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The Halls of Mandos held the souls of the dead Children of Ilúvatar, and were the dwelling place of Námo Mandos, Doomsman of the Valar.

History[]

Their name comes from two Elvish words for 'prison' and 'fortress'. 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 made by Námo's spouse Vairë, depicting all the events of unfolding history.

It was to the Halls of Mandos that the spirits of the Children of Ilúvatar were gathered to await their different fates, and so Mandos was given its common name of the 'Halls of Waiting'. The Elves, after a period of cleansing and self-reflection, could be reincarnated into bodies identical to those of their prior life; however, Elves who had offended the Valar or committed particularly heinous misdeeds were doomed to wait in the halls until the end of time. Men go to a different hall to be judged by Mandos before leaving Arda completely. Where they go, and their fate upon arriving there, is a question not even Manwë could answer.[1][2] This was called the Gift of Ilúvatar.

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Saal van Mandos
Albanian Sallave e Mandos
Amharic ማንዶስ ውስጥ አዳራሾች
Arabic قاعات ماندوس
Azerbaijani Mandos Salonları
Basque Mandos Aretoetan
Belarusian Cyrillic Залы Мандосе
Bengali মান্দস হলসমূহ
Bulgarian Cyrillic Залите на Мандос
Catalan Sales de Mandos
Chinese 曼督斯大厅
Corsican Sales di Mandos
Croatian Dvorane Mandos
Czech Sály Mandosovy
Danish Mandos' Sale
Dutch Hallen van Mandos
Esperanto Salonoj de Mandos
Estonian Mandose Kojad
Fijian Olo eso ni Mandos
Filipino Bulwagan ng Mandos
Finnish Mandosin salit
French Salles de Mandos
Frisian Sealen fan Mandos
Galician Salóns de Mandos
Georgian დარბაზები მანდოსი
German Hallen des Mandos
Greek δώματα του Μάντος
Gujarati મંડોસના હોલ
Hebrew היכלי מאנדוס
Hindi मन्दोस के हॉल
Hungarian Mandos Csarnokai
Icelandic Mandos sölum
Indonesian Lorong-lorong Mandos
Irish Gaelic Hallaí na Mandos
Italian Aule di Mandos
Japanese マンドスのホール
Kannada ಮಾಂಡೋಸ್ ಸಭಾಂಗಣಗಳು
Kazakh Mandos zaldarı (Cyrillic) Mandos zaldarı (Latin)
Konkani मांडोसचे हॉल
Korean 만도스홀
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Мандос залдары
Latin Atria Mandos
Latvian Zāles Mandos
Lithuanian Mandoso menės
Luxembourgish Hale vun Mandos
Macedonian Cyrillic Салите на Мандос
Malayalam മാൻഡോസിന്റെ ഹാളുകൾ
Malaysian Dewan Mandos
Maltese Swali tal-Mandos
Marathi मांडोसचे हॉल
Mongolian Cyrillic Мандос-ын танхим
Nepalese मन्डोसका हलहरू
Norwegian Mandos haller
Pashto د سالونونه ماندوس
Persian سالن ماندوس
Polish Komnaty Mandosa
Portuguese Salões de Mandos
Punjabi ਮੰਡੋਸ ਦੇ ਹਾਲ
Romanian Sălile lui Mandos
Russian Залы Мандос
Serbian Дворане Мандос (Cyrillic) Dvorane Mandos (Latin)
Sanskrit मन्दोस् ह्लस्
Scottish Gaelic Tallaichean de Mandos
Sinhalese මැන්ඩෝස් ශාලා
Slovak Mandosove siene
Slovenian Dvorana Mandos
Somalian Hoolka ee Mandos
Spanish Salones de Mandos
Sundanese Gedung tina Mandos
Swahili Kumbi za Mandos
Swedish Mandos hallar
Tajik Cyrillic толорҳои Мандос
Tamil மண்டோஸ் அரங்குகள்
Telugu మన్దొస మందిరాలు
Thai ห้องโถงของมานดอส
Turkish Mandos Salonları
Turkmen Mandos Zallary
Ukrainian Cyrillic зали Мандоса
Urdu ہالوں ماندوس
Uzbek Мандос заллари (Cyrillic) Mandos zallari (Latin)
Vietnamese Hội trường của Mandos
Welsh Neuaddau o Mandos
Yiddish האַללס פון מאַנדאָס
Yoruba Gbọngàn ti Mandos
Places in the Undying Lands (Aman and Tol Eressëa)
Places and regions of the Valar
ValinorEzelloharGardens of LòrienHalls of MandosHalls of NiennaHouse of TulkasIlmarinMáhanaxarPastures of YavannaWells of VardaWoods of OromëPlain of ValinorTwo Trees of Valinor
Other regions
EldamarAlalvinórëAramanAvatharEnchanted IslesHaerastOiomúrëSindanóriëGalathilion
Mountains and passes
PelóriTaniquetilHyarmentirTúnaCalaciryaCaves of the Forgotten
Bodies of water
AfrosBay of EldamarGruirHíriLórellinShadowy SeasSirnúmen
Cities and strongholds
ValmarAlqualondëAvallónëFormenosKôrtirionTavrobelTirionLumbi
Houses and towers
Cottage of Lost PlayHouse of the Hundred ChimneysMindon EldaliévaTower of AvallónëTower of TavrobelTram Nybol


References[]

  1. The Silmarillion, Chapter XII: "Of Men"
  2. The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Valinor"
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