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The 'Music of the Ainur', also called The (Great) Music, The (Great) Song, of which its name is the Quenya version. The great song of the Ainur before Il·vatar at the beginning of time, in which the world was created.


* Ainulindalы (Tale)|Ainulindalы|Ainulindale
The name of the account of Creation said to have been composed by R·mil of Tirion in the Elder Days.


* Ainur|Ainu
The 'Holy Ones' (singular Ainu), the first beings created by Il·vatar, the 'order' of the Valar and Maiar, made before Eф.
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The Holy Ones.
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"There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Il·vatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought..."
(First words of the Ainulindalы)
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The primordial spirits, who existed with Il·vatar, and with Him created the world through the Music of the Ainur. After the creation of Arda, many of the Ainur descended into it to guide and order its growth; of these there were fifteen more powerful than the rest. Fourteen of these great Ainur became the Valar, or Powers of Arda. The fifteenth, Melkor, turned aside from that path and became the first Dark Lord. The many lesser Ainur that accompanied the Valar into Arda are known as Maiar.
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Origins of the Ainur: The Ainur were the first, and mightiest, beings created by Il·vatar in the depths of time before the beginning of the World. The Ainur were the 'offspring of [Il·vatar's] thought', and each was given understanding only of that part of the mind of Il·vatar from which he or she came. The exception to this was Melkor, the greatest of the Ainur, who had a part of the gifts of all the others.
The Ainur were 'kindled with the Flame Imperishable', which can be taken to mean that they were granted free will by their creator. Il·vatar instructed them in the arts of music, until he brought them together to make the Music of the Ainur; the great song that created the Vision of Il·vatar and ultimately the real World.
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The Ainur and the World: Through the Music of the Ainur, Il·vatar created a Vision of the World; he showed it to the Ainur, and explained much of its nature and destiny to them - so the Ainur have much knowledge of the World, but are not omniscient. Then, Il·vatar granted the World true being. Melkor and many of the other mighty Ainur desired to descend into it and form it in readiness for the coming of the Children of Il·vatar (that is, Elves and Men). These became the beings known as the Valar and the Maiar.
Those Ainur who entered the World at its beginning remain bound to it until its end. Though Melkor was eventually thrown into the Void by the others, he is prophesied to return before the end. Little is known of the ultimate future of the Ainur, even by themselves, but it is said that, after the great battle at the end of the World, they will make a Second, even greater, Music with the Children of Il·vatar.
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The Line of Melian: Among the many Ainur that entered the World long ago, there was one of the order of the Maiar named Melian. Alone of all the Ainur, she wedded one of the Children of Il·vatar, King Elu Thingol of Doriath. From her, a strain of the Ainur entered the bloodlines of the Elves and Men, passed down through generation after generation, and was still present at the time of the War of the Ring. Elrond was Melian's great-great-grandson, and Aragorn, too, was her descendant, though through many more generations than Elrond.


* Aiwendil
'Bird-lover', the name in Valinor of the Wizard who became known as Radagast in Middle-earth.


* Akallabъth|Akallabeth
'The Downfallen', Ad√naic word equivalent in meaning to Quenya Atalantы. A name of N·menor after its destruction.


* Akallabъth (tale)|Akallabъth|Akallabeth
The account of the Downfall of N·menor.


* Alatar
One of the five Wizards who came to the northwest of Middle-earth in the Third Age; he journeyed into the east with Pallando, and never returned to the western lands.
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One of the lost Blue Wizards.
One of the five Wizards who came to the northwest of Middle-earth in the Third Age; he journeyed into the east with Pallando, and never returned to the western lands.
Alatar was one of the original three Wizards selected by the Valar for the journey from Valinor to Middle-earth (the other two being Curumo and Olєrin - Saruman and Gandalf).
Alatar and Pallando arrived in Middle-earth dressed in sea-blue. For this reason, they were together given the name Ithryn Luin, the Blue Wizards. With Saruman, they journeyed into the far east of Middle-earth, but while Saruman returned to the west, Alatar and Pallando did not. Of their fate, we know almost nothing.


* Alatсriel|Alatariel|Altсriel|Altariel
'Maiden crowned with a radiant garland'; also Altсriel. An ancient form (Quenya and Telerin) of the name of Galadriel.