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	Ainur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Ainur were the 'offspring of Ilúvatar's thought', and each was given understanding only of that part of the mind of Ilúvatar from which he or she came.
		Through the Music of the Ainur, Ilúvatar created a Vision of the World; he showed it to the Ainur, and explained much of its nature and destiny to them - so the Ainur have much knowledge of the World, but are not omniscient.
		From her, a strain of the Ainur entered the bloodlines of the Elves and Men, passed down through generation after generation, and was still present at the time of the War of the Ring.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ainur (552 words)

	Ainur - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Origins of the Ainur: The Ainur were the first, and mightiest, beings created by Ilúvatar in the depths of time before the beginning of the World.
		The Ainur and the World: Through the Music of the Ainur, Ilúvatar created a Vision of the World; he showed it to the Ainur, and explained much of its nature and destiny to them - so the Ainur have much knowledge of the World, but are not omniscient.
		The Line of Melian: Among the many Ainur that entered the World long ago, there was one of the order of the Maiar named Melian.
	www.free-web-encyclopedia.com /?t=Ainur (532 words)

	Council of Elrond :: LotR News and Information
		The Ainur (singular 'Ainu') were the Holy Ones, who were offspring of the thought of Eru.
		When Arda was created in the Void through the Music of the Ainur some of the Ainur went down to it.
		These Ainur are bound to the world until its end, when they will make an even greater music with the Children of Ilúvatar.
	www.councilofelrond.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=Encyclopedia&file=index&action=DisplayTerm&pn_vid=&pn_id=4688 (265 words)

	Ainur -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Melkor and many of the other mighty Ainur desired to descend into it and form it in readiness for the coming of the (Click link for more info and facts about Children of Ilúvatar) Children of Ilúvatar (that is, Elves and (The force of workers available) Men).
		Alone of all the Ainur, she wedded one of the Children of Ilúvatar, King Elu (Click link for more info and facts about Thingol) Thingol of (Click link for more info and facts about Doriath) Doriath.
		From her, a strain of the Ainur entered the bloodlines of the Elves and Men, passed down through generation after generation, and was still present at the time of the (Click link for more info and facts about War of the Ring) War of the Ring.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/Ai/Ainur.htm (614 words)

	Ainulindalë - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ilúvatar made divine music with them ("Ainulindalë" translates from Quenya as the Music of the Holy, commonly referred to simply as Music of the Ainur).
		Then Ilúvatar began the music once more, in which Manwë Sulimo, Melkor's brother, sang the leading part.
		This is the reason why Men are not constrained by the fate of the Music like the Elves and other beings of Arda are.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_the_Ainur (316 words)

	Guide to the Silmarillion-Stories of the Valar: The Music of the Ainur
		Then the Ainur lifted their voices up in song, and the beauty of their song filled all the depths and heights, and the echo of their song went out into the Void, and it was no longer void.
		The Music of the Ainur is a story from before the beginning of the world, and it explains how the world came to be and why the evil and discord that spread throughout Middle-Earth arose.
		It was because of the evil thoughts of Melkor that Middle-Earth could not be the perfect and beautiful world that Ilúvatar had envisioned and why the Valar, Elves, and Men had to contend with and fight the evil for all of their days.
	www.english.ilstu.edu /students/ajkapla/Final/music.htm (626 words)

	Ainur article - Ainur Valarin J. R. R. Tolkien Arda Spoiler warning Ilúvatar Eä Music - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Ainur are the spirits who existed with Ilúvatar and helped him to create the Universe, Eä, through the Music of the Ainur.
		The lesser Ainur that accompanied the Valar into Arda are known as the Maiar.
		Ainur article - Ainur definition - what means Ainur
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Ainur (127 words)

	Morgoth -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		During the Music of the Ainur Melkor directly competed with Eru's theme, and managed to draw many lesser Ainur to him.
		When Eru revealed the results of their song to the (Click link for more info and facts about Ainur) Ainur (the material world, called Arda), Melkor was one of the first to descend into it, mainly from this desire.
		His name among the Ainur (used by both servant and enemy) was recorded as Melkor, in an old form Melkórë, which is actually (Click link for more info and facts about Quenya) Quenya for "he who arises in might".
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/morgoth.htm (2179 words)

	Ainulindalë (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ilúvatar made divine music with them("Ainulindalë" translates from Quenya as the Music of the Ainur).
		Ilúvatar thenceased the music, and showed to the Ainur the essence of what their song symbolized, the history of a whole world.
		Four of the Ainur who possessed the greatest power formed a region of Eä which they called Arda, a world which was to be the scene of all the following tales of the Silmarillion.Melkor, who was one of the four, attempted to take it for his own.
	www.therfcc.org /ainulindal%EB-80806.html (304 words)

