauldron".[25]

Later concepts

In the Round World version of the legendarium, the Sun and the Moon were not the fruit of the Two Trees, but actually preceded the creation of the Trees. Instead, the Trees preserved the light of the Sun before it was tainted by Melkor when he ravished Arien.

Inspirations

Gender

A depiction of the Norse god Máni and the goddess Sól (Lorenz Frølich, 1895) who could be the inspirations of Tilion and Arien

The fact that the Moon in Tolkien's legendarium is connected to a male entity or person (like Tilion or the Man in the Moon), is obviously derived from the Germanic mythology of which Tolkien was an expert; for example the Old Norse Máni is a male lunar god and Sól is a female solar goddess.

On the contrary, other mythologies of the world had connected the Moon with the feminine, like the Græco-Roman deities Luna, Selene, Hecate and others.

The gender of the celestial deity is mirrored also in the gender of the noun for "Moon" in these languages (eg. French la Lune but German der Mond). This was also perhaps the case with some of the languages of Arda (Ghân-buri-ghân refers to the Sun as a woman).

See also Sun: Inspiration

Phases

Tolkien was very careful in the moon phases described in his works, so that they fit the passing of days realistically. Tolkien was remodelling the phases while reviewing the book in 1944 so that he preserves the consistency. The moon phases described in the Lord of the Rings correspond to the phases of years 1941-2 and it is probable that he used a recent calendar for reference.[26] Unfortunately, some minor errors (that can be detected only after thorough measurement and astronomical knowledge) slipped his attention (for example cf. September 22)

Calendar

The mention that Hobbits and Dwarves based their year and months on the Moon, mirrors the lunar calendar used by several ancient cultures through history, such as the Hebrews. The observation of the Moon phases formed the months; the words are even related etymologically in some languages (cf. the English words "Moon" and "month").

Portrayal in adaptations

1978: The Lord of the Rings (1978 film):

The moon appears in the background of various scenes. In a notable animation error, it is visible behind both Frodo and Boromir when the latter tries to persuade Frodo to give the Ring at Amon Hen.[27]

2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game):

The Moon - or rather, an image of the near side of the moon in the plenilune - is used as a backdrop for scenes playing at night, and appears recognizably in the sky in cut scenes. It appears behind Strider as he finds Merry in the streets of Bree,[28] behind the Watcher in the Water, [29] and behind the fell beast in the final cut scene.[30]

In other stories

The moon is an important location in Tolkien's children's story Roverandom. After being turned into a toy dog, the wizard Psamathos Psamathides summons his postman Mew (a seagull) to take Rover to the moon to see the Man-in-the-Moon.[31]:17 ff One side of the moon is white with a dark sky and tall mountains, whilst the dark side of the moon is dark with a light sky and deep valleys.[31]:40 Although home to spiders, the main enemy on the moon is the White Dragon (later renamed the Mottled Monster).[31]:34-6

See also

External links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Of J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Sauron Defeated, "The Drowning of Anadûnê"
  5. 5.0 5.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 347 (dated December 17, 1972)
  6. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix D
  7. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, "The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late"
  8. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "A Short Rest"
  9. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix D
  10. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor"
  11. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"
  12. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Two. The Annals of Aman: Sixth and last section of the Annals of Aman", p. 130
  13. J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, p. 13
  14. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 383 (entry RAN-)
  15. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 232 form: ithil
  16. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 30, 39, 121 (form: Ithil
  17. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", pp. 361, 385, 392 (entries I-, SIL- and THIL-)
  18. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies" (entry PHAR)
  19. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar", p. 401
  20. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Taming of Sméagol"; J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Passage of the Marshes"; J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Forbidden Pool". Cfr. "Yellow Face" (the Sun by Gollum).
  21. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Ring Goes South"
  22. 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "VIII. The Tale of the Sun and Moon"
  23. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, entry "Telimpë"
  24. 24.0 24.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, entry "Ilsaluntë"
  25. 25.0 25.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, entry "Silindril"
  26. http://shire-reckoning.com/moon.html
  27. Goofs, IMDb.com
  28. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game), "Bree"
  29. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game), "Hollin Gate"
  30. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game), "Amon Hen"
  31. 31.0 31.1 31.2 J.R.R. Tolkien; Christina Scull, Wayne G. Hammond (eds.), Roverandom
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 · · Timeless Halls · Two Lamps · Two Trees · Void