Older than Sauron?

[the guy who be short]

the las of beleriand, HoME 3.

there the twain enfolded phantom twilight
and dim mazes, dark, unholy,
in Nan Durgorthin where nameless gods
have shrouded shrines in shadows secret,
more old than morgoth or the ancient lords
the golden Gods of the golden west.

line 1475 of the lay of the children of hurin.

this shows that some things are older than even morgoth. but morgoth was an ainur who were created before the world. so this suggests that rather than just one god, eru, there were many, and eru was just one of them. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]