The Walls of Night were the extraordinary walls that surrounded Arda in ancient times, beyond Ekkaia, the Encircling Sea.
In the west and east of the World, Ekkaia was wide, and the Walls were a great distance from land.[1] In the north and south, however, the Encircling Sea was much narrower. This was how Melkor returned into the World towards the end of the Days before days, coming secretly over the Walls of Night into the north of Arda, and building there his fortress of Utumno beyond the knowledge of the Valar.
Translations[]
Foreign Language | Translated name |
Afrikaans | Mure van die Nag |
Albanian | Muret e Natës |
Amharic | የምሽት ግድግዳዎች |
Arabic | الجدران الليلية |
Armenian | Պատերը գիշերային |
Azerbaijani | Gecə Divarları |
Basque | Gau harresiak |
Belarusian Cyrillic | Начныя сцены |
Bengali | নাইট দেয়াল |
Bosnian | Zidovi od Noći |
Bulgarian Cyrillic | Стени на нощ |
Burmese | ညနံရံများ |
Cambodian | ជញ្ជាំងនៃរាត្រី |
Catalan | Parets de la Nit |
Cebuano | Paril sa Gabii |
Chinese | 夜墙 |
Corsican | Mura di Notte |
Croatian | Noćni zidovi |
Czech | Noční stěny |
Danish | Verdens Værn |
Dogri | रात दी दीवारें |
Dutch | Muren van de Nacht |
Esperanto | Muroj de Nokto |
Estonian | Seinad öö |
Filipino | Pader ng Gabi |
Finnish | Seinät yö |
French | Murs de la Nuit |
Galician | Paredes de Noite |
Georgian | ღამის კედლები |
German | Mauern der Nacht |
Greek | Τείχη της νύχτας |
Gujarati | રાત્રિ દિવાલો |
Haitian Creole | Miray gwo Lannuit |
Hebrew | חומות הלילה |
Hindi | रात की दीवारों |
Hungarian | Éjszaka Falai |
Hmong | Phab ntsa los ntawm hmo ntuj ? |
Icelandic | Veggir af Nótt |
Indonesian | Dinding Malam |
Irish Gaelic | Ballaí na Hoíche |
Italian | Mura della Notte |
Japanese | 夜の壁 |
Javanese | Tembok saka Wengi |
Kannada | ರಾತ್ರಿ ಗೋಡೆಗಳು |
Kazakh | Түнгі қабырғалар (Cyrillic) Tüngi qabırğalar (Latin) |
Konkani | रातचीं वण्टीं |
Korean | 밤의 성벽 |
Kurdish | دیوارەکانی شەو (Sorani) Dîwarên şev (Kurmanji) |
Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Түнкү дубалдар |
Laotian | ຝາຂອງໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ |
Latin | Nocte Moenia |
Latvian | Sienas no Nakts |
Lithuanian | Sienos iš Naktį |
Luxembourgish | Mauere vun Nuecht |
Macedonian Cyrillic | Ѕидовите на ноќта |
Malayalam | രാത്രി മതിലുകൾ |
Malaysian | Dinding Malam |
Maltese | Ħitan ta 'Lejl |
Maori | Taiepa o te po |
Marathi | रात्रीच्या भिंती |
Mongolian Cyrillic | Шөнийн хана |
Nepalese | राती पर्खालहरू |
Norwegian | Vegger av Natten |
Pashto | د شپې د ديوالونو |
Persian | دیوارهای شب |
Polish | Ściany Nocy |
Portuguese | Paredes da Noite |
Romanian | Pereti din Noapte |
Russian | Стены Ночь |
Serbian | Ноћни зидови (Cyrillic) Noćni zidovi (Latin) |
Scottish Gaelic | Ballachan de Oidhche |
Shona | Masvingo ehusiku |
Sindhi | رات جي ڀتين |
Sinhalese | රාත්රී බිත්ති |
Slovak | Nočné steny |
Slovenian | Stene noči |
Somali | Darbiyada ee Habeenka |
Spanish | Muros de la Noche |
Swahili | Kuta za Usiku |
Swedish | Väggar av Natten |
Tajik Cyrillic | Деворҳои шабона |
Tamil | இரவு சுவர்கள் |
Tatar | Төнге стеналар |
Telugu | రాత్రి గోడలు |
Thai | กำแพงแห่งราตรี |
Turkish | Gece Duvarları |
Turkmen | Gijeki Diwarlar |
Ukrainian Cyrillic | Нічні стіни |
Urdu | رات کی دیواریں |
Uzbek | Кечаси деворлари (Cyrillic) Kechasi devorlari (Latin) |
Vietnamese | Bức tường của đêm |
Welsh | Waliau o Nos |
Xhosa | Iindonga Ebusuku |
Yiddish | ווענט פון נאַכט |
Yoruba | Odi ti Alẹ |
Zulu | Izindonga zasebusuku |
References[]
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter I: "Of the Beginning of Days"