Tolkien's Fires: The Eternal Flame of Creation vs. The Unquenchable Fire of Hell

The unquenchable fire of hell is quenched by the Imperishable Fire of The Music.

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There are two fires in J.R.R. Tolkien’s world. One is the Flame Imperishable placed by Iluvatar at the heart of Eä (the world that is). The other is Fire Unquenchable — the fire that burns hot within someone who strays from The Music. Essentially, they are one and the same fire, but existentially, they are in opposition to each other.

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