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| | The Ainur who entered Arda are divided into two orders: the Valar and the Maiar - the gods and the demigods. | | | Tolkien's world of Arda was literally sung into being, and each of the heavenly host had a part in its conception, even that one mighty satanic spirit called Melkor who sang of strife and discord. | | | Through the "Ainulindale" Tolkien tells us how the elemental thoughts of Ilúvatar became the race of gods called the Ainur (the "Holy Ones"), and through the power of His spirit - the "Flame Imperishable" - Illúvatar gave the Ainur eternal life. |
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http://home.datacomm.ch/psychotic/tolkien/silmaril_history.html
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| | The Reading Room Lord of the Rings Reading and Writing Workshop |
| | A complete Biblical picture of God, his angels, and Lucifer is constructed with the fall of Melkor to evil during the music of creation and his attempt to control the music with his great discord. | | | At first he appears to be portrait of the Biblical God, but after the descent of the Valar he remains remote and only intervenes when the Valar deviate from his plan. | | | After the vision, the Earth was left and some of the Ainur desired greatly to guide into reality the vision they had seen. |
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| | The dwelling of God (Ilúvatar) and the Gods (Ainur), as distinct from the Timeless Void and the World that is (Eä). | | | The theme of God which is to be sung by Ainur and Men after the End. | | | This theme was marred by the discord of Melkor, the God of evil. |
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| | However "to Melkor among the Ainur had been given the greates gifts of power and knowledge, and he has a share in the gifts of all his brethren". | | | For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Silmarillion, Melkor is the most powerful of all the Ainur. | | | None of the Ainur can do this as I have illustrated. |
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| | The Grey Havens :: View topic - Maiar in Middle-Earth |
| | Aulë was unable to grant the Dwarves their own life and he presumed to destroy them but Eru took pity on him and it was through his power, not Aulë's, that the Dwarves were brought to life. | | | As for the longer detour the debate took into the creation account and discussions as to the exact creator of various things, the presence of other spirits than the ainur etc. I regret that I did even embark upon it, because I clearly ventured out too deep. | | | Aule shaped and made the hosts of the dwarves, but he did not create the Flame for it rests with Eru, and only Eru can give it when he wants to. |
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http://tolkien.cro.net/board/viewtopic.php?p=37529
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| | The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum - The Ainur and their physical forms |
| | And as for the hroa mirroring the fea, I think that it did, but that if they wanted to the Ainur could choose a decietful hroa, that is they could appear fair when they are really evil. | | | When Melkor was bound, he was bound by a power that had mastered him, whether there was a physical manifestation of the "chain" or not. | | | The difference between the physical strength and the power of the Ainur. |
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http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?p=365938
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| | Satan refused to, though it can be argued that by committing this act he is in fact carrying out God's Will since all thoughts and actions of angels come from God. | | | god saw that the light was good, and God divided the light from the darkness." (Genesis 1:4)" Erda says, "So the Ainur are a reflection of the angels of Christian theology, except for one key point: They are sub-creators. | | | This relates to the Genesis story in that first there was the Word and *then* the Act of creation: "God said: 'Let there be Light.' and there was light. |
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| | The Ainur, in a way, are in awe of the Elves (as the Elves are in awe of the Ainur), possibly because Elves and Men were (at first) completely knew to them. | | | And btw, I think that the Eruhini fascinated the Ainur so much not only because they were wholly different to them, but also because they were 'intrusions' to the score--the Ainur had no knowledge of them, their deeds, their will. | | | But Ainur have a will of their own (Melkor nearly convincesOsse to take his side against Manwe and Ulmo, promising to give him Ulmo's realm), and hence weaknesses of their own too. |
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| | Three Themes Lord of the Rings Fanatics Library |
| | This passage explains why Eru conceived the Themes and the reason why Melkor’s discord was allowed to join with them, which was that in this way the music would be complete and would reflect the full glory of the vision of Ilúvatar. | | | But Melkor, who had been given great knowledge and power by Ilúvatar, began to want more than what was his to work with: “
