Сильмариллион
Of the Beginning of Days
IntheconfusionandthedarknessMelkorescaped,thoughfearfelluponhim;forabovetheroaringoftheseasheheardthevoiceofManweasamightywind,andtheearthtrembledbeneaththefeetofTulkas.ButhecametoUtumnoereTulkascouldovertakehim;andtherehelayhid.AndtheValarcouldnotatthattimeovercomehim,forthegreaterpartoftheirstrengthwasneededtorestrainthetumultsoftheEarth,andtosavefromruinallthatcouldbesavedoftheirlabour;andafterwardstheyfearedtorendtheEarthagain,untiltheyknewwheretheChildrenofIluvatarweredwelling,whowereyettocomeinatimethatwashiddenfromtheValar.
ThusendedtheSpringofArda.ThedwellingoftheValaruponAlmarenwasutterlydestroyed,andtheyhadnoabidingplaceuponthefaceoftheEarth.ThereforetheydepartedfromMiddle-earthandwenttotheLandofAman,thewesternmostofalllandsuponthebordersoftheworld;foritswestshoreslookedupontheOuterSea,thatiscalledbytheElvesEkkaia,encirclingtheKingdomofArda.HowwideisthatseanoneknowbuttheValar;andbeyonditaretheWallsoftheNight.ButtheeastshoresofAmanweretheuttermostendofBelegaer,theGreatSeaattheWest;andsinceMelkorwasreturnedtoMiddle-earthandtheycouldnotyetovercomehim,theValarfortifiedtheirdwelling,andupontheshoresoftheseatheyraisedthePelori,theMountainsofAman,highestuponEarth.AndaboveallthemountainsofthePeloriwasthatheightuponwhosesummitManwesethisthrone.TaniquetiltheElvesnamethatholymountain,andOiolosseEverlastingWhiteness,andElerrinaCrownedwithStars,andmanynamesbeside;buttheSindarspokeofitintheirlatertongueasAmonUilos.FromtheirhallsuponTaniquetilManweandVardacouldlookoutacrosstheEarthevenintothefurthestEast.
