Premier Age pas du Soleil

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Je me permets de me compléter, je suis tombé sur autre chose dans HoMe XII pp. 171-172 qui affirme que le Premier Âge est le plus long, ce qui ne peut fonctionner qu'en incluant les années avant la première aurore, sans quoi le Premier Âge serait tout au contraire le plus court :

The Tale of Years in the Latter Ages : 

The First Age was the longest. It ended with the Great Battle in which Fionwë and the sons of the Valar broke Thangorodrim and overthrew Morgoth. Then most of the exiled Elves returned into the West and dwelt in Eressëa that was afterwards named Avallon, being within sight of Valinor. The Atani or Edain, Fathers of Men, sailed also over Sea and founded the realm of Númenor or Westernesse, on a great isle, westmost of all mortal lands.

The Second Age ended with the first overthrow of Sauron and the loss of the One Ring.

The Third Age came to its end in the War of the Ring, and the destruction of the Dark Tower of Sauron, who was finally defeated.

The Fourth Age ushered in the Dominion of Men and the decline of all other ‘speaking folk’ of the Westlands. [Added: The first three ages are now by some called The Elder Days, but of old and ere the Third Age was ended that name was given only to the First Age and the world before the casting forth of Morgoth.]

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