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This is an overview of the cosmology of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. Each entry is followed by any alternate names, any roughly corresponding primary world name in parentheses, and a brief description.
Cosmology of Tolkien's legendarium - Wikipedia
The cosmology of J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium combines aspects of Christian theology and metaphysics with pre-modern cosmological concepts in the flat Earth paradigm, along with the modern spherical Earth view of the Solar System.
Tolkien's Cosmology: Divine Beings and Middle-earth
May 26, 2020 · In The Silmarillion, an epic history of the First Age of Middle-earth, Tolkien describes the Ainur, angelic beings under the direction of Eru Ilúvatar, the legendarium’s god, as creators of physical reality.
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Tolkien's Cosmology: Divine Beings and Middle-earth
Tolkien's Cosmology: Divine Beings and Middle-earth is a book by Inklings scholar Sam McBride examining the role of supernatural beings in J.R.R. Tolkien 's mythology of Arda. It was published in May 2020 by The Kent State University Press .
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Cosmology - Forgotten Realms Wiki | Fandom
Cosmology was the study of the cosmos—the structure, organization and composition of all that existed. What most people would call the "known universe" was labeled the Prime Material Plane. It held the world of Toril, the moon, the sun, and extended out into space to the stars.
Tolkien. An earlier version of this layered cosmology, including a curious diagram that depicts the world in the shape of a large ship, can be found in The Book of Lost Tales, Part One (1984, p. 84). As in the case of the medieval cosmology, the layers of the world as depicted in “The Ambarkanta” divide by
Tolkien’s Cosmology - The Kent State University Press - Ohio …
An in-depth examination of the role of divine beings in Tolkien’s work, Tolkien’s Cosmology: Divine Beings and Middle-earth brings together Tolkien’s many references to such beings and analyzes their involvement within his created world.
Tolkienists | Tolkien’s cosmology
Oct 5, 2021 · Sam McBride’s Tolkien’s cosmology sets out to answer a fundamental and sensible question: since Tolkien presumed religious elements to be a component of his fictional work, specifically The Lord of the Rings, and became annoyed with critics who made assertions to the contrary, what are those contents within the fiction itself that suggested ...
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Chapter 1, ‘Tolkien's Cosmogony and Pantheon’, summarizes the two first sections of The Silmarillion: the Ainulindalë and Valaquenta. McBride observes that Tolkien's ‘monotheistic polytheism’ (10) serves a narrative purpose in keeping ultimate divinity remote and profound while offering beings who can serve as functional equivalents.
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