so much of the silmarillion is "what if i told the gods1, who physically exist in this world, to fuck off and leave me alone" and then the gods going "well ok then"
-
technically eru iluvatar is the one true god and the valar plus melkor/morgoth are his kids/representatives/angels but eru iluvatar does precisely dick other than at the very beginning of time and i think after morgoth fucks up
middle eartharda, sorry real bad. so for all intents and purposes they are gods

