The Eastern Sea,[1] also known as the East Sea[2] and the Rising of the Sun,[3] was a vast and ancient sea in Arda.
History[]
The Eastern Sea came into being after Melkor threw down the Two Lamps which destroyed Almaren and the perfect symmetry of Arda in the chaos and destruction that followed. At one point it is shown on a map of Arda after the destruction Almaren, being simply between the new Endor (Middle-earth) and the new Burnt Land of the Sun. In this very early time, the Eastern Sea is shown as having a very simple C-shape with no connection to the also newly formed Belegaer.[4]
By the time of the Great Journey of Elves, the maps show the Eastern Sea as a vast curved ocean spanning thousands of miles between Middle-earth's uttermost east and its Hither Lands to the uttermost south, and the mysterious Dark Land, and also extending into a more narrow area between the Dark Land and the Burnt Land of the Sun. At this time, it is not known whether it had any connections to the Belegaer in the south of the world but it did share a connection with the Ekkaia in the north of the world.[4]
After the First Age and the War of Wrath, the maps show the Eastern Sea's part between Middle-earth and the Dark Land now known as the Inner Seas and the Eastern Sea limited to the sea between the Dark Land's eastern coast, and the Burnt Land of the Sun's western coast. The Númenórean mariners were known to have sailed this sea coming from the darkness in the far north of the world where the Inner Seas connected with the Ekkaia. Here, they glimpsed the place of the rising Sun and sailed down to the Nether Darkness in the farthest south of the world.[5][6]
It may be possible that there were paths between the Eastern Sea and Belegaer since it was said that "in the days of the Dark Kings…a man could still walk dry-shod from the Rising of the Sun to the Sea of its setting".[3] However, it is likely, due to the usage of the word "still", that these paths, wherever they were, ceased to exist after the Change of the World.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Oos See |
| Albanian | Lindja Deti |
| Amharic | ምሥራቅ ባህር |
| Arabic | بحر الشرق |
| Armenian | Արեւելք ծով |
| Assamese | পূব সাগৰ |
| Azerbaijani | Şərq Dəniz |
| Bashkir | Көнсығыш Диңгеҙ |
| Basque | Ekialde Itsaso |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Усход Мора |
| Bengali | পূর্ব সমুদ্র |
| Bhojpuri | पूरबी समुंदर |
| Bosnian | Istok More |
| Breton | Reter Mor |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Изток Море |
| Burmese | အရှေ့ဘက်ပင်လယ် |
| Cambodian | សមុទ្រខាងកើត |
| Catalan | Est Mar |
| Cebuano | Sidlakan Dagat |
| Chinese | 東 海 |
| Cornish | Est Mor |
| Corsican | Mare Orientale |
| Croatian | Istok More |
| Czech | Východ Moře |
| Danish | Østhavet |
| Dutch | Oost Zee |
| Esperanto | Orienta Maro |
| Estonian | Ida Meri |
| Filipino | Silangan Dagat |
| Finnish | Itä Meri |
| French | Mer de l'Est |
| Galician | Leste Mar |
| Georgian | აღმოსავლეთი ზღვა |
| German | Ostmeer |
| Greek | Ανατολή Θάλασσα |
| Gujarati | પૂર્વ સમુદ્ર |
| Haitian Creole | Lès Lanmè |
| Hebrew | מזרח ים |
| Hindi | पूर्व सागर |
| Hungarian | Kelet Tenger |
| Indonesian | Laut Timur |
| Icelandic | Austur Sjór |
| Irish Gaelic | Oirthear Farraige |
| Italian | Mare Orientale/Mare dell'Est |
| Japanese | 東 海 |
| Javanese | Wétan Segara |
| Kannada | ಪೂರ್ವ ಸಮುದ್ರ |
| Kazakh Cyrillic | Шығыс Теңіз (Cyrillic) Şığıs Teñiz (Latin) |
| Komi | Асыввыв Саридз |
| Konkani | उदेंतेकडलो दर्या |
| Korean | 동해 |
| Kurdish | دەریای ڕۆژهەڵات (Sorani) Rojhilat Derya (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Чыгыш деңиз |
| Laotian | ທະເລຕາເວັນອອກ |
| Latin | Oriens Mare |
| Latvian | Austrumi Jūra |
| Lithuanian | Rytai Jūra |
| Luxembourgish | Osten Mier |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Исток Море |
| Maithili | पूर्वी समुद्र |
| Malaysian | Timur Laut |
| Maltese | Lvant Baħar |
| Malayalam | ഈസ്റ്റ് സീ |
| Manx | Mooir Hiar |
| Marathi | पूर्व दिशा समुद्र |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Дорно Тэнгис |
| Nepalese | पूर्व समुद्र |
| Newari | वंता समुद्र |
| Norwegian | Øst Hav |
| Occitan | Èst Mar |
| Pashto | ختيځ د بحر د |
| Persian | دریای شرقی |
| Polish | Wschód Morze |
| Portuguese | Mar do Leste |
| Punjabi | ਪੂਰਬ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ |
| Romanian | Est Mare |
| Romansh | Ost Mar |
| Russian | Восток Море |
| Sakha | Илин Байҕал |
| Samoan | Sase Sami |
| Sanskrit | पूर्वी समुद्र |
| Scottish Gaelic | An ear a 'mhuir |
| Serbian | Исток Море (Cyrillic) Istok More (Latin) |
| Shona | Mabvazuva Gungwa |
| Sindhi | اوڀر سمنڊ |
| Sinhalese | නැගෙනහිර මුහුද |
| Slovak | Východ More |
| Slovenian | Vzhod Morje |
| Somali | Bari Bad |
| Spanish | Mar del Este |
| Sundanese | Wétan Sagara |
| Swahili | Mashariki Bahari |
| Swedish | Öster Hav |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Шарқ Баҳр |
| Tamil | கிழக்கு கடல் |
| Tatar | Көнчыгыш Диңгез |
| Telugu | తూర్పు సముద్రం |
| Thai | ทิศตะวันออก ทะเล |
| Tulu | ಮೂಡಾಯಿ ಕಡಲ್ |
| Turkish | Doğu Deniz |
| Turkmen | Gündogar deňzi |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Схід Море |
| Urdu | مشرق بحیرہ |
| Uzbek | Еаст Сеа (Cyrillic) Sharq Dengiz (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Biển Đông |
| Welsh | Môr Dwyrain |
| Xhosa | ULwandle lwaseMpuma |
| Yiddish | מיזרח ים |
References[]
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth: The Shaping of Middle-earth, "V. The Ambarkanta: Of the Fashion of the World", pg. 239
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth: The Shaping of Middle-earth, "V. The Ambarkanta: Map IV", pg. 249
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The History of Middle-earth: The Peoples of Middle-earth, "Tal-Elmar", pg. 423
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Introduction"
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, "Voyages of the Númenóreans"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Akallabêth (The Downfall of Númenor)