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

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Dates Established approximately 34,000 years before the first rising of the Sun; stood for some 19,000 years before its destruction by Melkor1 Location Stood above the northern parts of Middle-earth Origins Made by Aulë the Smith Race Ainur Divisions Valar and Maiar Settlements The Valar dwelt in Almaren at the time Illuin was made Pronunciation i'lluin Meaning Uncertain2 Indexes: Alphabetical: I Items About this entry: Updated 19 March 2015 Updates planned: 1 The northern of the two Lamps of the Valar The approximate location of Illuin (highly speculative)3 The approximate location of Illuin (highly speculative)3 The great lights of Arda One of the two Lamps of the Valar, set up by Aulë in ancient days to bring light to the world. It was destroyed by Melkor, and where it fell it created the inland Sea of Helcar. Notes 1 The dating of events before the rising of the Sun is difficult, and that is especially true for events as far back in history as these. The dates shown here are based on those given in The Annals of Aman in volume X of The History of Middle-earth, but the dating there is not exact, and the conversion of Valian Years into solar years introduces another level of uncertainty. Specifically, those annals date the raising of Illuin as the 1,500th Valian Year of the Valar in Arda (or shortly afterward) and its destruction as the Valian Year 3,450 on the same system. One Valian Year is equivalent to approximately 9.58 solar years (at least on the conversion system used here), producing the figures shown above. Though these dates are approximate, they give some idea of the vast scale of time involved: Illuin stood for more than six times the length of the entire Third Age before its downfall. 2 The element 'il-' literally means 'all, everything', but had an association with cosmic features that surrounded or encompassed the world (as in Ilumrambar the Walls of the World, or Ilmen the highest of the airs). Luin means 'blue', so the name Illuin seems ro mean something like 'blue Lamp that shone from the high airs' (or perhaps more simply, 'sky-blue'). 3 We have very little information about the precise location of the Lamp Illuin. The map shown here is based on Sketch Map V from volume IV of The History of Middle-earth, though that old map is of limited usefulness in this context. The map does not show Illuin itself, but it does mark the location of the Sea of Helcar, which is elsewhere said to have been in the place where Illuin had once stood. The location shown is therefore doubly approximate. See also... Great Lake, Lamps of the Valar, Middle-earth, Ringil, Water of Awakening Indexes: Alphabetical: I Items About this entry: Updated 19 March 2015 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1999, 2001, 2015. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.Explore the benefits of using a personality profile to discover yourself and make the most of your career.

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SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random

Dates Established approximately 34,000 years before the first rising of the Sun; stood for some 19,000 years before its destruction by Melkor1 Location Stood above the northern parts of Middle-earth Origins Made by Aulë the Smith Race Ainur Divisions Valar and Maiar Settlements The Valar dwelt in Almaren at the time Illuin was made Pronunciation i'lluin Meaning Uncertain2 Indexes: Alphabetical: I Items About this entry: Updated 19 March 2015 Updates planned: 1 The northern of the two Lamps of the Valar Map of Illuin

The approximate location of Illuin (highly speculative)3 The approximate location of Illuin (highly speculative)3 The great lights of Arda One of the two Lamps of the Valar, set up by Aulë in ancient days to bring light to the world. It was destroyed by Melkor, and where it fell it created the inland Sea of Helcar. Notes 1 The dating of events before the rising of the Sun is difficult, and that is especially true for events as far back in history as these. The dates shown here are based on those given in The Annals of Aman in volume X of The History of Middle-earth, but the dating there is not exact, and the conversion of Valian Years into solar years introduces another level of uncertainty. Specifically, those annals date the raising of Illuin as the 1,500th Valian Year of the Valar in Arda (or shortly afterward) and its destruction as the Valian Year 3,450 on the same system. One Valian Year is equivalent to approximately 9.58 solar years (at least on the conversion system used here), producing the figures shown above. Though these dates are approximate, they give some idea of the vast scale of time involved: Illuin stood for more than six times the length of the entire Third Age before its downfall. 2 The element 'il-' literally means 'all, everything', but had an association with cosmic features that surrounded or encompassed the world (as in Ilumrambar the Walls of the World, or Ilmen the highest of the airs). Luin means 'blue', so the name Illuin seems ro mean something like 'blue Lamp that shone from the high airs' (or perhaps more simply, 'sky-blue'). 3 We have very little information about the precise location of the Lamp Illuin. The map shown here is based on Sketch Map V from volume IV of The History of Middle-earth, though that old map is of limited usefulness in this context. The map does not show Illuin itself, but it does mark the location of the Sea of Helcar, which is elsewhere said to have been in the place where Illuin had once stood. The location shown is therefore doubly approximate. See also... Great Lake, Lamps of the Valar, Middle-earth, Ringil, Water of Awakening Indexes: Alphabetical: I Items About this entry: Updated 19 March 2015 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1999, 2001, 2015. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.Explore the benefits of using a personality profile to discover yourself and make the most of your career.