Seas

Seas were relatively large bodies of water in Arda.
==History==
When Arda was unmarred there were no seas and the only large body of water was the Great Lake.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter I: "Of the Beginning of Days" After the destruction of the Two Lamps, the Western Sea and the Eastern Sea were formed, along with the Sea of Helcar and the Sea of Ringil. The War of the Powers caused the formation of the Inner Seas,The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age while during the First Age formed the Sea of Rhûn. After the War of Wrath appeared also the Sea of Núrnen.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age
==List of Seas==
===Open seas===
*Belegaer, the "Western Sea" or "Sundering Seas"
*Eastern Sea
*Ekkaia
*Inner Seas
*Shadowy Seas
===Inland seas===
*Sea of Helcar
*Sea of Núrnen
*Sea of Rhûn
*Sea of Ringil
==Other versions==
In earlier versions of the legendarium, in the Great Lands existed an Inland Sea, called Wendelsæ in Old English, that paralleled the .The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, chapter VI: "The History of Eriol or Ælfwine and the End of the Tales" In fact, J.R.R. Tolkien originally had intended his legendarium to bear a proper British mythology, wherefore he drew from actual history for many of his early stories.
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