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Karen Wynn Fonstad - Spring of Arda

Spring of Arda by Karen Wynn Fonstad from The Atlas of Middle-earth

The Spring of Arda was a time period before the Awakening of the Children of Ilúvatar toward the end of the Days before days. Its name refers to the first flourish, brought by the Valar, of natural life on Arda.

History[]

In this period before the Elves appeared, the Valar had ordered the world as they wished and rested upon Almaren (their first kingdom), and Melkor lurked beyond the Walls of Night. During this time, the Vala Yavanna planted the seeds that she had long prepared, and the first plants and forests started to grow. Animals and other beasts now appeared and began to thrive across the Earth. Entering a time of rest and leisure after their great labors, the Valar made a great feast and celebrated, and Tulkas married Nessa.

The Elder Days by Bmosig

The Elder Days, by Bmosig

With Tulkas after this asleep, Melkor decided to return to Arda, and came and settled in the far north where the light of Illuin was dim. There he began delving the deeps of a great fortress, Utumno, and there made his plans to despoil the works of the Valar. He blighted and poisoned the earth causing living things to fall sick and rot. Knowing that it could only be the work of Melkor, they began to search for him but Melkor was already prepared and before they could find him, he struck destroying the two Lamps of the Valar.

The fall of the great pillars of the lamps threw the seas into chaos and set the center of the world ablaze, as great flames poured out from the fallen lamps. In this catastrophe the Valar were too occupied in restraining the tumults of the world to seek out Melkor. The Spring of Arda ended, with Almaren destroyed.

Shortly afterwards, the Valar removed to Aman far away, where they fenced themselves in and created the Two Trees of Valinor to light their home. This began a new era, the Years of the Trees.[1]

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Lente van Arda
Albanian Pranvera e Arda
Amharic ዓርዳ ስለ ፀደይ
Arabic ربيع أرضا
Armenian Գարնանը Արդա
Azerbaijani Bahar Arda
Basque Arda udaberrian
Belarusian Cyrillic вясной Арда
Bengali আর্দা বসন্তে
Bosnian Proljeće Arda
Bulgarian Cyrillic Пролетта на Арда
Burmese ၏နွေဦးအရ္ဒ​ ?
Cambodian និទាឃរដូវនៃការារដា ?
Catalan Primavera d'Arda
Cebuano Tingpamulak sa Arda
Chichewa Masika a Arda
Chinese 阿尔达的春天
Corsican Primavera di Arda
Croatian Proljeće od Arda
Czech Jaro z Ardy
Danish Foråret af Arda
Dutch Voorjaar van Arda
Esperanto Printempo de Arda
Estonian Kevadel Arda
Fijian Ena vulaitubutubu ni Arda
Filipino Tagsibol ng Arda
Finnish Ardan kevät
French Printemps d'Arda
Frisian Maitiid fan Arda
Galician Primavera de Arda
Georgian საგაზაფხულო არდა
German Frühling von Arda
Greek Την άνοιξη του Άρντα
Gujarati આર્ડા વસંત
Haitian Creole Prentan de Arda
Hawaiian Kupulau o Arda
Hebrew האביב של ארדה
Hindi आर्द के वसंत
Hmong Caij nplooj ntoos hlav ntawm Arda
Hungarian Tavaszán Arda
Icelandic Vorið af Arda
Indonesian Musim semi Arda
Irish Gaelic Earrach na Arda
Italian Primavera di Arda
Japanese アルダの春
Kannada ಆರ್ದ​ ಸ್ಪ್ರಿಂಗ್
Kazakh Cyrillic Арда Көктем
Korean 아르다의 봄
Kurdish Bihar ji Arda (Kurmanji Kurdish)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Арда жаз
Latin Fons Arada
Latvian Arda pavasara
Lithuanian Arda pavasarį
Luxembourgish Fréijoer vun Arda
Macedonian Cyrillic Пролетта на Арда
Maltese Rebbiegħa tal Arda
Malay Musim bunga Arda
Maori Puna o Arda
Marathi आर्दा च्या वसंत ऋतु
Mongolian Cyrillic Арда-ийн хавар
Nepalese आर्द को वसन्त
Norwegian Våren av Arda
Pashto د پسرلي آردا
Persian بهار آردا
Polish Wiosna z Ardy
Portuguese Primavera de Arda
Punjabi ਆਰ੍ਦ ਦੀ ਬਸੰਤ
Querétaro Otomi Nk'ants'i Arda
Romanian Primăvară de Arda
Russian Весна Арды
Samoan O le tautotogo o le Arda
Scottish Gaelic Earrach de Àrda
Serbian Пролеће од Арда (Cyrillic) Proleće od Arda (Latin)
Sesotho Nakong ea selemo ka Arda
Shona Muchirimo Arda
Sinhalese ආර්ද වසන්තයේ
Slovak Jar Ardy
Slovenian Spomladi Arda
Somalian Guga ee Arda
Spanish Primavera de Arda
Sudanese Cinyusu tina Arda
Swahili Majira ya kuchipua ya Arda
Swedish Våren av Arda
Tahitian Tau faatupuraa raau o te Arda
Tajik Cyrillic Баҳор аз Арда
Tamil அடாவின் வசந்தம் ?
Telugu ఆర్ద వసంతకాలంలో
Thai ฤดูใบไม้ผลิของอาร์ดา
Tongan Fa'ahita'u failau 'o e Arda
Turkish Arda bahar
Ukrainian Cyrillic весна Арди
Urdu موسم بہار کی ?
Uzbek Баҳорги Арда (Cyrillic) Bahorgi Arda (Latin)
Vietnamese Mùa xuân của Arda
Welsh Gwanwyn o Arda
Yiddish ספּרינג פון אַרדאַ
Yucatec Maya Yáax k'iino' u Arda

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