The Halls of Mandos hold the souls of the dead and are the dwelling place of Mandos.
History
The dwellings of the Doomsman of the Valar, the mighty Vala called Námo, though he was more often given the name Mandos after his own halls. The name comes from two Elvish words meaning 'prison' and 'fortress', and 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 of 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 those 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. Men had a different fate, a fate which not even Manwë truly understood."[1][2]
Translations around the World
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Saal van Mandos |
| Albanian | Sallave e Mandos |
| Amharic | ማንዶስ ውስጥ አዳራሾች |
| Arabic | قاعات ماندوس |
| 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 |
| Croatian | Dvorane Mandos |
| Czech | Sály Mandos |
| Danish | Haller af Mandos |
| 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 | મન્દોસ ના હોલ |
| Hebrew | אולמות של מנדוס |
| Hindi | मन्दोस के हॉल |
| Hungarian | Mandos Csarnokai |
| Icelandic | Sölum af Mandos |
| Indonesian | Lorong-lorong Mandos |
| Irish Gaelic | Hallaí na Mandos |
| Italian | Aule di Mandos |
| Japanese | マンドスのホール |
| Kannada | ಮನ್ದೊಸ ಸಭಾಂಗಣಗಳಲ್ಲಿ |
| Kazakh Cyrillic | Мандос залдары |
| Korean | 만도스홀 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Мандос залдарында |
| Latin | Atria Mandos |
| Latvian | Zāles Mandos |
| Lithuanian | Mandoso menės |
| Luxembourgish | Hale vun Mandos |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Салите на Мандос |
| Malay | Dewan Mandos |
| Maltese | Swali tal-Mandos |
| Marathi | मन्दोस ਦੇ ਹਾਲ |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Мандос-ын танхим |
| Nepalese | मन्दोस को हल |
| Norwegian | Haller av Mandos |
| Pashto | د سالونونه ماندوس |
| Persian | سالن ماندوس |
| Polish | Komnaty Mandosa |
| Portuguese | Salões de Mandos |
| Punjabi | ਮਨ੍ਦੋਸ 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 | මඳොස් ශාලා |
| Slovak | Haly Mandos |
| Slovenian | Dvorane mandos |
| Somalian | Hoolka ee Mandos |
| Spanish | Salones de Mandos |
| Sudanese | Gedung tina Mandos |
| Swahili | Kumbi za Mandos |
| Swedish | Hallar av Mandos |
| Tajik Cyrillic | толорҳои Мандос |
| Tamil | மந்தொஸ் அரங்குகள் |
| Telugu | మన్దొస మందిరాలు |
| Thai | ห้องโถงของมานดอส |
| Turkish | Mandos’un Salonları |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | зали Мандоса |
| Urdu | ہالوں ماندوس |
| Uzbek | Мандос залларида (Cyrillic) Mandos zallarida (Latin) |
| Welsh | Neuaddau o Mandos |
| Yiddish | האַללס פון מאַנדאָס |
| Yoruba | Gbọngàn ti Mandos |
| Yucatec Maya | Salas u Mandos |
References
- ↑ The Silmarillion
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Valinor"