Cosmology and mythology
Eä
The World created by Eru Iluvatar, the "universe" in which was Arda created.
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Cosmology and mythology
Elbereth
Elvish name for Varda. Of all of the Great Ones who dwelled in this world, the Elves held Varda most in reverence and love. They named her Elbereth.(Valaquenta, The Silmarillion)
Characters and genealogies
Eru Ilúvatar
The supreme being who was there at the beginning of all time. Ainulindalë, the first part of the Silmarillion, starts with: There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar;…
Cosmology and mythology
Estë
Estë was one of the Valar. She was the healer of all hurts and weariness. She was a wife to Irmo and they dwelled in the silver-lit gardens of Lórien. Grey is her…