Walls of the World
From Tolkien Gateway
The Walls of the World were the walls that surrounded Arda.[1]
Nienna's halls that are "west of West, upon the borders of the world, had windows that looked outward from the walls of teh world.[2]
Morgoth was cast outside them, through the Door of Night, to the Timeless Void.[3]
See also
Other versions of the legendarium
In earlier cosmology such as the Ambarkanta, the Walls of the World were called Ilurambar in Qenya and they bounded the layer of Vaiya.
References
- ↑ Robert Foster, The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Valaquenta: Account of the Valar and Maiar According to the Lore of the Eldar"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"