Eru Ilúvatar

Eru Ilúvatar was the supreme deity of Arda. He was the single creator, above the Valar, but delegated almost all direct action within Eä to the Ainur, including the shaping of the world.
Eru was central to parts of The Silmarillion, but was not mentioned by name in Tolkien's most famous works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, although he was alluded to as "the One" in a part of Appendix A speaking of the downfall of Númenor, and in "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan" in Unfinished Tales as "the One who is above all thrones for ever".
==Biography==
Eru is transcendent, existing beyond the world. He first created a group of angelic beings, called in Elvish the "Ainur," who were co-actors in the creation of Arda through a holy music and chanting called the Music of the Ainur. He was also known as "the All-Powerful", and he alone could create independent life, or reality, using the Flame Imperishable.The Silmarillion, Ainulindalë
He created the bounds of Eä, the "World and All That Is", which lay amid the Void (or "the Outside" as it was sometimes called). He then gave the Ainur the option to go into Eä and fashion it as they would. The greatest Ainur who chose to do so were called the Valar, and they controlled the shaping of Arda. They could not make original life, however, as Aulë proved, who was able to give only shape to the Dwarves, while consciousness was given to them by Eru. The Valar were accompanied by the Maiar, the lesser Ainur. Elves and mankind, however, came directly from Ilúvatar's thoughts, and were referred to in The Silmarillion as the "First" and "Second" Children of Ilúvatar (or Eruhini), respectively.
===Involvement===
*The creation of the Elves who awoke in the Years of the Trees in Cuiviénen.
*Eru created Men, who awoke with the first rising of the Sun in Hildórien.
*In the Second Age Eru, called upon by the Valar, buried King Ar-Pharazôn and his Army when they landed at Aman in SA 3319, defying the Ban of the Valar. He caused the Earth to take a round shape, after drowning Númenor into a great chasm, and caused the Undying Lands to be taken "outside the spheres of the Earth".The Silmarillion, Akallabêth
*Eru sent Gandalf back to Middle-Earth as "Gandalf the White" following the wizard's death in battle.
*J.R.R. Tolkien stated in a letter that Eru intervened a second time at the end of the Third Age, causing Gollum to trip and fall into the fires of Mount Doom while holding the One Ring, thus destroying it.The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 192
Manwë also took counsel from Eru on several important matters, including the fate of deceased Elven Fëa, the Half-elven and the extension of the lifespans of the Númenóreans.The Nature of Middle-earth, Chapter XI: "Lives of the Númenoreans"
==Etymology==
Eru meant "The One" or "Alone", and the epithet Ilúvatar meant "Father of All" in the Quenya tongue. Sometimes, the name Ilúvatar is given alone.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ኢሩ ኢልቫታር
Arabic 	ىرو ىلوڢاتار
Armenian 	Երու Իլուվատար
Belarusian Cyrillic	Эру Ілуватар
Bengali 	ইরু ইলুভাটার
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Еру Илуватар
Chinese 	一如稱伊露維塔
Georgian 	ერუ ილუვატარი
Greek 	Έρου Ιλούβαταρ
Gujarati 	ઇરુ ઇલુવતાર
Hebrew 	ארו אילובאטאר
Hindi 	एरु ईलुवतर
Japanese 	エル・イルーヴァタール
Kannada 	ಇರು ಇಲುವಾಟರ್
Kazakh 	Ерұ Ылұватар (Cyrillic) Eru Iluvatar (Latin)
Korean 	에루 일루바타르
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Эру Илуватар
Macedonian Cyrillic	Еру Илуватар
Marathi 	इरु इलुवतार
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Еру Илуватар
Nepalese 	एरु ईलुवतर
Pashto 	اییو الیوټار ?
Persian 	ارو ایلوواتار
Punjabi 	ਏਰੂ ਇੱਲਵੱਟਰ
Russian 	Эру Илуватар
Sanskrit 	एरु ईलुवतर्
Serbian 	Еру Илуватар (Cyrillic) Eru Iluvatar (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ඊරු ඉලුවාපත්ර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Еру Илуватар
Tamil 	இரு எலுவாத்தர்
Telugu 	ఏరు ఇరువిలాటర్
Thai 	เอรู อิลูวาทาร์
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Еру Ілуватар
Urdu 	ایرو الوواتر
Yiddish 	ערו ילווואַטאַר
==References==
Category:Heavenly beings
Category:The Silmarillion characters
Category:Quenya names & words
Category:Sindarin names & words
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