Tolkien gives the fullest account of the creation myth in the Ainulindalë ("Music of the Ainur"). His son Christopher, editing The Silmarillion which he published after Tolkien's death, considered adjusting the text to comply with Tolkien's wish to return to the Round World Version, but decided against it, not least because the story of the submerging of Númenor relies intrinsically on the Flat World cosmology.įurther information: Cosmology of Tolkien's legendarium An early stage in the Flat World Version of Tolkien's cosmology, complete with two enormous lamps, fixed on tall pillars, that gave the world its light. He continued to redraft his published works to make them compatible with a round world version for most of the rest of his life. He planned a new round world version, but only got as far as an outline. He felt that postulating an ancient flat world detracted from the believability of his writings. Tolkien abandoned the Round World Version before completion of The Lord of the Rings but later regretted this decision. In the Round World Version, the Earth is created spherical from the beginning. In that version, the Earth was created flat and was changed to round as a cataclysmic event during the Second Age in order to prevent direct access by Men to Valinor, home of the immortals. Tolkien's legendarium as it appears in The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings. The Round World Version is an alternative creation myth to the version of J.R.R.
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