Creation of the Ainur
The creation of the Ainur was a great event prior to the creation of Eä, in which Eru Ilúvatar created the Ainur ("Holy Ones"), his servants.
History
Ilúvatar made the Ainur "in the beginning", before the creation of Time, in the Timeless Halls that he had prepared for them. As offspring of his thought, at first each one only "comprehended that part of the mind of Ilúvatar from which he came". After this, He propounded to them themes of music, which later would initiate the Music of the Ainur and the Creation of the World.
Other versions of the legendarium
In the first version of the story, it is specified that Ilúvatar "sang into being the Ainur" and thereafter he made their dwellings in the void.
Inspiration
The creation of a spiritual hierarchy resembles the creation of angels by the Judeo-Chistian God. However, it also implies ideas previous to Christianity, as Verlyn Flieger explains:
Referencias
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