• invented Elvish language Quenya, Eru means "The One", or "He that is Alone" and Ilúvatar signifies "Allfather". Eru first created a group of godlike or...
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  • horse disease Eru Ilúvatar, a fictional deity in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium Yery, a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet Eru, a character in...
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  • legendarium. They are "angelic powers" or "gods" subordinate to the one God (Eru Ilúvatar). The Ainulindalë describes how some of the Ainur choose to enter the...
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  • thought of Eru Ilúvatar. They were able to sing such beautiful music that the world was created from it. Before the Creation, Eru Ilúvatar made the Ainur...
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  • powerful of the Ainur, the "angelic beings" created by Eru Ilúvatar. Melkor, dissatisfied that Eru had abandoned the Void, seeks to emulate his creator...
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    universe is Eru Ilúvatar. Ilúvatar created spirits named the Ainur from his thoughts, and some were considered brothers or sisters. Ilúvatar made divine...
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  • of prosperity many of the inhabitants ceased to worship the One God, Eru Ilúvatar, and rebelled against the Valar, resulting in the destruction of the...
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  • creation of Arda by the deity Eru Ilúvatar. The story begins with a description of the Ainur as "children of Ilúvatar's thought". They are taught the...
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    more resilient to wind damage. Iluvatar has 30 such fusions. This redwood tree was named by Sillett after Eru Ilúvatar, the creator of the universe in...
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    god of Eä, Eru Ilúvatar. The cosmological myth called the Ainulindalë, or "Music of the Ainur", describes how the Ainur sang for Ilúvatar, who then created...
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  • Christians "would call angels", intermediaries between the creator, named as Eru Ilúvatar in The Silmarillion, and the created cosmos. Like angels, they have free...
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  • worship the One God, Eru Ilúvatar, and rebel against the Valar. The White Tree is cut down and burned. The Valar call on Eru Ilúvatar, who reshapes the world...
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    they feel should be theirs. The Valar ask for help from the creator, Eru Ilúvatar. He destroys Númenor and its army, in the process reshaping Arda into...
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  • last king, dares to attempt an invasion of Valinor. When the creator Eru Ilúvatar responds to the call of the Valar, Númenor sinks into the sea, and Aman...
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  • while others continued to follow Ilúvatar, causing discord in the music. This happened three times, with Eru Ilúvatar successfully overpowering his rebellious...
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    He notes, too, that both Gollum and Gandalf are servants of The One, Eru Ilúvatar, in the struggle against the forces of darkness, and "ironically" all...
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  • prevent inevitable change and new growth. The first Elves were awakened by Eru Ilúvatar near the bay of Cuiviénen during the Years of the Trees. This event marked...
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  • godlike Valar, who in turn carry out the will of the creator, the one God Eru Ilúvatar. J. R. R. Tolkien was an English author and philologist of ancient Germanic...
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  • Silmarillion, had Tolkien lived to finish it "to his satisfaction". Aman Eru Ilúvatar History of Arda These themes are discussed further at The Tale of Aragorn...
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  • himself whispering Elvish incantations. These represent the whispers of Eru Ilúvatar, the creator of Middle-earth, since the One Ring does not yet exist....
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    violent direct interventions by the Valar, and indeed by the one god Eru Ilúvatar, in the earlier ages. Two Wizards, Gandalf the Grey and Saruman the White...
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  • form. As one of those spirits, Olórin was in service to the Creator (Eru Ilúvatar) and the Creator's 'Secret Fire'. Along with the other Maiar who entered...
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  • Bombadil and his wife Goldberry. The Ainur are angelic spirits created by Eru Ilúvatar at the Beginning. The Ainur who subsequently enter the physical world...
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  • Elves are placed, asleep, in Cuiviénen on Middle-earth by the creator, Ilúvatar. According to Elven-lore, the Noldor as a clan is founded by Tata, the...
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    on the Elves of Beleriand. Eventually the Valar call on the creator, Eru Ilúvatar, to intervene; Morgoth is destroyed amidst the utter ruin of his fortress...
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  • narrative also influenced The Silmarillion. The conflict between Melkor and Eru Ilúvatar parallels that between Satan and God. Further, The Silmarillion tells...
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  • an immortal. Tolkien suggests an explanation in a letter, namely that Eru Ilúvatar, the One God, directly intervenes as a unique exception, just as in Lúthien's...
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  • as an act of subcreation that honoured Eru Ilúvatar (the analogue of God in Tolkien's writings), and which Eru accepted and made real, just as Niggle's...
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  • Lovecraftian god Shub-Niggurath – Fictional deity in the Cthulhu Mythos Eru Ilúvatar – Creator deity of Tolkien's World Valar – Divine or angelic race in...
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    exchanged by the bride and groom (including the speaking of the name of Eru Ilúvatar) and consummation; it is celebrated with a feast. Wedding rings are worn...
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