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Word of the Day: Ilúvatar

November 19, 2021      7 Comments

Word of the Day: Ilúvatar – ‘first beginning, sky-father’. He was The One, the creator of the Ainur.

Ilúvatar. Source: LOTR Amino

Tolkien described Ilúvatar as “the first beginning, Lord of always who dwells beyond the world; made it and is not of it or in it, but loves it.”

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