Aman ( quarter Aman , “undistorted”) (synonyms - The Blessed Kingdom of Aman, Valinor, the Outlying West ) - in the legendary of J.R. R. Tolkien the most western continent of Arda , where the Valar resettled after the destruction of the Illumin and Ormal Lamps. It was also in Aman that Eldamar, the kingdom of the Eldar and Valinor , the kingdom of the Valar were located .
Geographical position
Haman - the westernmost of all the lands of Arda - was beyond the Great Sea . In the West, Aman was washed by the Ekkaya Ocean, and from the east it was surrounded by the Pelori mountain range ( quarter Pelóri ) (erected as a defense against Morgoth ), the highest in Arda. The highest peak of Pelori was Mount Taniquetil. There is only one passage through the mountains - Kalakirya or Gorge of Light . It contained Tyrion, the capital of Eldamar.
In the center of the continent is the land of Valar - Valinor (located on a vast plain) with its capital Valimar . Along the shores of the sea was Eldamar - the abode of the elves-Eldar of Middle - earth. In the south of Aman was the Avatar desert, which was later swallowed by the sea. In the north of Aman were the Araman wasteland and icy mountains.
Geographical Description
The outlines of Aman have not changed since the creation of Arda, but at the end of the Second Age , after the troops of the Numenoreans , led by their king Ar-Pharazon, who, according to the teachings of Sauron, tried to seize these lands in order to gain immortality, Aman and the island of Tol-Eressea were free will The Eru of Iluvatar was removed from the circles of the world and from now on one could get there either on an elven ship (for Aman was home to all elves, except for accidents , but even they could get there this way), or with the permission of the Valar. Part of Haman was completely flooded by Eru Iluvatar .
Elves , Mayar and Valar can get to Aman disembodied of their own free will or perished. This process of attaining Haman is referred to in Arda as the Direct Path.