it came into the mind of Melko[r] to interweave matters of his own vain imagining that were not fitting to that great theme of Ilúvatar.” | | | n The Silmarillion and in The Book of Lost Tales the description of the creation of the Ainur includes reference to their being taught many things by Eru, but chiefly music. |
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http://www.lotrlibrary.com/agesofarda/threethemes.asp
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| | Reading on, we see that our question is answered almost immediately: the Ainur are not equal to Eru, but are a small part of his whole. | | | One passage in particular plainly states that some of the Men of Middle-earth call the Ainur “gods.” At first glance, all of this evidence would seem to point to the Ainur actually being gods, and Tolkien’s world being setup right from the start as a pantheistic institution! | | | A closer examination of Tolkien’s writing, though, reveals the truth of the situation; a truth that is both beautiful and highly relevant to our own world’s process of creation. |
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http://entropyhouse.com/baillie/candme/essays/voiceofmanyangels.html
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| | Rather than learn with and from his fellow Ainur or share his own gifts and knowledge with them, he goes off alone regularly into the void, becoming impatient and antsy, so to speak, for Iluvatar to do something or let Melkor do something about the emptiness. | | | Another part of what's going on in the Ainulindale is that Tolkien wants to incorporate something almost like a _pagan_ creation story, but to do it in a way that's compatible with Christianity. | | | One more thing for Melkor to envy and covet. |
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| | The Inspiring Tale Page of the Society of the Minas Morgul Mages |
| | himself one who is lesser, and envied the love of the Ainur which | | | Holy Ones, that were the offspring of their thoughts, and wrought | | | For himself, Iluvatar created the greatest of the Ainur who was |
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| | Valar + Valier + Maiar = Gods = Ainur. | | | Passages concerning the relations of the Valar (Gods, Ainur) to Elves and Men. | | | Angelic spirits, offspring of the thought of God. |
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| | The Silmarillion-Ainulindalë |
| | Ilúvatar called the visions into being, setting at its heart the Flame Imperishable. | | | Melkor - The Ainu who held the greatest gifts of power and knowledge and had a share in all the gifts of the other Ainur | | | Valinor -place on earth for Valar, not defined in this chapter. |
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| | Eru Ilúvatar Lord of the Rings Fanatics Library |
| | In observation, Ilúvatar saw the love the Ainur had for the habitation and beings in the Vision, and spoke to them again. | | | This act was to defy his Creator's regulations and bring into Being things unto himself. | | | The loneliness he brought on himself made him conceive thoughts of his own, and when tied to his music, the other Ainur were distracted and followed his lead. |
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| | Melkor was one of the Ainur who did so, wishing already to dominate the Elves and Men and have servants of his own. | | | A sphere of light appeared in the emptiness, Eä, the world that is. It's history evolved before them and the history of Earth. | | | In the beginning Ilúvatar, God, created the Ainur, the heavenly spirits, children of his thought. |
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| | The Priesthood |
| | Creator of the Ainur and Eä, he is what Men refer to as God. | | | Long they labored in the regions of Eä, which are vast beyond the thought of Elves and Men, until in the time appointed was made Arda, the Kingdom of Earth. | | | In the beginning Eru, the One, who in the Elvish tongue is, named Ilúvatar, made the Ainur of his thought; and they made a great Music before him. |
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| | Tolkien's Haven - Middle-Earth Encyclopedia: Ainur - In Depth Article |
| | The Ainur had no true physical appearance that we would be able to perceive. | | | 'He made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made' - Silmarillion | | | When it became clear that Melkor had falled to evil, and when many of the Maiar followed him, the remaining Ainur withdrew to sole land, that of Valinor, the blesséd land. |
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| | ...and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made... | | | Those of the Ainur who entered Eä, the World, and must bide in it till the End, being involved in Time, the series of events that complete it, are called Valar and Maiar. |
