Timeline for Who or what is the oldest sentient being in Tolkien's lore?
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| Feb 20, 2014 at 0:22 | comment | added | Damon | It seems likely that Eru was the first (it is said Eru was there, the one... of course that doesn't exclude there couldn't be someone else in another place, after all "one" makes no sense when there can't be "two"), and it is clearly told that he created the Ainur and sang to them, blah blah. However, when the Ainur descend into the world, it is said that with them came a lot of spirts and beings. No mention whence they came from. Did Eru create them, or did they come from somewhere else? Were they there first? We don't know. Ungoliath seems to have come from "nowhere", for example. | |
| Feb 19, 2014 at 19:16 | comment | added | Meat Trademark | Now I'm getting greedy with my edit, but I have to ask: Why was this a comment and not answer, Kevin? | |
| Feb 19, 2014 at 19:00 | comment | added | Kevin | Yep, just providing a full list | |
| Feb 19, 2014 at 18:43 | comment | added | Meat Trademark | @Kevin Notice that I did note that about Eru in the OP. | |
| Feb 19, 2014 at 15:55 | comment | added | Kevin | Eru was clearly first, he created the ainur second, and it's generally indicated that Tom Bombadil is tied to Middle-Earth and so third. | |
| Feb 19, 2014 at 14:17 | history | edited | Mike Scott | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 19, 2014 at 14:12 | history | answered | Mike Scott | CC BY-SA 3.0 |