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[[Image: | [[Image:Mariano Merchante - Door of Night.jpg|thumb|''The Door of Night'' by Mariano Merchante]]The '''Door of Night''' was a portal in the distant [[Uttermost West]] that leads to [[heaven]], and/or the [[Void]]. | ||
[[Eärendil]]'s ship [[Vingilot]] was taken by the [[Valar]] from the rim of the world, passed through the Door and was lifted into the "oceans of heaven". | |||
Later, [[Morgoth]] was cast through it after his defeat in the [[War of Wrath]], but he ended up beyond the [[Walls of the World]] into the Timeless Void.<ref>{{S|24}}</ref> | |||
==Other versions of the legendarium== | |||
In [[The Book of Lost Tales]] the door is mentioned to have been made by the [[Valar]] as a passage for the [[Sun]], which would return into the World through the [[Gates of Morning]] in the east.<ref>{{LT1|VIII}}</ref> | |||
In the ''[[Ambarkanta]]'', it was made expressly as a gateway through which to expel Morgoth.<ref>{{SM|5}}</ref> | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Walls of Night]] | |||
*[[Walls of the World]] | |||
*[[Gates of Morning]] | |||
*[[:Category:Images of the Door of Night|Images of the Door of Night]] | |||
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[[fi:Yön Ovi]] | [[fi:Yön Ovi]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:14, 20 July 2022
The Door of Night was a portal in the distant Uttermost West that leads to heaven, and/or the Void.
Eärendil's ship Vingilot was taken by the Valar from the rim of the world, passed through the Door and was lifted into the "oceans of heaven".
Later, Morgoth was cast through it after his defeat in the War of Wrath, but he ended up beyond the Walls of the World into the Timeless Void.[1]
Other versions of the legendarium[edit | edit source]
In The Book of Lost Tales the door is mentioned to have been made by the Valar as a passage for the Sun, which would return into the World through the Gates of Morning in the east.[2]
In the Ambarkanta, it was made expressly as a gateway through which to expel Morgoth.[3]
See also[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "VIII. The Tale of the Sun and Moon"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Shaping of Middle-earth, "V. The Ambarkanta"
