The Encyclopedia of Arda - Anar (original) (raw)

Dates First rose in I 1 (the beginning of the Years of the Sun) Location The lower regions of Ilmen Origins The last flower of Laurelin, mounted in a vessel by Aulë, and set aloft by Varda Pronunciation ah'narr ('rr' indicates that the final r sound should be distinctly pronounced) Meaning 'Fire' Other names Titles Indexes: Alphabetical: A Others About this entry: Updated 18 February 2021 This entry is complete

The Sun During the Years of the Trees, Valinor was lit for many thousands of years by the light of the Two Trees, silver Telperion and golden Laurelin. When these were destroyed by Melkor and Ungoliant, Valinor was plunged into darkness. Through the power of Nienna and Yavanna, though, Laurelin produced a single fiery fruit before it died. This golden fire was set in a vessel, and steered into the sky by the Maia Arien. The Vanyar gave it the name Anar the fire-golden: this was the origin of the Sun. Valinor was in the West of the World, and so the first sunrise was in the west, not the east. Originally, Arien was to have steered Anar ceaselessly from west to east and back again, always remaining in the sky, but the Valar changed this counsel, so that each evening Anar would descend into the distant western seas, and re-emerge each morning in the east. Indexes: Alphabetical: A Others About this entry: Updated 18 February 2021 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2001, 2021. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.The Discus personality profiler itself is free to use; you only pay for the profiles you create using the system.