There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made fi…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Silmarillion, p.17, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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