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| | The exception to this was Melkor, the greatest of the Ainur, who had a part of the gifts of all the others. | | | Through the Music of the Ainur, Ilúvatar 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. | | | The Ainur were 'kindled with the Flame Imperishable', which can be taken to mean that they were granted free will by their creator. |
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| | Today, I will tell you a different kind of story about how Arda as we know it was made and about times so long ago that we can hardly comprehend it. | | | He envied the Elves and Men for the gifts Ilúvatar promised to grant them with and urged to control these children and subdue them to his power. | | | He was Melkor - the one of the Ainur, whom Ilúvatar had granted most knowledge and power when creating him. |
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| | Guide to the Silmarillion-Stories of the Valar: The Music of the Ainur |
| | It was because of the evil thoughts of Melkor that Middle-Earth could not be the perfect and beautiful world that Ilúvatar had envisioned and why the Valar, Elves, and Men had to contend with and fight the evil for all of their days. | | | In this way, the beauty of his mind would be awakened into song. | | | here was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made." 1 Thus begins the Ainulindalë;, the story that precedes The Silmarillion. |
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| | The tale began with Ilúvatar's creation of spirits of lesser power than him, yet of independent nature, named the Ainur (The Holy Ones). | | | Ilúvatar made divine music with them ("Ainulindalë" translates from Quenya as the Music of the Holy, commonly referred to simply as Music of the Ainur). | | | Ilúvatar then ceased the music, and showed to the Ainur the essence of what their song symbolized, the history of a whole world. |
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| | number of the Ainur - THE TOLKIEN FORUM |
| | I imagine the Ainur as being perhaps three thousands. | | | But this condition Illuvatar made, or it is the necessity of their love, that their power should thenceforward be contained and bounded in the World, to be within it forever, until it is complete, so that are it's life and it is theirs. | | | But some of the ainur who stayed in the Timeless halls perhaps were like the valar of Arda but didn't had the name vala since they weren't in Arda and therefor wasn't the power of the world. |
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| | After the creation of Arda, many of the Ainur worked to guide and order its growth. | | | The Ainur are the spirits who existed with Ilúvatar and helped him to create the Universe, Eä, through the Music of the Ainur. | | | The fifteenth, Melkor, who was originally considered a Vala, became the first Dark Lord. |
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| | Due to the conflict between Manwë and Melkor he called upon other Ainur to aid him in the struggle. | | | greatest of the Ainur who is not counted among the Valar. | | | Manwë, Ulmo and Aulë were the first to descend into Arda to prepare it for the coming of the children of Ilúvatar along with Melkor, who wanted to claim arda for his own domain. |
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| | If you don't see a god when you type 'who a', then assume that there is no god on the game at that time. | | | To see a list of all current Ainur, try the "view wizlist" command. | | | They do not take part of playing the game, but shape the world and keeps it running. |
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| | One of the Valar, Melkor, envies the power of creation and introduces discord into the song. | | | Ilüvatar, or Eru (Tolkien's god), creates the Ainur, or the Holy Ones, who sing Arda, the world, into being. | | | The Great Journey: The elves love Middle-earth and stretch the journey into years. |
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| | Essays on Tolkien Topics |
| | Other projects still in the works include essays on the nature and operation of the Rings of Power and on the use of physical bodies by the Ainur. | | | I'll eventually write a more complete review, but I want to see the movie one more time first (I saw it twice in the first week and not at all since then). | | | A very incomplete list of good but less formal writings from Usenet posts, some mildly outdated: |
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| | He made first the Ainur, who were his Angels, and he gave to them song and music as a gift, and spoke to them of great themes. | | | But soon, Melkor, mightiest of the Ainur, having his own thoughts for the completion of the theme, rebelled against it. | | | Now of this music, was born the World, or Eä, as it is also known, and if not for the discord of Melkor and his followers, it would be a perfect and beautiful place. |
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| | Ilúvatar gave each of the Ainur different parts of his mind. | | | He made the Ainur, the ‘Holy Ones’, and and with them they created the Music of the Ainur. | | | Through The Music of the Ainur, Ilúvatar created a vision, which is called the Vision of Ilúvatar. |
