The Darkening of Valinor was a broad event that occurred at the end of the Years of the Trees, which was caused by the destruction of the Two Trees of Valinor, by Morgoth and Ungoliant in YT 1495. The following fifty Valian years between the Darkening and the first rising of the Sun in FA 1 was known also as the Long Night.
History[]
The Darkening of Valinor refers chiefly to the destruction of the Two Trees of Valinor, Telperion and Laurelin, by Melkor and Ungoliant. The event also included the murder of Finwë, High King of the Ñoldor, at Formenos, and Melkor's taking of the Silmarils from the possession of Fëanor. This all brought about the exile of the Ñoldorin Elves from Valinor, the creation and first risings of the Sun and Moon to light the world, and the Awakening of Men far away in Hildórien. It was during this time that Melkor was named Morgoth by Fëanor and escaped to his stronghold at Angband, where he would remain for the rest of the First Age.[1]
J.R.R. Tolkien's earliest full telling of this event was "The Theft of Melko and the Darkening of Valinor", which is given in The Book of Lost Tales Part One.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Verduistering van Valinor |
| Albanian | Errësimi i Valinorit |
| Arabic | ظلام فالينور |
| Armenian | Վալինորի մթությունը |
| Assamese | ভেলিনৰৰ গাঢ় হোৱা |
| Azerbaijani | Valinorun Qaralması |
| Basque | Valinorren iluntzea |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Пацямненне Валінора |
| Bengali | ভ্যালিনোরের অন্ধকার |
| Bosnian | Tamnjenje Valinora |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Потъмняване на Валинор |
| Catalan | Foscor de Valinor |
| Cebuano | Pagkadulom sa Valinor |
| Corsican | L'oscurità di Valinor |
| Croatian | Valinor'ova tama |
| Czech | Zatmění Valinoru |
| Danish | Valinors Formørkelse |
| Dutch | Verduistering van Valinor |
| Esperanto | Mallumiĝo de Valinor |
| Estonian | Valinori tumenemine |
| Faroese | Valinors myrkting |
| Finnish | Valinorin pimeneminen |
| French | Crépuscule de Valinor |
| Frisian | Fertsjustering fan Valinor (Western) |
| Galician | Escurecemento de Valinor |
| Georgian | ვალინორის ჩაბნელება |
| German | Verdunkelung Valinors |
| Greek | Το σκοτάδι του Βαλινόρ |
| Gujarati | વેલિનોરનું અંધકાર |
| Hebrew | החשכת ואלינור |
| Hindi | वैलिनोर का काला पड़ना |
| Hungarian | Valinor sötétedése |
| Indonesian | Kegelapan Valinor |
| Irish Gaelic | Dorchaigh Valinor |
| Italian | Ottenebramento di Valinor |
| Japanese | ヴァリノールの暗化 |
| Kannada | ವ್ಯಾಲಿನರ್ನ ಡಾರ್ಕ್ನಿಂಗ್ |
| Kazakh | Валинордың Қараюы (Cyrillic) Valïnordıñ Qarayuı (Latin) |
| Konkani | व्हॅलिनॉराचें काळें जावप |
| Korean | 발리노르의 암흑 |
| Kurdish | Tarîkirina Valinor (Kurmanji) (Sorani) تاریکبوونی ڤالینۆر |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Валинор караңгылатуу |
| Latin | Obscuratio Valinoris |
| Latvian | Valinora aptumšošanās |
| Lithuanian | Valinor tamsėjimas |
| Luxembourgish | Dunkelung vu Valinor |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Затемнување на Валинор |
| Maithili | वैलिनर के अन्हार |
| Malayalam | വാലിനോറിന്റെ ഇരുണ്ടതാക്കൽ |
| Malaysian | Kegelapan Valinor |
| Maltese | Id-dlam taʼ Valinor |
| Marathi | व्हॅलिनॉरचे गडद होणे |
| Mongolian Cyrillkic | Валинорын хиртэлт |
| Nepalese | वलिनोर ग्रहण |
| Norwegian | Valinors mørkgjøring |
| Pashto | د ویلینور تیاره کول |
| Persian | تیره شدن والینور |
| Polish | Mrok nad Valinorem |
| Portuguese | Escurecimento de Valinor |
| Punjabi | ਵੈਲਿਨੋਰ ਦਾ ਹਨੇਰਾ |
| Romanian | Întunecarea lui Valinor |
| Russian | Затмении Валинора |
| Sanskrit | वलिनोरस्य अन्धकारमयः |
| Sardinian | S'Oscuridade de Valinor |
| Scottish Gaelic | Dorchadas Valinor |
| Serbian | Помрачење Валинора (Cyrillic) Pomračenje Valinora (Latin) |
| Sicilian | Oscuramentu di Valinor |
| Sindhi | ويلينور جي اونداهي |
| Sinhalese | වැලිනෝර්ගේ අඳුරු වීම |
| Slovak | Zatemnenie Valinoru |
| Slovenian | Zatemnitev Valinorja |
| Spanish | Oscurecimiento de Valinor |
| Swahili | Kuingia Giza kwa Valinor |
| Swedish | Valinors mörker |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Торик шудани Валинор |
| Tamil | வாலினோரின் கிரகணம் |
| Tatar | Валинорның караңгылыгы |
| Telugu | వాలినోర్ చీకటి |
| Thai | ความมืดมิดของวาลินอร์ |
| Turkish | Valinor'un Karartılması |
| Turkmen | Valinoryň Garaňkylygy |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Затемнення Валінора |
| Urdu | ویلینور کا اندھیرا |
| Uzbek | Валинорнинг Қорайиши (Cyrillic) Valinorning Qorayishi (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Bóng tối của Valinor |
| Welsh | Tywyllwch Valinor |
| Yiddish | דאַרקאַנינג פון וואַלינאָר |
References[]
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch. VIII: "Of the Darkening of Valinor"