The last of the Three Prayers to Eru said each year by the King of Númenor. The Eruhantalë signified the Thanksgiving to Eru, and was held each autumn.1 At that time the King would ascend the Pillar of Heaven, the mountain of the Meneltarma, accompanied by a silent, white-clad crowd of his people. He would offer the prayer on the mountain's summit, while three great Eagles, the Witnesses of Manwë, hovered overhead.
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In A Description of the Island of Númenor (in Unfinished Tales) Eruhantalë is said to have fallen at the end of autumn, but other sources imply an earlier date, placing it at the end of summer and the beginning of autumn. Regardless of its precise dating, this prayer of thanksgiving in the later part of the year seems to have been associated with the time of harvest. |
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