Ilmen

starlit region above the air

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In briefanswer capsule

Ilmen is a starry zone that lies above the air. Once the Trees’ blossom and fruit had been set in vessels and hallowed, Varda took charge of them as heavenly lights. She granted them strength to pass through Ilmen’s lower belt and fixed their paths above the Earth’s girdle, west to east and home again, closer to Arda than the older stars and outshining them, so Middle-earth might receive light and Melkor’s work be checked.

Sources

The Silmarillion — Quenta Silmarillion, ch. 11, Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor

Cite this page

Legendarium (2026): „Ilmen“. Last updated August 18, 2026. https://www.legendarium.page/places/ilmen/

APA

Legendarium. (2026). Ilmen. Last updated August 18, 2026. https://www.legendarium.page/places/ilmen/

MLA

„Ilmen“. Legendarium, 2026, https://www.legendarium.page/places/ilmen/. Last updated August 18, 2026.

BibTeX

@misc{legendarium-ilmen-en,
  title        = {Ilmen},
  author       = {{Legendarium}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.legendarium.page/places/ilmen/}},
  note         = {Last updated August 18, 2026}
}