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The '''Halls of Mandos''' were the dwellings of the [[Mandos|Doomsman of the Valar]], the mighty being properly called [[Mandos|Námo]], though he was more often given the name Mandos from his own halls. The halls stood on the western shores of [[Valinor]], looking out across the [[Encircling Sea]]. They were said to grow in size as the World aged, and their walls were hung with the tapestries of Námo's spouse [[Vairë]], depicting all the events of unfolding history.  
The '''Halls of Mandos''' were the dwellings of the [[Mandos|Doomsman of the Valar]], the mighty being properly called [[Mandos|Námo]], though he was more often given the name Mandos from his own halls. The halls stood on the western shores of [[Valinor]], looking out across the [[Encircling Sea]]. They were said to grow in size as the World aged, and their walls were hung with the tapestries of Námo's spouse [[Vairë]], depicting all the events of unfolding history.  


It was to the Halls of Mandos that the spirits of [[Elves]] and [[Men]] were gathered to await their different fates, and so Mandos was given its common name of the '''Halls of Waiting'''. After a time, the immortal Elves could be re-embodied, and return from the Halls to their kin in [[Aman]]. Men had a different fate, a fate which, even among the [[Valar|Lords of Valinor]], only Mandos and [[Manwë]] truly understood.
It was to the Halls of Mandos that the spirits of [[Elves]] and [[Men]] were gathered to await their different fates, and so Mandos was given its name of the '''Halls of Awaiting'''.<ref>{{S|7}}</ref><ref group=note>In ''[[The Hobbit]]'', there is a reference to the '''halls of waiting''' in the last words of [[Thorin]]: "'Farewell, good thief,' he said. 'I go now to the halls of waiting to sit beside my fathers, until the world is renewed.'" (Chapter 18).</ref> After a time, the immortal Elves could be re-embodied, and return from the Halls to their kin in [[Aman]]. Men had a different fate, a fate which, even among the [[Valar|Lords of Valinor]], only Mandos and [[Manwë]] truly understood.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
*''See [[Mandos#Etymology|Mandos: Etymology]]''
*''See [[Mandos#Etymology|Mandos: Etymology]]''
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The Halls of Mandos were the dwellings of the Doomsman of the Valar, the mighty being properly called Námo, though he was more often given the name Mandos from his own halls. The halls stood on the western shores of Valinor, looking out across the Encircling Sea. They were said to grow in size as the World aged, and their walls were hung with the tapestries of Námo's spouse Vairë, depicting all the events of unfolding history.

It was to the Halls of Mandos that the spirits of Elves and Men were gathered to await their different fates, and so Mandos was given its name of the Halls of Awaiting.[1][note 1] After a time, the immortal Elves could be re-embodied, and return from the Halls to their kin in Aman. Men had a different fate, a fate which, even among the Lords of Valinor, only Mandos and Manwë truly understood.

Etymology

Notes

  1. In The Hobbit, there is a reference to the halls of waiting in the last words of Thorin: "'Farewell, good thief,' he said. 'I go now to the halls of waiting to sit beside my fathers, until the world is renewed.'" (Chapter 18).

References

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