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Eru is introduced in The Silmarillion as the supreme being of the universe, creator of all existence, including the world, Arda, and its central continent, Middle-earth.In Tolkien's invented Elvish language Quenya, Eru means "The One", or "He that is Alone" and Ilúvatar signifies "Allfather".
Scholars have likened the Valar to Christian angels, intermediaries between the creator and the created world. [1] [2] Painting by Lorenzo Lippi, c. 1645J. R. R. Tolkien was an English author and philologist of ancient Germanic languages, specialising in Old English; he spent much of his career as a professor at the University of Oxford. [3]
The fictional races and peoples that appear in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth include the seven listed in Appendix F of The Lord of the Rings: Elves, Men, Dwarves, Hobbits, Ents, Orcs and Trolls, as well as spirits such as the Valar and Maiar.
And so you can say that Tolkien's Eru is the God of Abraham. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.196.193.58 01:56, 23 August 2008 (UTC) Well, Tolkien did indeed say that Eru was the God of his series, however, his influence seems to be mainly from Christianity (his religion), and Norse mythology, I'd say Odin.
Before the Creation, Eru Ilúvatar made the Ainur or "holy ones". [T 1] The Universe was created through the "Music of the Ainur" or Ainulindalë, music sung by the Ainur in response to themes introduced by Eru. This universe, the song endowed with existence by Eru, was called Eä in Quenya. The Earth was called Arda.
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Wizards like Gandalf were immortal Maiar, but took the form of Men.. The Wizards or Istari in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction were powerful angelic beings, Maiar, who took the physical form and some of the limitations of Men to intervene in the affairs of Middle-earth in the Third Age, after catastrophically violent direct interventions by the Valar, and indeed by the one god Eru Ilúvatar, in the ...
The Silmarillion (Quenya: [silmaˈrilːiɔn]) is a book consisting of a collection of myths [a] [T 1] and stories in varying styles by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien.It was edited, partly written, and published posthumously by his son Christopher Tolkien in 1977, assisted by Guy Gavriel Kay, who became a fantasy author.