The Burning of the Ships, by Ted Nasmith
The Burning of the Ships was an event which occurred at the beginning of the First Age at Losgar after Fëanor and his followers stole the swanships of the Teleri from Alqualondë.[1]
History[]
Prelude[]
Feanor watching the burning at Losgar
After the death of Finwë and the theft of the Silmarils by Melkor, Fëanor and his seven sons swore an oath and went into exile. Many Ñoldor followed them, including the House of Fingolfin and the children of Finarfin.[1]
They came to Alqualondë and Fëanor demanded to use the swanships of the Teleri. However, the Teleri refused and resisted when Fëanor tried to take them by force. The First Kinslaying took place and many of the Teleri were slain.[1]
The Event[]
In YT 1497,[2] Fëanor, driven by mistrust of Fingolfin and fear that his followers might seek to return to Valinor, ordered the burning of the ships, and had left the host of Fingolfin behind.[1] At dawn, Fëanor and his sons discovered the death of Amrod, who slept in the first burned ship.[3] This was changed in The Silmarillion, which states that all seven of the Sons of Fëanor reached Middle-earth.
Aftermath[]
After the burning of the ships, Fëanor fought in the Dagor-nuin-Giliath and died afterward.[4] Fingolfin, seeing the red light on the horizon, realised that he had been betrayed and led his people on a long and arduous trek over the Helcaraxë, during which many died. When he arrived in Middle-earth there was a risk of war between the followers of the Sons of Fëanor and Fingolfin's vengeful host. This was avoided when Fingon, determined to reunite the Ñoldor, rescued Maedhros from imprisonment on Thangorodrim. In recompense for the suffering of Fingolfin's people, Maedhros waived his claim and that of his brothers to be High King of the Ñoldor and removed his people to East Beleriand. The followers of Fingolfin remained in West Beleriand, therefore making the physical division of the Ñoldor, begun with the burning of the ships, permanent.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name | |||
| Afrikaans | Brand van die Skepe | |||
| Albanian | Djegia e anijeve | |||
| Arabic | حرق السفن | |||
| Armenian | Նավերի այրումը | |||
| Asturian | Quema de la Barcos | |||
| Azerbaijani | Gəmilərin yandırılması | |||
| Basque | Itsasontzien erretzea | |||
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Спальванне караблёў | |||
| Bengali | জাহাজ পুড়ে যাওয়া | |||
| Bosnian | Spaljivanje brodova | |||
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Изгаряне на корабите | |||
| Burmese | အဆိုပါသင်္ဘော၏မီးလောင်ရာ | |||
| Cambodian | ការដុតទូក | |||
| Catalan | Crema dels Vaixells | |||
| Cebuano | Pagsunog sa mga Barko | |||
| Corsican | Ardenti di e navi | |||
| Croatian | Spaljivanje brodova | |||
| Czech | Vypálení lodě | |||
| Danish | Skibenes brand ved Losgar | |||
| Dutch | Verbranding van de Schepen | |||
| Esperanto | Forbruligo de la ŝipojn | |||
| Estonian | Laevade põletamine | |||
| Filipino | Pagsunog sa mga barko | |||
| Finnish | Alusten polttaminen | |||
| French | Incendie de l'Navires | |||
| Friulian | Bruciâ il Navis | |||
| Galician | Queima do Buques | |||
| Georgian | დამწვრობის გემები | |||
| German | Brennen der Schiffe | |||
| Greek | Καύση του Πλοία | |||
| Gujarati | જહાજો બર્નિંગ | |||
| Hebrew | שריפת הספינות | |||
| Hindi | जहाजों के जलते | |||
| Hungarian | A hajók égése | |||
| Icelandic | Brennandi skipanna | |||
| Indonesian | Pembakaran Kapal-kapal | |||
| Irish Gaelic | Loscadh de na Longa | |||
| Italian | Combustione delle navi | |||
| Japanese | 船の焼け ? | |||
| Javanese | Pembakaran Kapal-kapal | |||
| Kannada | ಹಡಗುಗಳ ಬರ್ನಿಂಗ್ | |||
| Kazakh | Кемелер жануы (Cyrillic) Kemeler janwı (Latin) | |||
| Korean | 배의 불타기 | |||
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Кеме өрттөшкөн | |||
| Laotian | ການເຜົາໄຫມ້ເຮືອ | |||
| Latin | Ratibus exustis | |||
| Latvian | Kuģu sadedzināšana | |||
| Lithuanian | Laivų deginimas | |||
| Luxembourgish | Brennen vun de Schëffer | |||
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Горење на бродовите | |||
| Malaysian | Pembakaran kapal-kapal | |||
| Marathi | जहाजे जळत आहेत | |||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Усан онгоцыг шатаах нь | |||
| Nepalese | जहाजहरू जलाइदिन्छन् | |||
| Norwegian | Brenning av Skipene | _ | Occitan | Ardor de la Naus |
| Pashto | د کښتیو سوځول | |||
| Persian | سوختن کشتی | |||
| Polish | Spalenie statków w Losgarze | |||
| Portuguese | Queima dos Navios | |||
| Punjabi | ਜਹਾਜ਼ਾਂ ਦੀ ਬਰਨਿੰਗ | |||
| Romanian | Ardere a navelor | |||
| Russian | Сжигание кораблей | |||
| Sardinian | Ardigadu de su Navios | |||
| Scottish Gaelic | Losgadh de na Bàtaichean | |||
| Serbian | Спаљивање бродова (Cyrillic) Spaljivanje brodova (Latin) | |||
| Sicilian | Bruciamentu di lu Navi | |||
| Sinhalese | දැවෙන නැව් | |||
| Slovak | Spaľovanie lodí | |||
| Slovenian | Pereč ladij | |||
| Spanish | Quemadura de los Buques | |||
| Sundanese | Ngaduruk sahiji Kapal-kapal | |||
| Swahili | Kuungua kwa Meli | |||
| Swedish | Bränna av Fartygen | |||
| Tajik Cyrillic | Сӯзондани киштиҳо | |||
| Tamil | கப்பல்கள் எரியும் | |||
| Tatar | Корабларны яндыру | |||
| Telugu | ఓడల బర్నింగ్ | |||
| Turkish | Gemilerin yakılması | |||
| Turkmen | Gämileriň ýakylmagy | |||
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Спалювання кораблі | |||
| Urdu | کشتیوں کو جلا | |||
| Uzbek | Кемаларнинг ёниши (Cyrillic) Kemalarning yonishi (Latin) | |||
| Vietnamese | Đốt cháy những con tàu | |||
| Welsh | Llosgi Llongau | |||
| Yiddish | ברענען פון די שיפן |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter IX: "Of the Flight of the Noldor"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels, V. The Tale of Years
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 12: The Peoples of Middle-earth, XI: "The Shibboleth of Fëanor"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIII: "Of the Return of the Noldor"