Annotations and Comments

In his cosmogonical myth Ainulindalë - the Music of the Ainur - Tolkien, seems to allude to Genesis when he uses 'the Void' to refer to the state 'before' or 'outside' creation. Sindarin iâ for 'void, abyss' also - at least phonetically - resembles the Indo-european root for 'void' euә [1]...

See also Mythology/Void and Mythology/Chaos