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==Other versions of the Legendarium== | ==Other versions of the Legendarium== | ||
[[File:Jonathan Guzi - Halls of Mandos.png|thumb|Jonathan Guzi - ''Halls of Mandos'']] | |||
In the earliest form of the Legendarium (''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]''), [[Christopher Tolkien]] notes that there is a distinction between the wider region of [[Aman]], and the Halls which doesn't appear in ''[[The Silmarillion]]'';<ref name=lt3n>{{LT1|IIIn}}</ref> both share the name with the Vala, who is called Ve, Vefantur Mandos ([[Qenya]]) Bannoth Gwi, Gwi-fanthor ([[Gnomish]]).<ref name=app>{{LT1|Appendix}}</ref> | In the earliest form of the Legendarium (''[[The Book of Lost Tales]]''), [[Christopher Tolkien]] notes that there is a distinction between the wider region of [[Aman]], and the Halls which doesn't appear in ''[[The Silmarillion]]'';<ref name=lt3n>{{LT1|IIIn}}</ref> both share the name with the Vala, who is called Ve, Vefantur Mandos ([[Qenya]]) Bannoth Gwi, Gwi-fanthor ([[Gnomish]]).<ref name=app>{{LT1|Appendix}}</ref> | ||
'''Mandos''' (Gnomish: '''Bannoth''') is the name of a region of vast caverns in northern Aman, full of gloom and echoes, that went down under the [[Shadowy Seas]].<ref name=lt3>{{LT1|III}}</ref> Mandos is also occupied by [[spirits | '''Mandos''' (Gnomish: '''Bannoth''') is the name of a region of vast caverns in northern Aman, full of gloom and echoes, that went down under the [[Shadowy Seas]].<ref name=lt3>{{LT1|III}}</ref> Mandos is also occupied by [[spirits]] | ||
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The Halls of Mandos | |
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General Information | |
Other names | The Halls of Awaiting |
Location | Northern shores of Aman |
Regions | Valinor |
People and History | |
Inhabitants | Námo Vairë The souls of the dead Elves and Men |
Events | Lúthien's pleading for Beren before Mandos |
The Halls of Mandos were the dwellings of Námo, the Doomsman of the Valar; he was more often given the name Mandos from his own halls.
Description
The Halls of Mandos stood on the northern shores of Valinor,[1] 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.[2][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. No one, however, not even Morgoth, could escape the Halls without Mandos' permission.[3]
Etymology
Other versions of the Legendarium
In the earliest form of the Legendarium (The Book of Lost Tales), Christopher Tolkien notes that there is a distinction between the wider region of Aman, and the Halls which doesn't appear in The Silmarillion;[4] both share the name with the Vala, who is called Ve, Vefantur Mandos (Qenya) Bannoth Gwi, Gwi-fanthor (Gnomish).[5]
Mandos (Gnomish: Bannoth) is the name of a region of vast caverns in northern Aman, full of gloom and echoes, that went down under the Shadowy Seas.[6] Mandos is also occupied by spirits
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "III. The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor": "Notes and Commentary"; cf. #Other versions of the Legendarium
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "III. The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor": "Notes and Commentary"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "III. The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor"
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