Circles of the World by Karen Wynn Fonstad, from The Atlas of Middle-earth
The Changing of the World was a catastrophic event in the late Second Age when, by Ilúvatar's will, the whole form of Arda was changed from a flat world, as it had been for many millennia before, to a round one, during the Downfall of Númenor.
History[]
After Ar-Pharazôn broke the Ban of the Valar by sending an army to Aman to conquer the Valar and obtain immortality from them, the Valar laid down their guardianship of the world and called upon Eru Ilúvatar, who responded with this great cataclysm that forever changed the world.
Ar-Pharazôn's great fleet was sunk, and he and his soldiers were buried under mounds of falling earth, imprisoned in the Caves of the Forgotten until the end of the world. The great island of Númenor itself was destroyed and fell beneath the waves of the tumultuous sea, becoming "Atalantë" (The Downfallen). The land of Aman and the island of Tol Eressëa were removed from the Circles of the World forever, and could be reached only by Elves sailing west out of Middle-earth, following the Straight Road.
The world from then on was round as the seas and the lands bent back upon themselves. Afterwards, the mariners of mankind who attempted to sail westwards found only the New Lands, and eventually made their way back to where they started. This set the stage for the dominion of Men that would begin in earnest after the War of the Ring.[1][2]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Verandering van die Wêreld |
| Albanian | Transformimi i botës |
| Amharic | የአለም ለውጥ |
| Arabic | تحول العالم |
| Armenian | Աշխարհի վերափոխումը |
| Azerbaijani | Dünyanın Dəyişiklik |
| Basque | Munduaren eraldaketa |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Ператварэнне свету |
| Bengali | বিশ্বের রূপান্তর |
| Bosnian | Transformacija svijeta |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Трансформация на света |
| Burmese | ကမ္ဘာကြီး၏အသွင်ကူးပြောင်းမှု |
| Cambodian | ការផ្លាស់ប្តូរពិភពលោក |
| Catalan | Canvi del Món |
| Cebuano | Kausaban sa Kalibutan |
| Corsican | Cambiamentu di u mondu |
| Croatian | Transformacija svijeta |
| Chinese | 世界的变化 |
| Czech | Transformace světa |
| Danish | Verdens ændring |
| Dutch | Verandering van de Wereld |
| Esperanto | Ŝanĝo de la Mondo |
| Estonian | Maailma muutus |
| Filipino | Pagbabago ng Mundo |
| Finnish | Maailman Muuttuminen |
| French | Changement du Monde |
| Frisian | Feroaring fan 'e wrâld (Western) |
| Galician | Cambio do Mundo |
| German | Wandlung der Welt |
| Greek | Μεταμόρφωση του κόσμου |
| Gujarati | વિશ્વનું પરિવર્તન |
| Hindi | दुनिया का परिवर्तन |
| Hebrew | טרנספורמציה של העולם |
| Hmong | Kev Hloov ntawm Lub Ntiaj Teb |
| Hungarian | A világ átalakulása |
| Icelandic | Heimsskipti |
| Indonesian | Perubahan Dunia |
| Irish Gaelic | Claochlú an Domhain |
| Italian | Trasformazione del Mondo |
| Japanese | 世界の変容 |
| Javanese | Owah-owahan Donya |
| Kannada | ಪ್ರಪಂಚದ ಪರಿವರ್ತನೆ |
| Kazakh | Әлем трансформациясы (Cyrillic) Älem transformacïyası (Latin) |
| Konkani | संवसारांतलें रुपांतर |
| Korean | 세계의 변화 |
| Kurdish | گۆڕانی جیهان (Sorani) Guhertina dinya (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Дүйнөнүн трансформациясы |
| Laotian | ການຫັນປ່ຽນຂອງໂລກ |
| Latin | Mutatio mundi |
| Latvian | Pasaules transformācija |
| Lithuanian | Pasaulio transformacija |
| Luxembourgish | Verännerung vun der Welt |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Трансформација на светот |
| Malaysian | Perubahan Dunia |
| Malayalam | ലോകത്തിന്റെ മാറ്റം |
| Maltese | Bidla ta 'l-dinja |
| Marathi | जगाचे परिवर्तन |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Дэлхийн өөрчлөлт |
| Nepalese | संसारको रूपान्तरण |
| Norwegian | Verdensendring |
| Persian | دگرگونی جهان |
| Polish | Przemiana Świata |
| Portuguese | Mudança do Mundo |
| Punjabi | ਸੰਸਾਰ ਦੀ ਤਬਦੀਲੀ |
| Romanian | Schimbarea din Lumii |
| Russian | Трансформация мира |
| Sanskrit | संसारस्य परिवर्तनम् |
| Serbian | Трансформација света (Cyrillic) Transformacija sveta (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ලෝකයේ වෙනස් |
| Slovak | Transformácia sveta |
| Slovenian | Preobrazba sveta |
| Somali | Isbedelka ee ah Aduunka |
| Spanish | Cambio del Mundo |
| Swahili | Mabadiliko ya Dunia |
| Swedish | Världsförändring |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Тағйирёбии ҷаҳон |
| Tamil | உலகின் மாற்றம் |
| Telugu | ప్రపంచ మార్పు |
| Thai | การเปลี่ยนแปลงของโลก |
| Turkish | Dünya'nın Değişimi |
| Turkmen | Dünýäniň Üýtgemegi |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Перетворення світу |
| Urdu | دنیا کی تبدیلی |
| Uyghur | دۇنيا ئۆزگىرىشى |
| Uzbek | Дунёнинг ўзгариши (Cyrillic) Dunyoning o'zgarishi (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Sự thay đổi của thế giới |
| Xhosa | Utshintsho lwehlabathi |
| Yiddish | טוישן פון דער וועלט |
| Yoruba | Iyipada ti Agbaye |
References[]
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Akallabêth (The Downfall of Númenor)
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Third Age, "Introduction"