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| | The Ainur (singular form: Ainu) were the beings or spirits that were created directly from the thought of Eru Ilúvatar, long before the creation of Arda. | | | It was the singing of the Ainur that in a sense created Arda; though Eru brought it into physical existence, it was the Music that was embodied thereby. | | | These Ainur were divided into two groups: the Valar and the Maiar (singular forms: Vala and Maia). |
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| | purevolume™ Ainur |
| | Ainur is my way to make people feel something new in the music, is pure emotion and sincerity, is the way I see a world, my goal is make you travel without moving... |
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http://www.purevolume.com/ainur
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| | Cause they'll always have each others' hands to hold on to. | | | It definitely was one of the beautiful moments in my life that I'll always remember. | | | My whole life is here but I don't feel like I belong here. |
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| | You can post them here as im sure others would get use out of them, seeing as Ainur is making one and so am i, and i think Admiraligor will start one soon, its probally worth posting them here | | | Wow, Vilandra, ANY pics would be useful to both me and Ainur im sure of it......how on earth did you get so detailed pics? | | | Still, im already at working making another jumper mesh, i finished one the other day, but, that was still crap so i am starting again |
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http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21893
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| | The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum - View Profile: ainur |
| | Yet all the while I sit and think of times there were before, | | | The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum - View Profile: ainur | | | ainur is not a member of any public groups |
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| | In this case, the name comes from "The Silmarillion." Iluvatar, in the book, was the "Father of All," who created his children, the Ainur, by his thought. | | | Tolkein's Iluvatar set up a tall order for his children. | | | Do the Baltimore Ainur live up to the expectations? |
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| | [ELFWOOD] SF&F Art / Wilma Jacobs / 'Music of the Ainur' |
| | Then it became time to figure out what this was and it seemed to me that this must be the time the Ainur created the world with their music. | | | Then I put in the tree because it was hoovering in my head all the time. | | | Elfwood artist: Yerin Yoo, (Click here to visit! |
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| | The great song of the Ainur at the beginning of time, in which the world was created. | | | The Encyclopedia of Arda is sponsored by Discus Online, the professional online DISC profiler. |
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http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/m/musicoftheainur.html
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| | Ainur Computer Consulting. |
| | If you run across a problem I can not remedy, I know reliable people who can. | | | I own and operate Ainur Computer Consulting and have been in business for over a year now. | | | I taught 3rd Grade for 7 years at local elementary schools. |
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http://ainurcc.com/?sid=1d888c6c5cbfb0c524e678f00a58b21f
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| | The Official Homepage of Ainur Elmgren |
| | Maybe it will even be updated some day! | | | My name is Ainur Elmgren, and this is my humble website - a showcase of my artwork as well as an anthology of my academic research. | | | PS: In this layout, I am using the freeware font Trabi.ttf from the website of the Trabi-Team Löbau-Zittau. |
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http://www.ainurin.net
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| | Ainur Yanturin's Unified Messaging Center |
| | My ICQ number is 313079164 I'm a 18 years old male from USA I am interested in Programming, Half-Life, somethin' heavy, Biology I speak English, Russian | | | Ainur Yanturin, Click Here to Update Your Details |
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| | [02:00] * Neoalvart le tira una pelotilla a ainur, q ronca |
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| | The Silmarillion In 1000 Words! |
| | I am the King of the Seas and live alone in the oceans | | | The Ainur can be divided intp 2 groups: Valar and Maiar |
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http://www.killermovies.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-293669-the-silmarillion-in-1000-words.html
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| | .::--x---Story That Must Be Told---x--::. |
| | Blog ini adalah hak milik Ainur Roshita Shuhaimi formaly known as awekcun83. | | | Patut time pengsan tuh rase cam Mawi nyanyi lagu Aduhai Ainur kat telinga aku. |
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