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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 | [[Christopher Tolkien]] notes that in the [[Ambarkanta]], as well as an earlier unfinished version of the Silmarillion (c. 1937)<ref group=note>Cf. {{LR|Quenta}}, p.242</ref>, 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)<ref group=note>Cf. {{AA|177}}</ref> where [[Tilion]] plunges into a Chasm which is ''beyond'' the [[Ekkaia|Outer Sea]].<ref group=note>{{S|11}}</ref><ref>{{SM|5e}}, p.154, footnote</ref> | ||
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[[category:Cosmology]] | [[category:Cosmology]] | ||
Revision as of 21:46, 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 that in the Ambarkanta, as well as an earlier unfinished version of the Silmarillion (c. 1937)[note 1], 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)[note 2] where Tilion plunges into a Chasm which is beyond the Outer Sea.[note 3][2]
Notes
- ↑ Cf. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Two: Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings, VI. Quenta Silmarillion", p.242
- ↑ Cf. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "The Annals of Aman": §177
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor"
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "V. The Ambarkanta: Of the Fashion of the World"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "V. The Ambarkanta: Commentary on the Ambarkanta", p.154, footnote
