aman

I read in NOME that talking was thinking on the fate of Aman after the change of the world. He debated to himself if Aman was a physical entity or not (before the change of the world) and concluded that if it was physical it needed to be destroyed, and the Americas would be what Aman was. And...

I am not sure where to put this thread, it's mostly (but not exclusively) related to the Silmarillion. or maybe the Peoples of Middle Earth. Let me know if there is a better place. The topic is how is elves's life in Aman. We know elves are sort of immortal, it's a tricky concept in Tolkien's...

I've been wondering if the elves who dwelt in the Undying Lands ever traveled back to Middle Earth, I'm not talking about anything war-related like after Finwe was slain. The Ainur traveled back and forth, like Orome and Melian (though she remained in Middle Earth for a long while). Surely there...

Hi, I have questions about Aman - The Undying Lands. I have read from different places that even in Aman mortal remains mortal, but he will die of free will. I don't understand it, probably it's caused by my bad english. Does it mean that a mortal man will live there in Aman as long as he will...

Were the Valar justified in fencing Valinor against the exiled Noldor?

Well, gang, what do you think? I understand why Men could not travel to Aman. The presence of the gods was such a powerful force that it would cause Men's lives to burn out quickly, so to speak. Think of lighting a match in a 100% oxygen environment: it would flare up real bright and burn...

Whrn the Noldor and the Teleri fought on the harbor with the white ships was the first killing of elves in Aman? If not what was? Does the term kinslaing refer only to killing with in one type of elves? Also somewhat realted, when the host came to Mandos and he said they would never be...

Frodo took Arwen's place on the boat to Valinor at the end of LoTR. Other beings different from elves went across sea too. Is there some evidence that they went "in exchange" for half-elves that chose to be mortal? For instance, Elladan and Elrohir chose mortality, is this why Samwise and...