The Primary World (Q."Essëamardo") refers to our modern, "real" world, to differ it from the Secondary World in which Arda exists. Both are Nanwiër or realities, but while Arda is part of the Namwië of its inhabitants it is not part of the Nanwië of the Essëamardo.Instead the Primary World inspired the Essëamardo of the Inhabitants of Arda while the Secondary World inspires the mythologies and the poetry of the Primary World. The Secondary World of Arda once was considered a part of the first world but as time passed by the fifth Age both Nanwiër had started to drift apart.
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