Cottage of Lost Play

This article is about the cottage itself. For the chapter, see The Cottage of Lost Play (chapter).

The Cottage of Lost Play, also known as Mar Vanwa Tyaliéva, was a small house on a hill on Tol Eressëa, at which many of the tales comprising the first two volumes of The History of Middle-earth were told by certain characters.

History

The Cottage of Lost Play was built by Lindo and his wife Vairë who lived there. It had many small curtained windows and a comforting interior, and was a place of merriment and joy where many people, especially children, came to visit. Eriol the mariner (known also as Ælfwine) visited the Cottage and learned much of ancient times.

Tales told

During and after Eriol's time residing here, the tales narrated by both young children and older story-tellers at the Cottage of Lost Play were the narratives of the Coming of the Valar to Valinor, the chaining of Melko (Melkor), the coming of the Elves, the "Travail of the Noldoli", the Coming of Mankind, the flight of the Noldoli (Noldor), the hiding of Valinor, and the theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor, the Tale of the Sun and Moon, the Tale of Tinúviel, the earliest tale of the Fall of Gondolin, the tale of Turambar and the Foalókë, and the tale of the Nauglafring (the Necklace of the Dwarves).

Notes

• Tolkien may have based this location on the concept of time as time records every single action and is never forgotten, and the Cottages record the history of Middle-earth.
• There was also a poem based around the Cottage of Lost Play, entitled You & Me and the Cottage of Lost Play and The Little House of Lost Play.

See also

• Gilfanon
• The Book of Lost Tales 2

Translations around the World

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Kothuis van Verlore Speel
Albanian	Vilë e lojës së humbur
Arabic	الكوخ من اللعب الضائع
Armenian	Քոթեջ կորած խաղալու
Azerbaijani	Itirilmiş oyunun kotteci
Belarusian Cyrillic	Катэдж страчанай гульні ?
Bengali	লস্ট প্লে এর কুটির
Bosnian	Vikendica izgubljene igranja
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Къща на изгубени игра
Catalan	Casa de Perduda Jugar
Chinese	失去的戏剧小屋
Croatian	Vikendica izgubljene igre
Czech	Chalupa ztracené hry
Danish	Sommerhus af Tabt Spil
Dutch	Huisje van Verloren Spelen
Esperanto	Feridomo of Lost Play
Estonian	Kotedž kadunud mängida
Finnish	Tupa menetetty pelata
French	Chaumière du Jeu Perdu
Georgian	წაგებული თამაშის ქოხი
German	Hütte des Vergessenen Spiels
Greek	Εξοχικό σπίτι του χαμένο παιχνίδι
Gujarati	લોસ્ટ પ્લે કોટેજ
Haitian Creole	Kay an provens de Pèdi Jwe
Hausa	Gida na Rasa Wasa
Hindi	खोया प्ले का कॉटेज
Hebrew	קוטג של משחק אבוד
Hungarian	Tűnt játék kis háza
Indonesian	Pondok Permainan yang Hilang
Italian	Casetta del Gioco Perduto
Japanese	ロストプレイのコテージ
Kannada	ಲಾಸ್ಟ್ ಪ್ಲೇ ಆಫ್ ಕಾಟೇಜ್
Korean	잃어버린 놀이의 오두막
Laotian	ກະທ່ອມຂອງການສູນເສຍຫຼິ້ນ ?
Latvian	Kotedža zaudēja spēles
Luxembourgish	Gîte rural vun Verluer Leeschtung
Macedonian Cyrillic	Вила на Изгубена Игра
Malayalam	നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ട പ്ലേ കോട്ടേജ്
Marathi	गमावलेला प्ले कॉटेज
Mongolian Cyrillic	Алдагдсан тоглолтын зуслангийн байшин
Norwegian	Hytte av Tapt Spill
Persian	کلبه بازی از دست رفته
Polish	Chata Utraconej Zabawy
Portuguese	Casa de campo do jogo perdido
Punjabi	ਲੌਸਟ ਪਲੇ ਦੇ ਕੋਟੇਜ
Romanian	Căsuță de Joacă Pierdută
Russian	Хижина утраченной игры
Sinhalese	අහිමි නාට්ය ගෘහය
Slovak	Chata stratené hry
Slovenian	Rekreačná chata izgubljene igre
Somalian	Aqalada ee Cayaar laga la khasaaray
Spanish	Cabaña del juego perdido
Swedish	Stuga av Förlorad Lek
Tamil	லாஸ்ட் ப்ளேயின் குடிசை
Telugu	కాటేజ్ ఆఫ్ లాస్ట్ ప్లే
Thai	กระท่อมแห่งการเล่นที่หายไป
Turkish	Kayıp oyun kır evi
Ukrainian Cyrillic	втраченої гри Хижа
Urdu	کھو کھیل کا کاٹیج
Uzbek	Йўқотилган ўйин уйи (Cyrillic) Yo'qotilgan o'yin uyi (Latin)
Vietnamese	Nhà ở vùng quê bị mất chơi
Welsh	Bwthyn o Colli Chwarae
Yiddish	הייַזקע פון לאָסט שפּיל