Spring of Arda

The Spring of Arda was a time period before the Awakening of the Children of Ilúvatar toward the end of the Days before days. Its name refers to the first flourish, brought by the Valar, of natural life on Arda.
==History== 
In this period before the Elves appeared, the Valar had ordered the world as they wished and rested upon Almaren (their first kingdom), and Melkor lurked beyond the Walls of Night. During this time, the Vala Yavanna planted the seeds that she had long prepared, and the first plants and forests started to grow. Animals and other beasts now appeared and began to thrive across the Earth. Entering a time of rest and leisure after their great labors, the Valar made a great feast and celebrated, and Tulkas married Nessa.
With Tulkas after this asleep, Melkor decided to return to Arda, and came and settled in the far north where the light of Illuin was dim. There he began delving the deeps of a great fortress, Utumno, and there made his plans to despoil the works of the Valar. He blighted and poisoned the earth causing living things to fall sick and rot. Knowing that it could only be the work of Melkor, they began to search for him but Melkor was already prepared and before they could find him, he struck destroying the two Lamps of the Valar. 
The fall of the great pillars of the lamps threw the seas into chaos and set the center of the world ablaze, as great flames poured out from the fallen lamps. In this catastrophe the Valar were too occupied in restraining the tumults of the world to seek out Melkor. The Spring of Arda ended, with Almaren destroyed.
Shortly afterwards, the Valar removed to Aman far away, where they fenced themselves in and created the Two Trees of Valinor to light their home. This began a new era, the Years of the Trees.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter I: "Of the Beginning of Days"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Lente van Arda
Albanian 	Pranvera e Arda
Alemannic German 	Friehjohr Arda
Amharic 	የአርዳ ፀደይ
Arabic 	ربيع أرضا
Armenian 	Գարնանը Արդա
Asturian 	Primavera d'Arda
Azerbaijani 	Ardanın Baharı
Basque 	Ardako udaberrian
Belarusian Cyrillic	Вясна Арды
Bengali 	আর্দা বসন্তে
Bosnian 	Proljeće Arda
Breton 	Nevezamzer Arda
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Пролетта на Арда
Burmese 	အာဒါ၏နွေဦး
Cambodian 	និទាឃរដូវនៃអាដា
Catalan 	Primavera d'Arda
Cebuano 	Tingpamulak sa Arda
Chinese 	阿尔达的春天
Corsican 	Primavera di Arda
Croatian 	Proljeće Arda
Czech 	Jaro z Ardy
Danish 	Foråret af Arda
Dari 	بهار اردا
Dutch 	Voorjaar van Arda
Esperanto 	Printempo de Arda
Estonian 	Kevadel Arda
Faroese 	Ardasvárið
Filipino 	Tagsibol ng Arda
Finnish 	Ardan kevät
French 	Printemps d'Arda
Frisian 	Maitiid fan Arda (Western)
Friulian 	Vierte di Arda
Galician 	Primavera de Arda
Georgian 	საგაზაფხულო არდა
German 	Frühling von Arda
Greek 	Άνοιξη του Άρντα
Gujarati 	આર્ડા વસંત
Haitian Creole 	Prentan de Arda
Hawaiian 	Kupulau o Arda
Hebrew 	האביב של ארדה
Hindi 	आर्द के वसंत
Hmong 	Caij nplooj ntoos hlav ntawm Arda
Hungarian 	Tavaszán Arda
Icelandic 	Vorið af Arda
Indonesian 	Musim semi Arda
Irish Gaelic 	Earrach na Arda
Italian 	Primavera di Arda
Japanese 	アルダの春
Kannada 	ಆರ್ಡಾದ ವಸಂತ
Kazakh 	Арда Көктемі (Cyrillic) Arda Köktemi
Korean 	아르다의 봄
Kurdish 	Bihara Arda (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Арда жазы
Latin 	Fons Arada
Latvian 	Arda pavasara
Lithuanian 	Arda pavasarį
Luxembourgish 	Fréijoer vun Arda
Macedonian Cyrillic	Пролетта на Арда
Maltese 	Rebbiegħa tal-Arda
Malagasy 	Loharanon'i Arda
Malayalam 	അർദയുടെ വസന്തം
Malaysian 	Musim bunga Arda
Manx 	Arragh Arda
Maori 	Puna o Arda
Marathi 	अर्दाचा वसंत
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Ардагийн хавар
Nepalese 	अर्दाको वसन्त
Norwegian 	Våren av Arda
Occitan 	Primièra d'Arda
Old English 	Lencten Arda
Pashto 	د پسرلي آردا
Persian 	بهار آردا
Polish 	Wiosna z Ardy
Portuguese 	Primavera de Arda
Punjabi 	ਆਰ੍ਦ ਦੀ ਬਸੰਤ
Querétaro Otomi 	Nk'ants'i Arda
Romanian 	Primăvară de Arda
Russian 	Весна Арды
Samoan 	O le tautotogo o le Arda
Sardinian 	Beranu de Arda
Scottish Gaelic 	Earrach de Àrda
Serbian 	Пролеће Арда (Cyrillic) Proleće Arda (Latin)
Shona 	Muchirimo Arda
Sicilian 	Primavera di Arda
Sinhalese 	ආර්ද වසන්තයේ
Slovak 	Jar Ardy
Slovenian 	Pomlad Arda
Somali 	Guga Arda
Spanish 	Primavera de Arda
Sudanese 	Cinyusu tina Arda
Swahili 	Majira ya kuchipua ya Arda
Swedish 	Våren av Arda
Tajik Cyrillic 	Бахори Арда
Tamil 	அர்டாவின் வசந்தம்
Telugu 	ఆర్ద వసంతకాలంలో
Thai 	ฤดูใบไม้ผลิของอาร์ดา
Turkish 	Arda'nın Baharı
Turkmen 	Arda Bahary
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Весна Арди
Urdu 	ارڈا کا بہار
Uzbek 	Баҳорги Арда (Cyrillic) Bahorgi Arda (Latin)
Venetian 	Primavera de Arda
Vietnamese 	Mùa xuân của Arda
Welsh 	Gwanwyn o Arda
Yiddish 	ספּרינג פון אַרדאַ
==References==
Category:Eras
Category:Valian Years
Category:Before the First Age
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