	Three Themes \| Lord of the Rings Fanatics Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The greatest music ever made, which was ultimately the source of the Creation of Arda, is the Music of the Ainur, which evolved in a series of Three Themes.
		The Ainur closest to Melkor began to be confused or to take on the discordant theme and incorporate it into their music.
		The music continued to grow until all the halls and places where the Ainur lived were shaken by its sounds.
	www.lotrlibrary.com /agesofarda/threethemes.asp (847 words)

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		The visual image of the Music of the Ainur, made by God to show the Ainur (Gods) the nature of their Music.
		While each of the Ainur knew that part of the Music which he or she (or together with someone else) had sung, only in the Vision could they perceive the whole pattern of the World (Eä).
		One of the dimensions of the structure of Eä (Being), the sequence of the chords of God sung in the Music of the Ainur.
	home.hetnet.nl /~thdefeber/00GOD.doc (1562 words)

	Ainur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Ainur (from Valarin Ayanûz; singularAinu) are a fictional race from J.
		The Ainur are the spirits who existed with Ilúvatar and helped him to createthe world Arda through the Music of the Ainur.
		Thelesser Ainur that accompanied the Valar into Arda are known as the Maiar.
	www.therfcc.org /ainur-4087.html (102 words)

	ainur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Ainur (from Valarin Ayanûz; singular Ainu) are a fictional race from J.
		The Ainur are the spirits who existed with Ilúvatar and helped him to create the world Arda through the Music of the Ainur.
		The fifteenth, Melkor, who was orginally considered a Vala, became the first Dark Lord.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /ainur.html (153 words)

	Silverdelve
		The Ainur are many and vary in power from the humblest spirit of tree or stone to the mightiest of the Powers of Arda - these are the Valar.
		For all seas, lakes, rivers, fountains and springs are in his government; so that the Elves say that the spirit of Ulmo runs in all the veins of the world.
		So great was her sorrow, as the Music unfolded, that her song turned to lamentation long before its end, and the sound of mourning was woven into the themes of the World before it began.
	www.silverdelve.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /pages/LoreValar.htm (2123 words)

	TolkienWiki: Ainulindalë
		The Great Music, developed and sung by the Ainur to the themes declared by Ilúvatar.
		In this music the world was foreseen and later brought into existence by Ilúvatars act of creation: Eä.
		The name Ainulindalë is also used for the account of the creation of Eä, which is said to have first been written by Rúmil in the FirstAge, brought to Middle-earth by the exiles of the Noldor and preserved by Bilbo's translation in the Red Book of Westmarch.
	www.thetolkienwiki.org /wiki.cgi?Music__of__the__Ainur (80 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ainur
		Eru (the One), also called Ilúvatar (the Father of All), is the name in the legendarium of J.R.R. Tolkien for the supreme God, the creator of the angels (Ainur) and the universe (Eä;).
		In the fiction of J. Tolkien, Eä; is the Quenya language name for the universe, as a realization of the vision of the Ainur.
		A map of Arda before the end of the First Age, courtesy of the Encyclopedia of Arda In the works of J. Tolkien, Arda is the world in which all of the events occur, including the continents of Middle-earth and Aman.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ainur (1472 words)

	Iluvatar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He made the Ainur, the ‘Holy Ones’, and and with them they created the Music of the Ainur.
		Fourteen of the great Ainur became the Valar, the fifteenth (Melkor) turned away from that path and became the first Dark Lord.
		Through The Music of the Ainur, Ilúvatar created a vision, which is called the Vision of Ilúvatar.
	heriwen.home.comcast.net /html/iluvatar.html (114 words)

	Ilúvatar and the Ainur
		This was what the tales call the Music of the Ainur, in which great themes were made as individual spirits sought supremacy or harmony according to their nature.
		The Music became the Doom of Arda and the fate of every race was bound to it, save that of the late-coming race of Men, whose end nobody but Ilúvatar knew.
		It speaks also of how the Ainur brought forth Light and the Count of Time, and how there were terrible wars among them that shook Arda; and it gives the names and forms of many of the mightiest of the race.
	members.chello.nl /~f.debresser/Lotr/Iluvatar.html (876 words)

