page_title: Ainur (Middle-earth)
section_title: Reception
hierarchical_section_title: Ainur (Middle-earth) / Reception
caption_attribution_description: Title: Balders død Français&#160;: La mort de Baldr English: Baldr's Death Country of origin: Denmark Other notes: Français&#160;: Baldr est couché au premier plan. Il vient d’être frappé par le projectile de Höd. Le frère aveugle de Baldr est debout à gauche, tendant les bras. Tout à gauche, Loki essaie de dissimuler son sourire. Odin est assis au milieu des Ases. Thor est à sa gauche. À l’arrière-plan, on peut apercevoir Yggdrasil et les trois Nornes. English: Baldr is lying in the foreground. He has just been hit by Höd’s missile. Höd, Baldr’s blind brother, is standing on the left, stretching his arms out. On the very left, Loki tries to conceal his smile. Odin is sitting in the middle of the Æsir. Thor is on his left. Yggdrasil and the three Norns can be seen in the background.
context_page_description: The Ainur are the immortal spirits existing before Creation in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe. These were the first beings made of the thought of Eru Ilúvatar. They were able to sing such beautiful music that the world was created out of it.
caption: Critics have noted the similarity of the Valar to the Æsir, the strong and combative Norse gods of Asgard.[1][2] Painting by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1817
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