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Tolkien meant Arda to be "our own green and solid Earth", seen here in the Baltistan mountains, "at some quite remote epoch in the past". [1]In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the history of Arda, also called the history of Middle-earth, [a] began when the Ainur entered Arda, following the creation events in the Ainulindalë and long ages of labour throughout Eä, the fictional universe.
Arda versus "Middle-earth": Middle-earth is in geographic terms the name of the continent inhabited by Elves, Dwarves and Men, excluding the home of the Valar on Aman, while Arda is the name of the world. However, "Middle-earth" is widely used for the whole of Tolkien's legendarium. [4] (Depicted: Arda in the Years of the Trees)
When Arda (the Earth) was created, "innumerable stars" were already in existence. [T 2] To provide greater light, the Valar later created the Two Lamps in Middle-earth, and when these were destroyed they created the Two Trees of Valinor.
Tolkien's Middle-earth was part of his created world of Arda. It was a flat world surrounded by ocean. It included the Undying Lands of Aman and Eressëa, which were all part of the wider creation, Eä. Aman and Middle-earth were separated from each other by the Great Sea Belegaer, analogous to the Atlantic Ocean.
Melkor strikes a discordant note but is unable to prevent Eru and the singing of the Valar from creating Arda. ——— Valaquenta: A description of the pantheon of the Valar: Years of the Lamps: Quenta Silmarillion: Melkor destroys the Two Lamps; Aman and Middle-earth are created; the Valar move to Aman. Years of the Trees
King of the Valar, King of Arda, Lord of air, wind, and clouds: Varda: Atop Mount Taniquetil, the highest mountain of the world, in the domed halls of Ilmarin from where he could see right across Middle-earth: Noblest and greatest in authority, but not in power, of the Ainur; greatest of the Aratar.
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The Earth was called Arda. [ T 1 ] Those of the Ainur who felt concern for the Creation entered it, and became the Valar and the Maiar , the guardians of Creation. [ T 2 ]