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[[File:Christopher Tolkien - Northern Beleriand 1.jpg|thumb|[[Christoper Tolkien]]'s sketch, showing the extreme [[North]] of [[Beleriand]] and how [[Hithlum]] and [[Helkaraksë]] are close to the Chasm at the edge of the world.]]
[[File:Christopher Tolkien - Northern Beleriand 1.jpg|thumb|[[Christopher Tolkien]]'s sketch, showing how [[Hithlum]] and [[Helcaraxë]] are close to the Chasm at the northern edge of the world.]]
The '''Chasm of Ilmen''' is the gap between the edge of [[Ambar|the World]] and [[Vaiya]]. It is filled with the air of [[Ilmen]].
The '''Chasm of Ilmen''' is the gap between the edge of [[Ambar|the World]] and [[Vaiya]]. It is filled with the air of [[Ilmen]].


Where the interior seas fell down the [[Chasm of Ilmen]], their waterfalls made bridges of ice which close the chasm. The ice extended to all Vaiya and even the Ilurambar.<ref name=fashion>{{SM|5b}}</ref>
Where the interior seas fell down the Chasm of Ilmen, their waterfalls made bridges of ice which close the chasm. The ice extended to all [[Vaiya]] and even the [[Ilurambar]].<ref name=fashion>{{SM|5b}}</ref>
==Other versions of the Legendarium==
==Other versions of the Legendarium==
[[Christopher Tolkien]] notes<ref>{{SM|5e}}</ref> that in the [[Ambarkanta]], as well as an earlier unfinished version of the Silmarillion (c. 1937), there is the Chasm of Ilmen ''between'' the Earth and Vaiya, into which [[Tilion]] guides the Moon. However for the published [[Silmarillion]], he preferred a later passage (c. 1951) where [[Tilion]] plunges into a Chasm which is ''beyond'' the Outer Sea<ref>{{S|11}}</ref>
[[Christopher Tolkien]] notes<ref>{{SM|5e}}</ref> that in the [[Ambarkanta]], as well as an earlier unfinished version of the Silmarillion (c. 1937), there is the Chasm of Ilmen ''between'' the Earth and Vaiya, into which [[Tilion]] guides the Moon. However for the published [[Silmarillion]], he preferred a later passage (c. 1951) where [[Tilion]] plunges into a Chasm which is ''beyond'' the Outer Sea<ref>{{S|11}}</ref>
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Revision as of 17:34, 22 January 2020

Christopher Tolkien's sketch, showing how Hithlum and Helcaraxë are close to the Chasm at the northern edge of the world.

The Chasm of Ilmen is the gap between the edge of the World and Vaiya. It is filled with the air of Ilmen.

Where the interior seas fell down the Chasm of Ilmen, their waterfalls made bridges of ice which close the chasm. The ice extended to all Vaiya and even the Ilurambar.[1]

Other versions of the Legendarium

Christopher Tolkien notes[2] that in the Ambarkanta, as well as an earlier unfinished version of the Silmarillion (c. 1937), there is the Chasm of Ilmen between the Earth and Vaiya, into which Tilion guides the Moon. However for the published Silmarillion, he preferred a later passage (c. 1951) where Tilion plunges into a Chasm which is beyond the Outer Sea[3]

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