Land of the Sun
Land of the Sun | |
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Continent | |
"Arda" by Šárka Škorpíková | |
General Information | |
Other names | Burnt Land of the Sun, Eastern Land, Eastland, Easterness |
Location | East of the East Sea |
Type | Continent |
Regions | Walls of the Sun |
The Land of the Sun, also known as the Burnt Land of the Sun, Easterness, Eastland,[1] and Eastern Land,[2] was a continent in the far east of Arda that corresponded symmetrically to Aman in the far west. The land was separated from Middle-earth by the waters of the East Sea. In the Land of the Sun was a great, curve-shaped mountain range called the Walls of the Sun.[2]
The Land of the Sun likely comprised all or part of the Empty Lands that Ilúvatar "cast back" during the Downfall of Númenor.[3]
Other versions of the legendarium[edit | edit source]
In The Book of Lost Tales Part One, the easternmost land of Arda was called Oronto (Oronto, a Qenya word for "East", was a name for the Uttermost East).[4] This region was connected to the Great Lands, laying directly east of Palisor, with no separating water. The huge peak Kalormë stood in Oronto.[5]:212
Oromë described the East to the Valar, saying that "there is a silent beach and dark empty seas".[5]:214 It is also told that Aulë and Ulmo "builded great havens [of the Sun and Moon] beside the soundless sea".[5]:215
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References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "V. The Ambarkanta: Map V", p. 250
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "V. The Ambarkanta: Of the Fashion of the World", p. 239
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part One: II. The Fall of Númenor, (iv) The further development of The Fall of Númenor", p. 32 ("If this region [the Empty Lands] ... is to be related to Ambarkanta Map V it must be what is there called the Burnt Land of the Sun; perhaps also the Dark Land")
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, entry "Oronto"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "IX. The Hiding of Valinor"