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Dates
The very distant past1
Location
Affecting all parts of Arda, the world
Race
Ainur
Division
Valar
Pronunciation
Arda is pronounced 'a'rrda' (the 'r' sound should be pronounced - 'rr' is used here to emphasise this)
Meaning
Arda means 'realm (of Manwë)'

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  • Updated 31 May 2010
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Marring of Arda

The breaking of the designs of the Valar

"She is acquainted with grief, and mourns for every wound that Arda has suffered in the marring of Melkor."
From the description of the Vala Nienna
The Silmarillion
Valaquenta
Of the Valar

It was the purpose of the Valar to form the world according to an ideal, and to create a perfect habitation for the Children of Ilúvatar, but Melkor opposed them in this, corrupting or subverting whatever they attempted. This conflict in the ancient past robbed Arda of the peace the Valar had intended for it, making it instead a place of decay and misery, and it came to be known as Arda Marred. The Vala Nienna mourned for the Marring, and she was said to weep for all the great hurts that Melkor had caused in the world.


Notes

1

Melkor's marring of the plans of the Valar took place over millennia, dating back to the time the Powers first entered the world (nearly 50,000 years before the first rising of the Sun). Specific dates from this distant and rather nebulous past are difficult to determine, but one particular event can be dated with some accuracy. This is the marring of the Spring of Arda, the first growth of living things, which was disrupted at the time Melkor began the secret building of Utumno. According to the Annals of Aman (in volume X of The History of Middle-earth) this took place some hundred Valian Years before the making of the Two Trees, dating it at about 15,000 (solar) years before the rising of the Sun.

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Marring of Arda

The breaking of the designs of the Valar

Dates
The very distant past1
Location
Affecting all parts of Arda, the world
Race
Ainur
Division
Valar
Pronunciation
Arda is pronounced 'a'rrda' (the 'r' sound should be pronounced - 'rr' is used here to emphasise this)
Meaning
Arda means 'realm (of Manwë)'

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 31 May 2010
  • Updates planned: 2

Marring of Arda

The breaking of the designs of the Valar

"She is acquainted with grief, and mourns for every wound that Arda has suffered in the marring of Melkor."
From the description of the Vala Nienna
The Silmarillion
Valaquenta
Of the Valar

It was the purpose of the Valar to form the world according to an ideal, and to create a perfect habitation for the Children of Ilúvatar, but Melkor opposed them in this, corrupting or subverting whatever they attempted. This conflict in the ancient past robbed Arda of the peace the Valar had intended for it, making it instead a place of decay and misery, and it came to be known as Arda Marred. The Vala Nienna mourned for the Marring, and she was said to weep for all the great hurts that Melkor had caused in the world.


Notes

1

Melkor's marring of the plans of the Valar took place over millennia, dating back to the time the Powers first entered the world (nearly 50,000 years before the first rising of the Sun). Specific dates from this distant and rather nebulous past are difficult to determine, but one particular event can be dated with some accuracy. This is the marring of the Spring of Arda, the first growth of living things, which was disrupted at the time Melkor began the secret building of Utumno. According to the Annals of Aman (in volume X of The History of Middle-earth) this took place some hundred Valian Years before the making of the Two Trees, dating it at about 15,000 (solar) years before the rising of the Sun.

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 31 May 2010
  • Updates planned: 2

For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page.

Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2010. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ.

Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.
How do your personal strengths fit in with career matching? How can you identify them? Try a free personality test from myDISCprofile.