The TRUTH About Tolkien's Planets - Middle-Earth, Arda, and Ea Explained

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In the Lord of the Rings films or Lord of the Rings on Prime series, you might think that the Lord of the Rings occurs on a planet called Middle-Earth. But actually, Middle-Earth is just a continent, like Aman (where Valinor is situated). The planet goes by a different name, Arda, and the universe is known as Ea. Today we're going to explain the differences between all of these different places.

[@kevinstotomas-cf4zu]

I cannot believe that this does not have many views. It literally answered my question that I could not find from other KZbin videos. 👍

[@kreion]

the channel is called "Underrated Moments", duh...

[@LordTelperion]

Arda isn’t special because of Melkor, it’s special because it was chosen by Ilúvatar to be the habitation of his Children, Elves and Mankind.

[@themythmaker1248]

There is nothing saying that Elves and Man didn't exist on EVERY world; but Melkor only existed in Arda.

[@Tar-Elenion]

"Arda, or 'The Kingdom of Arda' (as being directly under the kingship of Eru's vice-gerent Manwe) is not easy to translate, since neither 'earth' nor 'world' are entirely suitable. Physically Arda was what we should call the Solar System." MR, Athrabeth, Note 2 "It is certainly the case with the Elvish traditions that the principal part of Arda was the Earth (Imbar 'The Habitation')."* op.cit. *Ambar is also used for the Earth.

[@fitrahL]

Very informative, thank you for this 👍🔷️

[@nickcunningham6344]

Looked up "lotr how did the earth become round" and this answered that along with much more. Thanks!

[@soupstoreclothing]

thank you! i've always been confused about this and your video really helped

[@ETHRON1]

In the beginning it could actually be Pangaea ultima...

[@Emanon...]

Arda. Erde (German for Earth). Earth. It's quite obvious, really.

[@Byenie0912]

Then Varda should be super powerful considering she created all the stars in Ea

[@Vegan_Kebab_In_My_Hand]

Great video, thanks!

[@SoonGone]

How i always think of the removal of Aman from Arda was if you imagine it being flat then everything forming into a sphere except Aman stayed where it was and in its place on the globe is a new Landmass (the America's). When mortals sail west they carry on sailing around the world until they hit the American continents but when the elves sail back to Valinor at some point in the Atlantic they enter a mist in which the seas of Arda drop away beneath them and they carry on onto the seas of Arda, they hear singing and the mists draw back and they finally behold Aman.

[@محمدجباری-ث1ر]

Just imagine the middle earth and hollow earth and westros become connected 😮!

[@jurgentrockenbau9321]

Dark Lands and Walls Of The Sun ... that's where it gets really interesting. Imagine all the stories that could be told...😎

[@piotrmontgomerytv7786]

7th age of middle earth is the ultimate and final secret which is only found by full heart fans.

[@piotrmontgomerytv7786]

Only part of Arda that was saved from modern-earthification was Valinor the Undying lands Continent since it became it's own planet.

[@DudeBroDaGod]

how dis only have 73 views

[@UnderratedMoments]

Thanks for stopping by DudeBro! I think I just changed my type of content on this channel WAY TOO MUCH and so I got stuck in algorithm hell. Iused to just do Marvel compilation vids, so it'll take time before they figure out I do LOTR Lore and other stuff

[@DudeBroDaGod]

@@UnderratedMoments ok. keep up the good content

[@sonofshadows6290]

@@UnderratedMoments holy crap, the algorithm is messed up

[@Hero_Of_Old]

@@UnderratedMoments Tolkien is much better than Marvel so good choice 😉

[@pyramusk3264]

Thank you. I was half way through the Simarillion and i still didn't quite get it.

[@westower7898]

Arda is basically from Erde, the Germanic languages name for Earth.

[@Henrik.Yngvesson]

It's hard to find this video among all the flat earthers out there 🤣

[@alialialiyah.]

Nice

[@surge1229]

wait Ea that is spelled almost the same as EA so is the gaming company EA all of creation in tolkien's world :D

[@jacobshore5115]

Except for the Umlaut on the A in “Eä”.

[@eonwe3559]

And Aman is the land of the US.

[@Emanon...]

They do have a lot of elf-blade violence. And the Ainur are just like "thoughts and prayers. Let's not politicize this now"...

[@the_real_littlepinkhousefly]

Well... except no. At the breaking of the world (SPOILER ALERT) after Númenor was destroyed, Eru Ilúvatar raised Aman/Valinor from the circles of the earth into a plane above the world where only the Elves and select special non-Elves could go. So no, Aman isn't North America.

[@indigo3726]

America

[@user-bb5mb8qp3n]

Aman is Avalon from the folklore. The numenoreans called it Avalonne, hinting the resemblance. Even in arthurian myths it's a land beyond our world when the hero goes to rest. It's also called the Island of Mist

[@Mad_Catter_]

@@the_real_littlepinkhousefly Absolutely nothing you said refutes the ridiculous claim, this just pits claim against claim.

[@LovePullups]

Then aragorn is Italian

[@piotrmontgomerytv7786]

Roman*

[@dazzanai560]

Tolkien hates analogy

[@the_real_littlepinkhousefly]

I think you meant *allegory* -- and yes, he hated MOST allegory. He was wary of people seeing his works as an allegory of war (the World Wars in particular) or of his Catholic faith. But he even admits in letters that he did fall into that in some ways, and it's hard as a person of Christian faith to not see some very close similarities between Tolkien's writings and his Catholic Christian faith; likewise it's hard not to see the themes of industrialization = bad and rurual/small village life = good. Sometimes writers still make good things out of concepts they don't care for. ^_^

[@amandaharris5055]

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