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Location
A continent originally lying in the far West of Arda, removed from the world (thus becoming 'Otherworld') after the Downfall of Númenor in II 3319
Origins
Races
Settlements
Numerous halls, mansions and fortresses; the city of the Valar was Valimar, and the Elves' most important cities were Tirion and Alqualondë
Important peaks
Taniquetil in the Pelóri
Passes
Meaning
Other names
Aman, The Ancient West, The Blessed Realm, The Deathless Lands, The Far West, The Twilight, The Undying Lands, The Undying Realm, The Uttermost West, The West, West over Sea, West of the World, West-that-was
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OtherworldA name for the lost West
Otherworld in the distant West (based on sketch-maps from volumes IV and V of The History of Middle-earth)
Otherworld in the distant West (based on sketch-maps from volumes IV and V of The History of Middle-earth)
A poetic name used by Bilbo in his "Song of Eärendil", referring to the lands of Aman beyond the Great Sea. Since the Downfall of Númenor in the late Second Age, these lands had been taken away from the mortal world, and could no longer be reached by ship, except to those permitted to the travel the Straight Road. To mortals, then, the lands of the distant West belonged to a different world, hence the name 'Otherworld'. Indexes: About this entry:
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