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

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Dates First rose in I 1 (the beginning of the Years of the Sun) Location The lower regions of Ilmen Origins Mounted in a vessel by Aulë, and set aloft by Varda Other names Flower of Silver, Isil, Ithil, Rána, The White Face Titles The Sheen, The Wayward Indexes: Alphabetical: M Others About this entry: Updated 24 May 2003 This entry is complete Telperion's last flower Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV "...even as the Moon rose above the darkness in the west, Fingolfin let blow his silver trumpets and began his march into Middle-earth..." Quenta Silmarillion 11_Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor_ The First Rising of the Moon The great lights of Arda After the Darkening of Valinor and the destruction of the Two Trees, Telperion the White Tree bore one last Flower of Silver before its end. Aulë and his people made a vessel to carry to the silver flower aloft, and Tilion, one of the hunters of Oromë; was granted the task of steering the new Moon through the sky. Tilion guided his charge up into the western skies just as the Noldor were returning into Middle-earth. The Moon first rose above Valinor in the far West of the World, but Varda came to change this arrangement, so that the Moon would pass beneath the world, and rise in the east instead, as it does to this day. According to the legends of the Elves, Tilion was an unsteady steersman, sometimes dwelling overlong beneath the Earth, or appearing in the sky at the same time as the Sun. He was drawn to the bright new Sun, launched from Valinor shortly after his own vessel, and his coming too close to his fiery companion was said to account for the darkening of the Moon's face. The Moon remained important to the inhabitants of Middle-earth and Númenor throughout their long history. This is perhaps most evident in Elendil's famous son Isildur, whose name means 'Servant of the Moon'. In Middle-earth, he dwelt in Ithilien ('Moon-land') in a tower he named Minas Ithil ('Tower of the Moon'). Though that tower was later captured by the creatures of Sauron, and renamed by Men as Minas Morgul, the symbol of the Moon remained powerful there. Even at the end of the Third Age, its inhabitants still used the Moon as their emblem, though they corrupted that sign with a face of death. The Hobbits had their own tales about the Moon as well, singing songs about a jolly but unpredictable being they named the Man in the Moon. This peculiar figure seems to be an echo of the being described in the Elves' stories, the Maia and hunter Tilion, wayward steersman of the Moon. See also... Alcarinquë, Alqualondë, Aman, Aulë, Battle-under-Stars, Dagor Dagorath, Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Dark Lord, Darkening of Valinor, Daystar, Dead Tree, Durin’s Day, Eglador, Eldest Days, Eledhrim, [See the full list...]Elu Thingol, Elves, Elves of Beleriand, Elvish World, Ever-eve, Fëanor, Fifth Gate, First Age, Flame of the West, Flower of Silver, Gabilgathol, Gate of Silver, Gollum, Gothmog, Great Darkness, Green Mound, Grinding Ice, Guarded Realm, Helcaraxë, Hells of Iron, High King of the Noldor, Ilmen, Isil, Isildur, Isilya, Ithil, Ithildin, Jewels of Fëanor, Lady of the Stars, Lamps of the Valar, Land of the Girdle, Last Battle, Laurelin, Light in the West, Light of Aman, Long Night, Longbeards, Máhanaxar, Maiar, Man in the Moon, Menegroth, Monday, Monendei, Moon-letters, Morgoth, Morgul-sheen, Narrow Ice, Narsilion, New Year, Nienna, Night-fearers, Orcs of the Red Eye, Orithil, Outer Lands, Outer Void, Over-heaven, Pass of Light, People of the Great Journey, People of the Stars, Powers of the World, Rána, Return of the Noldor, Second Battle, Second Prophecy of Mandos, Second Spring of Arda, Seven Gates of Gondolin, Shadowy Seas, Shire Calendar, Silpion, Singollo, Song of the Sun and Moon, Starmoon, Sword Reforged, Taras-ness, Telperion, The End, The Firmament, The Light, The Maker, The Sheen, The Smith, The Sun, The Wayward, The White, Third Age, Tilion, Tol Eressëa, Tower of the Sun, Tree of the High Elves, Trees of Silver and Gold, Two Trees of the Valar, Two Trees of Valinor, Valley of Dreadful Death, Valmar, War of the Jewels, Wars of Beleriand, Water of Awakening, White Face, Woodland Realm, Years of the Trees, Yellow Face Indexes: Alphabetical: M Others About this entry: Updated 24 May 2003 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2000, 2003. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.Take the FREE myDISCprofile personality test to discover your core personality and your ideal job.

