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The fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien of Middle-earth fame included Earth's sun and moon for the cosmology of his myths of Arda. These astronomical bodies appear in various versions of ''The Silmarillion'', a history of a world, called Middle-earth populated by Elves and other fantastic creatures as well as Men. A version of ''The Silmarillion'', edited by the author's son and literary executor Christopher Tolkien, was posthumously published in 1977. However the Sun and Moon already appear in the author's writings dating from the 1920s. The sun and moon in Tolkien's legendarium were described in the ''Narsilion'', the "Song of the Sun and Moon". ==Sun== The published Silmarillion states that the Sun was created by the Vala Aulë; he and his people made a vessel to hold the radiance of the last fruit of Laurelin. The vessel of the sun was guided by Arien, a Maia. :"...and Anar the Fire- fruit of Laurelin, they named the Sun. But the Noldor named () Vasa, the Heart of Fire, that awakens and consumes; for the Sun was set as a sign for the awakening of Men and the waning of the Elves..." (''Silmarillion'' 99) Names of the Sun amongst the Elves included ''Anar'' or ''The Fire-golden'', a name given to it by the Vanyar; ''Anor'', the common name for the Sun in Sindarin, as seen in ''Minas Anor'' (later Minas Tirith) and the Gondorian province of Anórien; and ''Vása'', or ''Heart of Fire'', a name given to the Sun by the Noldor. A poetic name for the Sun was ''The Daystar'', and Gollum referred to it as ''The Yellow Face''. The Sun was seen by the Elves as made on behalf of Men, and they valued the Moon more highly. Morgoth's creatures, the Orcs, feared the Sun, and with the exception of the Uruk-hai, they did not travel while it was in the sky. The Trolls of Middle-earth feared the Sun even more, and with great reason: they turned to stone under its light. Only the later Olog-hai were able to move under the Sun. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sun and Moon (Middle-earth)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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