Timeless Void

The Timeless Void, also known as the Abyss, was a conception of the state of Not-being, outside Creation or Eä. It should not, however, be confused with the conception of vast spaces within Eä, especially those conceived to lie all about the enisled Kingdom of Arda.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. X: Morgoth's Ring, Myths Transformed
== History ==
Eru Ilúvatar dwelt in the Timeless Halls, which were separate from the Timeless Void. Before the creation of Eä, Morgoth searched the Timeless Void thoroughly for Airefëa, the source of Eru's creative power, but was unsuccessful. It is believed that many creatures originated in the Timeless Void due to the discords in the Music of the Ainur caused by Morgoth.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter I: "Of the Beginning of Days"
After Eä was created, the Timeless Void still existed beyond it. At the same time, Eä contained vast spaces within itself, which separated Arda from many other, unknown worlds, where the other Ainur laboured, but their numbers and names were unfathomable for the minds of the Children of Ilúvatar. Only the Valar could know them.
Later, after his downfall in the War of Wrath, the Dark Lord Morgoth was cast out through the Door of Night into the Timeless Void, i.e. outside Time and Space and outside Eä altogether; but legends predicted his return before the Dagor Dagorath, at the end of time.The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
The Wizard Gandalf, after his revival into Gandalf the White, told cryptically of his experience passing through the Abyss after his death on Zirakzigil.The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Three, Ch. V: "The White Rider"
== Other names ==
The Timeless Void was also known as the Outer Void, the Everlasting Dark, the Ancient Darkness, and the Outside.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Leemte
Albanian 	I pavlefshëm
Arabic 	الفراغ
Armenian 	անվավեր
Azerbaijani 	Etibarsız
Belarusian Cyrillic	пустата
Bengali 	অকার্যকর
Bosnian 	Praznina
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Небитие
Burmese 	လယာ
Cambodian 	ចាត់ទុកជាមោឃៈ
Catalan 	Nul
Cebuano 	Kahaw
Corsican 	Immensu
Croatian 	Ništavilo
Czech 	Prázdnota
Danish 	Den Tidsløse Intethed (Intet)
Dutch 	Leegte
Esperanto 	Malplenon
Estonian 	Tühjus
Faroese 	Ósettur
Filipino 	Kahungkagan
Finnish 	Tyhjyys
French 	Vide
Georgian 	ბათილად
German 	Leere
Greek 	Κενό
Gujarati 	રદબાતલ
Haiti Creole 	Anile
Hebrew 	בָּטֵל
Hindi 	शून्य
Hungarian 	Üres
Icelandic 	Tómarúm
Indonesian 	Kehampaan
Igbo 	Adabaghi
Irish Gaelic 	Neamhní
Italian 	Il Vuoto
Japanese 	空洞
Kannada 	ಶೂನ್ಯ
Kazakh 	Жарамсыз (Cyrillic) Jaramsız (Latin)
Korean 	빈
Kurdish 	Nederbas (Kurmanji Kurdish)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Боштук
Latin 	Vacuum
Latvian 	Tukšums
Lithuanian 	Niekinis
Luxembourgish 	Ongëlteg
Macedonian Cyrillic	празнина
Malaysian 	Tidak sah
Malayalam 	ശൂനം
Manx 	Follym
Marathi 	रिकामा
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Хүчин төгөлдөр бус
Nepalese 	शून्य
Norwegian 	Tomrom
Occitan 	Vuèg
Pashto 	باطل
Persian 	باطل شدن
Polish 	Pustka
Portuguese 	Vazio
Punjabi 	ਬੇਕਾਰ
Romanian 	Nimicnicie
Russian 	Пустота
Scottish Gaelic 	Gun stàth
Serbian 	Празнина (Cyrillic) Praznina (Latin)
Sesotho 	Hlokisa
Sinhalese 	ප්රාණියකු
Slovak 	Prázdnota
Slovenian 	Praznine
Spanish 	Vacío
Sundanese 	Kakosongan
Swedish 	Vakuum/Tomrum/Tomhet
Tajik Cyrillic 	холӣ
Tamil 	வெற்றிடத்தை
Telugu 	శూన్యమైన
Thai 	สุญญภูมิ
Turkish 	Geçersiz
Turkmen 	Boşluk
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Порожнеча
Urdu 	خلا
Uzbek 	Ҳафсаласизлик (Cyrillic) Hafsalasizlik (Latin)
Yiddish 	פּאָסל
Yoruba 	Ṣ'ofo
== References ==
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