But for a long while they sang only each alone, or but few together, while the rest hearkened for each comprehended only that part of the mind of Ilúvatar from which he came, and in the understanding of their brethren they grew but slowly. ![]() And he spoke to them, propounding to them themes of music and they sang before him, and he was glad. There 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. The opening pages of The Silmarillion tell of Ilúvatar, the supreme being of Tolkien's mythos, and how the most powerful of Ilúvatar's creatures, Melkor, brought disharmony into the world. ![]() Excerpted from "Ainulindalë," the first tale in The Silmarillion by J.R.R.
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