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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 First rose in I 1 (the beginning of the Years of the Sun) Location The lower regions of Ilmen Origins Mounted in a vessel by Aulë, and set aloft by Varda Other names Flower of Silver, Isil, Ithil, Rána, The White Face Titles The Sheen, The Wayward Indexes: Alphabetical: M Others About this entry: Updated 24 May 2003 This entry is complete Telperion's last flower

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV "...even as the Moon rose above the darkness in the west, Fingolfin let blow his silver trumpets and began his march into Middle-earth..." Quenta Silmarillion 11_Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor_

The First Rising of the Moon The great lights of Arda After the Darkening of Valinor and the destruction of the Two Trees, Telperion the White Tree bore one last Flower of Silver before its end. Aulë and his people made a vessel to carry to the silver flower aloft, and Tilion, one of the hunters of Oromë; was granted the task of steering the new Moon through the sky. Tilion guided his charge up into the western skies just as the Noldor were returning into Middle-earth. The Moon first rose above Valinor in the far West of the World, but Varda came to change this arrangement, so that the Moon would pass beneath the world, and rise in the east instead, as it does to this day. According to the legends of the Elves, Tilion was an unsteady steersman, sometimes dwelling overlong beneath the Earth, or appearing in the sky at the same time as the Sun. He was drawn to the bright new Sun, launched from Valinor shortly after his own vessel, and his coming too close to his fiery companion was said to account for the darkening of the Moon's face. The Moon remained important to the inhabitants of Middle-earth and Númenor throughout their long history. This is perhaps most evident in Elendil's famous son Isildur, whose name means 'Servant of the Moon'. In Middle-earth, he dwelt in Ithilien ('Moon-land') in a tower he named Minas Ithil ('Tower of the Moon'). Though that tower was later captured by the creatures of Sauron, and renamed by Men as Minas Morgul, the symbol of the Moon remained powerful there. Even at the end of the Third Age, its inhabitants still used the Moon as their emblem, though they corrupted that sign with a face of death. The Hobbits had their own tales about the Moon as well, singing songs about a jolly but unpredictable being they named the Man in the Moon. This peculiar figure seems to be an echo of the being described in the Elves' stories, the Maia and hunter Tilion, wayward steersman of the Moon. See also... Alcarinquë, Alqualondë, Aman, Aulë, Battle-under-Stars, Dagor Dagorath, Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Dark Lord, Darkening of Valinor, Daystar, Dead Tree, Durin’s Day, Eglador, Eldest Days, Eledhrim, [See the full list...]Elu Thingol, Elves, Elves of Beleriand, Elvish World, Ever-eve, Fëanor, Fifth Gate, First Age, Flame of the West, Flower of Silver, Gabilgathol, Gate of Silver, Gollum, Gothmog, Great Darkness, Green Mound, Grinding Ice, Guarded Realm, Helcaraxë, Hells of Iron, High King of the Noldor, Ilmen, Isil, Isildur, Isilya, Ithil, Ithildin, Jewels of Fëanor, Lady of the Stars, Lamps of the Valar, Land of the Girdle, Last Battle, Laurelin, Light in the West, Light of Aman, Long Night, Longbeards, Máhanaxar, Maiar, Man in the Moon, Menegroth, Monday, Monendei, Moon-letters, Morgoth, Morgul-sheen, Narrow Ice, Narsilion, New Year, Nienna, Night-fearers, Orcs of the Red Eye, Orithil, Outer Lands, Outer Void, Over-heaven, Pass of Light, People of the Great Journey, People of the Stars, Powers of the World, Rána, Return of the Noldor, Second Battle, Second Prophecy of Mandos, Second Spring of Arda, Seven Gates of Gondolin, Shadowy Seas, Shire Calendar, Silpion, Singollo, Song of the Sun and Moon, Starmoon, Sword Reforged, Taras-ness, Telperion, The End, The Firmament, The Light, The Maker, The Sheen, The Smith, The Sun, The Wayward, The White, Third Age, Tilion, Tol Eressëa, Tower of the Sun, Tree of the High Elves, Trees of Silver and Gold, Two Trees of the Valar, Two Trees of Valinor, Valley of Dreadful Death, Valmar, War of the Jewels, Wars of Beleriand, Water of Awakening, White Face, Woodland Realm, Years of the Trees, Yellow Face Indexes: Alphabetical: M Others About this entry: Updated 24 May 2003 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2000, 2003. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.Take the FREE myDISCprofile personality test to discover your core personality and your ideal job.