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{{quote|Lost and forgotten be, darker than the darkness, <br>Where gates stand forever shut, till [[Arda Unmarred|the World is mended]]|[[Tom Bombadil]], ''[[Fog on the Barrow-downs]]''}} | {{quote|Lost and forgotten be, darker than the darkness, <br>Where gates stand forever shut, till [[Arda Unmarred|the World is mended]]|[[Tom Bombadil]], ''[[Fog on the Barrow-downs]]''}} | ||
'''The Void''', or the '''Timeless Void''', was a term used in various ways. | '''The Outer Void''', or the '''Timeless Void''', was a term used in various ways. | ||
Cosmologically, it describes the uninhabited regions of existence outside | Cosmologically, it describes the uninhabited regions of (non)existence outside [[Time]] and [[Eä|Creation]], the absence of the [[Flame Imperishable]]. | ||
[[Morgoth|Melkor]] used to wander in the Void to look in vain for the Flame Imperishable. | [[Morgoth|Melkor]] used to wander in the Void to look in vain for the Flame Imperishable. | ||
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The [[Timeless Halls]] of [[Ilúvatar]] seem to be apart from the Void; [[Eä]] is created amidst the Void but is not a part of it. | The [[Timeless Halls]] of [[Ilúvatar]] seem to be apart from the Void; [[Eä]] is created amidst the Void but is not a part of it. | ||
After his defeat in the [[War of Wrath]], [[Morgoth|Melkor]] was cast out into the Timeless Void, but legends predict that he will return to the World before its end. The Void | After his defeat in the [[War of Wrath]], [[Morgoth|Melkor]] was cast out into the Timeless Void "through the [[Door of Night]] beyond the [[Walls of the World]]", but legends predict that he will return to the World before its end. The Void thus in that context refers to the vast distant empty spaces of [[Eä]]. This was often confused by [[Elves]] and [[Men]] with the Void that existed before the creation of [[Eä]].<ref>{{MR|P5VII}}</ref> | ||
==Names== | ==Names== | ||
The Void was also known as the '''Outer Dark''' (or the Outer Darkness), the Everlasting Dark, the Ancient Darkness. [[ | The Void was also known as the '''Outer Dark''' (or the Outer Darkness), the '''Everlasting Dark''', the '''Ancient Darkness'''. [[Qenya]] names were ''Avakúma'', ''Oiakúma''<ref>{{VT|46a}}, p. 8</ref>, and ''[[Kúma]]''.<ref>{{HM|IX}}, p. 31</ref><ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 379</ref> | ||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
{{cosmology}} | {{cosmology}} | ||
Revision as of 19:12, 4 October 2014
- "Lost and forgotten be, darker than the darkness,
Where gates stand forever shut, till the World is mended" - ― Tom Bombadil, Fog on the Barrow-downs
The Outer Void, or the Timeless Void, was a term used in various ways.
Cosmologically, it describes the uninhabited regions of (non)existence outside Time and Creation, the absence of the Flame Imperishable.
Melkor used to wander in the Void to look in vain for the Flame Imperishable.
The Timeless Halls of Ilúvatar seem to be apart from the Void; Eä is created amidst the Void but is not a part of it.
After his defeat in the War of Wrath, Melkor was cast out into the Timeless Void "through the Door of Night beyond the Walls of the World", but legends predict that he will return to the World before its end. The Void thus in that context refers to the vast distant empty spaces of Eä. This was often confused by Elves and Men with the Void that existed before the creation of Eä.[1]
Names
The Void was also known as the Outer Dark (or the Outer Darkness), the Everlasting Dark, the Ancient Darkness. Qenya names were Avakúma, Oiakúma[2], and Kúma.[3][4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Five. Myths Transformed", "[Text] VII"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, p. 8
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The History of Middle-earth Index, p. 31
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 379
| 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 · Eä · Timeless Halls · Two Lamps · Two Trees · Void |
