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Belegaer - Atlas of Middle-earth

The archipelago during the First Age.

The Enchanted Isles , or Shadowy Isles, were a chain of islands in the west of Belegaer.[1] The archipelago surrounded part of Aman, east of Valinor and all of Tol Eressëa, set in the Shadowy Seas.[2]

History[]

After the poisoning of the Two Trees and the Revolt of the Ñoldor, the Valar created a series of islands to aid in the Hiding of Valinor. The sea around them was filled with mist and the number of the islands was uncertain and no charted course could go through them. Furthermore, the isles were enchanted; in fact, it was said that anyone who set foot upon these isles would fall into a great sleep until the Change of the World.[3] The only exceptions were Tuor and Idril, who were invited by the Valar, as well as Eärendil and Elwing, who escaped enchantment by the light of the Silmaril and the permission of the Valar.[4][5] At the end of the Second Age, the Enchanted Isles presumably went with Aman and Tol Eressëa after they were removed from the circles of the world.

In other versions[]

In earlier versions of the legendarium, an archipelago, formed by the Magic Isles and the Twilit Isles,[6][7] already "floated" in the Shadowy Seas before the falling of the Two Lamps.[8] They were considered the first of the Outer Lands travelling westwards and when Tol Eressëa was established in front of Aman, the island was surrounded to the West by the Twilit Isles and to the East by the Magic Isles.[9] Furthermore, the most western of the Twilit Isles was Tol Withernon.[10] The islands were also the first place from where a faint light of the Two Trees of Valinor could be seen in the distance and there dwelt some birds from the garden of Yavanna.

Other writings[]

In Roverandom, the homonym protagonist is taken by the great whale Uin through the Shadowy Seas, beyond the Magic Isles. There, from the Bay of Fairyland, he saw the Mountains of Elvenhome and the white glint of a city of Elves on a green hill far away in the distance as well as the light of Faery.

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Afrikaans Betoverde Eilande
Albanian Ishujt e magjepsur
Amharic አስማታዊ ደሴቶች
Arabic الجزر مسحور
Armenian Կախարդական Կղզիներ
Asturian Islles Encantadas
Azerbaijani Büyülü adalar
Basque Sorgindutako uharte
Belarusian Cyrillic Зачарованные выспы
Bengali এনচ্যাণ্ড দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
Bosnian Čarobni otoci
Bulgarian Cyrillic Омагьосана острови
Catalan Illes Encantat
Cebuano Salamangka mga isla
Chinese 魔法島嶼
Croatian Čarobni otoci
Czech Okouzlené ostrovy
Danish De Fortryllede Øer
Dutch Betoverde Eilanden
Esperanto Insuloj sorĉitaj
Estonian Nõiutud Saared
Faroese Magiskur ooyggjar
Filipino Mahiwagang pulo
Finnish Lumotut saaret
French Îles Enchantées
Friulian Isulis Incantesemadis
Galician Illas Encantadas
German Verwunschene Inseln
Greek Μαγεμένο Νησιά
Gujarati એન્ચેન્ટેડ ટાપુઓ
Hebrew ה איים הקסומים
Hindi एनचांटेड तेव्हा
Hungarian Bűvös-szigetek
Icelandic Heillaður Eyjar
Indonesian Pulau-pulau terpesona
Italian Isole Incantata
Japanese 惑わしの島々
Kannada ಎನ್‌ಚ್ಯಾಂಟೆಡ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು
Kazakh Сиқырлы аралдар (Cyrillic) Sïqırlı araldar (Latin)
Korean 마법에 걸린 제도
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Сыйкырдуу аралдар
Latvian Apburtās salās
Lithuanian Žavi salos
Macedonian Cyrillic Маѓепсани Острови
Malaysian Terpesona pulau-pulau
Maltese Gżejjer Maġika
Marathi एनचेंटेड द्वीपे
Mongolian Cyrillic Ид шидийн арлууд
Nepalese जादुई द्वीपहरू
Norwegian Fortryllende Øyer
Occitan Islas Encantadas
Pashto جادو شوي ټاپوګان
Persian جزایر سحرآمیز
Polish Zaczarowane Wyspy
Portuguese Ilhas Encantada
Punjabi ਜਾਦੂਈ ਆਈਲੈਂਡਜ਼
Romanian Insulele Fermecat
Russian Зачарованные острова
Sardinian Ìsulas Incantadas
Serbian Зачарана Острва (Cyrillic) Začarana Ostrva (Latin)
Sicilian Isule Incantate
Sinhalese මැජික් දූපත්වල
Slovak Očarované ostrovy
Slovenian Začaran otoki
Spanish Islas encantadas
Swahili Kichawi Visiwa
Swedish Förtrollad Öarna
Tajik Cyrillic Ҷазираҳои ҷодугар
Tamil மந்திரித்த தீவுகள்
Tatar Сихерләнгән утраулар
Telugu మంత్రించిన దీవులు
Thai มหัศจรรย์รักข้ามภพหมู่เกาะ
Turkish Sihir Adaları
Turkmen Jadyly Adalar
Ukrainian Cyrillic Зачарована Острови
Urdu جادو جزائر
Uzbek Жадуланган ороллар (Cyrillic) Jadulangan orollar (Latin)
Vietnamese Quần đảo mê hoặc
Welsh Ynysoedd Swynol
Xhosa Imilingo Ziqithi
Yiddish ענטשאַנטעד אינזלען
Places in the Undying Lands (Aman and Tol Eressëa)
Places and regions of the Valar ValinorEzelloharGardens of LòrienHalls of MandosHalls of NiennaHouse of TulkasIlmarinMáhanaxar
Pastures 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 Váli-màrAlqualondëAvallónëFormenosKôrtirionTavrobelTirionLumbi
Houses and towers Cottage of Lost PlayHouse of the Hundred ChimneysMindon EldaliévaTower of AvallónëTower of TavrobelTram Nybol


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