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Karen Wynn Fonstad - Circles of the World

Circles of the World by Karen Wynn Fonstad, from The Atlas of Middle-earth

The Changing of the World was a catastrophic event in the late Second Age when, by Ilúvatar's will, the whole form of Arda was changed from a flat world, as it had been for many millennia before, to a round one, during the Downfall of Númenor.

History[]

After Ar-Pharazôn broke the Ban of the Valar by sending an army to Aman to conquer the Valar and obtain immortality from them, the Valar laid down their guardianship of the world and called upon Eru Ilúvatar, who responded with this great cataclysm that forever changed the world.

Ar-Pharazôn's great fleet was sunk, and he and his soldiers were buried under mounds of falling earth, imprisoned in the Caves of the Forgotten until the end of the world. The great island of Númenor itself was destroyed and fell beneath the waves of the tumultuous sea, becoming "Atalantë" (The Downfallen). The land of Aman and the island of Tol Eressëa were removed from the Circles of the World forever, and could be reached only by Elves sailing west out of Middle-earth, following the Straight Road.

The world from then on was round as the seas and the lands bent back upon themselves. Afterwards, the mariners of mankind who attempted to sail westwards found only the New Lands, and eventually made their way back to where they started. This set the stage for the dominion of Men that would begin in earnest after the War of the Ring.[1][2]

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Verandering van die Wêreld
Albanian Transformimi i botës
Amharic የአለም ለውጥ
Arabic تحول العالم
Armenian Աշխարհի վերափոխումը
Azerbaijani Dünyanın Dəyişiklik
Basque Munduaren eraldaketa
Belarusian Cyrillic Ператварэнне свету
Bengali বিশ্বের রূপান্তর
Bosnian Transformacija svijeta
Bulgarian Cyrillic Трансформация на света
Burmese ကမ္ဘာကြီး၏အသွင်ကူးပြောင်းမှု
Cambodian ការផ្លាស់ប្តូរពិភពលោក
Catalan Canvi del Món
Cebuano Kausaban sa Kalibutan
Corsican Cambiamentu di u mondu
Croatian Transformacija svijeta
Chinese 世界的变化
Czech Transformace světa
Danish Verdens ændring
Dutch Verandering van de Wereld
Esperanto Ŝanĝo de la Mondo
Estonian Maailma muutus
Filipino Pagbabago ng Mundo
Finnish Maailman Muuttuminen
French Changement du Monde
Frisian Feroaring fan 'e wrâld (Western)
Galician Cambio do Mundo
German Wandlung der Welt
Greek Μεταμόρφωση του κόσμου
Gujarati વિશ્વનું પરિવર્તન
Hindi दुनिया का परिवर्तन
Hebrew טרנספורמציה של העולם
Hmong Kev Hloov ntawm Lub Ntiaj Teb
Hungarian A világ átalakulása
Icelandic Heimsskipti
Indonesian Perubahan Dunia
Irish Gaelic Claochlú an Domhain
Italian Trasformazione del Mondo
Japanese 世界の変容
Javanese Owah-owahan Donya
Kannada ಪ್ರಪಂಚದ ಪರಿವರ್ತನೆ
Kazakh Әлем трансформациясы (Cyrillic) Älem transformacïyası (Latin)
Konkani संवसारांतलें रुपांतर
Korean 세계의 변화
Kurdish گۆڕانی جیهان (Sorani) Guhertina dinya (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Дүйнөнүн трансформациясы
Laotian ການຫັນປ່ຽນຂອງໂລກ
Latin Mutatio mundi
Latvian Pasaules transformācija
Lithuanian Pasaulio transformacija
Luxembourgish Verännerung vun der Welt
Macedonian Cyrillic Трансформација на светот
Malaysian Perubahan Dunia
Malayalam ലോകത്തിന്റെ മാറ്റം
Maltese Bidla ta 'l-dinja
Marathi जगाचे परिवर्तन
Mongolian Cyrillic Дэлхийн өөрчлөлт
Nepalese संसारको रूपान्तरण
Norwegian Verdensendring
Persian دگرگونی جهان
Polish Przemiana Świata
Portuguese Mudança do Mundo
Punjabi ਸੰਸਾਰ ਦੀ ਤਬਦੀਲੀ
Romanian Schimbarea din Lumii
Russian Трансформация мира
Sanskrit संसारस्य परिवर्तनम्
Serbian Трансформација света (Cyrillic) Transformacija sveta (Latin)
Sinhalese ලෝකයේ වෙනස්
Slovak Transformácia sveta
Slovenian Preobrazba sveta
Somali Isbedelka ee ah Aduunka
Spanish Cambio del Mundo
Swahili Mabadiliko ya Dunia
Swedish Världsförändring
Tajik Cyrillic Тағйирёбии ҷаҳон
Tamil உலகின் மாற்றம்
Telugu ప్రపంచ మార్పు
Thai การเปลี่ยนแปลงของโลก
Turkish Dünya'nın Değişimi
Turkmen Dünýäniň Üýtgemegi
Ukrainian Cyrillic Перетворення світу
Urdu دنیا کی تبدیلی
Uyghur دۇنيا ئۆزگىرىشى
Uzbek Дунёнинг ўзгариши (Cyrillic) Dunyoning o'zgarishi (Latin)
Vietnamese Sự thay đổi của thế giới
Xhosa Utshintsho lwehlabathi
Yiddish טוישן פון דער וועלט
Yoruba Iyipada ti Agbaye

References[]

  1. The Silmarillion, Akallabêth (The Downfall of Númenor)
  2. The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Third Age, "Introduction"
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