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{{events| image=| event=Second Spring of Arda| othernames=| date=Occurred with the beginning of the [[Years of the Sun]]| location=[[Arda]]| result=| partof=[[Years of the Trees]]| participants=[[Animals]] and [[plants]]| description=An awakening of living things from the [[Sleep of Yavanna|Sleep]] placed on them by [[Yavanna]]| references= }}
The '''Second Spring of Arda''' was an event which put an end to the [[Sleep of Yavanna|Sleep]] of [[Yavanna]] after the destruction of the [[Two Trees of Valinor|Two Trees]] of [[Valinor]] and the first rising of the [[Sun]] near the end of the [[First Age]].


== History ==
The '''Second Spring of Arda''' was a period that followed the [[Sleep of Yavanna|Sleep]] of [[Yavanna]] after the destruction of the [[Two Trees]] of [[Valinor]] and the [[Darkening of Valinor]]
When the [[Valar]] had completed their labours in the making of [[Arda]], they rested on [[Almaren]] as the life of Arda began to grow beneath the light of the [[Two Lamps|Lamps of the Valar]] in an ancient time of plenty known as the [[Spring of Arda]]. When [[Melkor]] emerged and overthrew the Lamps, [[Middle-earth]] was plunged into darkness, and the Valar departed across the [[Great Sea]] to [[Aman]]. To protect the abandoned growing things of Middle-earth, [[Yavanna]] placed them into a [[Sleep of Yavanna|Sleep]] that would hold them ageless until the time came for their growth to resume.


The Sleep of Yavanna lasted across Middle-earth through the long [[Years of the Trees]], a period of nearly fifteen thousand years as time would be measured by the [[Sun]]. While Aman was lit by the shining [[Light of Valinor|Light]] of the [[Two Trees of Valinor|Trees]], Middle-earth lay under permanent [[star|starlight]]. Only in [[Beleriand]], where the [[Maiar|Maia]] [[Melian]] dwelt with [[King of Doriath|King]] [[Thingol]] in [[Doriath]], did the Sleep relent and growth resume east of the Great Sea.
Τhe [[Valar]] sent out two great vessels carry the [[Moon]] and [[Sun]] into the sky and bring light to all of [[Arda]]. With the first coming of sunlight to [[Middle-earth]], the Sleep of Yavanna ended, and the sleeping things across the world came to life once more and began to grow. Thus, this reawakening of life at the first rising of the Sun is the time known as the Second [[Spring of Arda]].
 
After the [[Darkening of Valinor]] and the loss of the Two Trees, the Valar sent out two great vessels carry the [[Moon]] and [[Sun]] into the sky and bring light to all of [[Arda]]. With the first coming of sunlight to [[Middle-earth]], the Sleep of Yavanna reached its end, and the growing things across the world came to life once more. Thus, this reawakening of life at the first rising of the Sun is the time known as the Second [[Spring of Arda]].


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 09:00, 11 July 2021

Second Spring of Arda
Event
LocationArda
DateOccurred with the beginning of the Years of the Sun
Part ofYears of the Trees
ParticipantsAnimals and plants
DescriptionAn awakening of living things from the Sleep placed on them by Yavanna

The Second Spring of Arda was a period that followed the Sleep of Yavanna after the destruction of the Two Trees of Valinor and the Darkening of Valinor

Τhe Valar sent out two great vessels carry the Moon and Sun into the sky and bring light to all of Arda. With the first coming of sunlight to Middle-earth, the Sleep of Yavanna ended, and the sleeping things across the world came to life once more and began to grow. Thus, this reawakening of life at the first rising of the Sun is the time known as the Second Spring of Arda.

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