	New Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock I
		The music is more flavoured with Mexican influences than their other material, but still recalls the spirit of the Italian bands of the seventies.
		A well-constructed music with themes and sub-themes, which is based more on the mature interplay of the instruments, and of musical themes than on catchy tunes, though there are some nice Anatolion melodies interlocking the tracks.
		The music is a Camel-style mixture of symphonic rock, light jazz and folk-style melodies based on the colourful and highly melodic interplay of flute, organ, string synthesizer and somewhat subdued electric guitar.
	www.gepr.net /i.html (15313 words)

	10-31-00: Re: Bombadil Solution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The idea that Bombadil is a walking remnant of the Music of the Ainur is a pretty neat idea, and the most original one that I have seen.
		The Music of the Ainur’s purpose was to create and sculpt Arda, not produce the Children of Iluvatar.
		Yes, the fates and actions of Children of Iluvatar were “interwoven” into the themes, and the final theme was kept secret from the Ainur, but the Children’s genesis was not part of the songs.
	www.tolkien-movies.com /forum/2000/10-31-00a.shtml (642 words)

	Rebellion of Melkor \| Lord of the Rings Fanatics Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		To Melkor among the Ainur had been given the greatest gifts of power and knowledge, and he had a share in all the gifts of his brethren.
		Melkor is of the race of the Ainur.
		This Ainu started the discord in the Music of the Ainur, for he wanted to bring beings into life himself.
	www.lotrlibrary.com /agesofarda/rebellionofmelkor.asp (512 words)

	BoLT: The Music of the Ainur - THE TOLKIEN FORUM
		Iluvatar gave the Ainur an outline to work with, and while this isn't said in the Ainulindale of the published Silmarillion, this is how I had looked at it.
		While kindled you with indicated to me that the first was used to start the concept of the creation of Ainur, like the fire was used to make their most central essence and the Ainur were built around it.
		Through him has pain and misery been made in the clash of overwhelming musics; and with confusion of sound have cruelty, and ravening, and darkness, loathly mire and all putrescence of thought or thing, foul mists and violent flame, cold without mercy, been born, and death without hope.
	www.thetolkienforum.com /showthread.php?t=10683 (2119 words)

	Spoken word, music and video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Gene Hargrove, The Music of Middle-earth: A Musical Journey from the Shire to Rivendell.
		Gene Hargrove, The Music of Middle-earth Songbook: A Musical Journey from the Shire to Rivendell.
		In March 1994 the musical `Blad van Klein' was performed in the Netherlands, based on Tolkien`s story Leaf by Niggle.
	www.xs4all.nl /~rossnbrg/audvis.htm (3888 words)

	Manwë article - Manwë J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth Valarin Valar Varda Dark Lord - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He lives atop Mount Taniquetil, the highest mountain of the world.
		Manwë is (after Melkor) the eldest of the Ainur, and the one that best understood the will of Eru.
		When Melkor created the discord in the Music of the Ainur, Manwë took over leading the song.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Manwe (326 words)

	Curriculum ideas for Key Stage 3 Music - The Tolkien Society
		Having mastered the musical cliches used in this unit, the children could write compositions illustrating some scenes from Tolkien's works.
		Give the class a germ idea, as specified in the QCA unit and ask the children to compose on it a set of variations illustrating the Ainulindale(music of the Ainur) from
		Provide the children with such musical material as needed.
	www.tolkiensociety.org /ed/ks3_music.html (648 words)

	The music of the Ainur... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring if his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made.
		And he spoke to them, propounding to them themes of music; and they sang before him, and he was glad.
		But for a long while they sang only each alone, or but few together, while the rest hearkened; for each comprehended only that part of mind of Ilúvatar from which he came, and in the understanding of their brethren they grew but slowly.
	user.cs.tu-berlin.de /~iluvatar/name_e.html (234 words)

	Encyclopedia: Music of the Ainur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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		Four of the Ainur who possessed the greatest power formed a region of Eä which they called Arda, a world which was to be the scene of all the following tales of the Silmarillion.
		They descended to Arda too and helped him and thus Melkor was forced to flee to some unknown part of Eä.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Music-of-the-Ainur (414 words)

	TolkienWiki: Eä
		The realisation of the Music of the Ainur which begun to exist when the Creator said "Eä", hence considered by Elves its name.
		It comprises Arda, the heavens and is animated by the SecretFire, bound by the priciples of space, time and matter.
		And suddenly the Ainur saw afar off a light, as it were a cloud with a living heart of flame; and they knew that this was no vision only, but that Ilúvatar had made a new thing: Eä, the World that is.
	www.thetolkienwiki.org /wiki.cgi?E%e4 (170 words)

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