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([[Quenya|Q]]. 'home, world')  
([[Quenya|Q]]. 'home, world' or 'doom')  


The World, having the sense of "habitation" for the [[Elves]], rendered by [[Tolkien]] with the Greek term [[Oicumene]] which is another term for Earth and means 'home, habitation'. The term maybe was not synonym to [[Arda]], since it referred properly to the mass of solid Earth, while Arda contained the upper airs and celestial bodies, according to the [[Elvish]] cosmology. Ambar was originally flat and below it there was a great expanse of rock and caves, till the [[Downfall of Númenor]] and the [[Change of the World]] when it became round.
The World, having the sense of "habitation" for the [[Elves]], rendered by [[Tolkien]] with the Greek term [[Oicumene]] which is another term for Earth and means 'home, habitation'. The term maybe was not synonym to [[Arda]], since it referred properly to the mass of solid Earth, while Arda contained the upper airs and celestial bodies, according to the [[Elvish]] cosmology. Ambar was originally flat and below it there was a great expanse of rock and caves, till the [[Downfall of Númenor]] and the [[Change of the World]] when it became round.
Ambar can also be seen meaning 'doom' as in [[Turambar]] (Master of Doom).


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Revision as of 17:04, 9 June 2006

(Q. 'home, world' or 'doom')

The World, having the sense of "habitation" for the Elves, rendered by Tolkien with the Greek term Oicumene which is another term for Earth and means 'home, habitation'. The term maybe was not synonym to Arda, since it referred properly to the mass of solid Earth, while Arda contained the upper airs and celestial bodies, according to the Elvish cosmology. Ambar was originally flat and below it there was a great expanse of rock and caves, till the Downfall of Númenor and the Change of the World when it became round.

Ambar can also be seen meaning 'doom' as in Turambar (Master of Doom).