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 | Valinor • Ezellohar • Gardens of Lòrien • Halls of Mandos • Halls of Nienna • House of Tulkas • Ilmarin • Máhanaxar • Pastures of Yavanna • Wells of Varda • Woods of Oromë • Plain of Valinor • Two Trees of Valinor | |
| Other regions | Eldamar • Alalvinórëυ • Araman • Avathar • Enchanted Isles • Haerast • Oiomúrë • Sindanórië • Galathilion • Tol Withernonυ | |
| Mountains and passes | Pelóri • Taniquetil • Hyarmentir • Túna • Calacirya • Caves of the Forgotten | |
| Bodies of water | Afros • Bay of Eldamar • Gruirυ • Híri • Lórellin • Shadowy Seas • Sirnúmen | |
| Cities and strongholds | Váli-màr • Alqualondë • Avallónë • Formenos • Kôrtirion • Tavrobelρ • Tirion • Lumbiυ | |
| Houses and towers | Cottage of Lost Playρ • House of the Hundred Chimneysρ Pre-canon • Mindon Eldaliéva • Tower of Avallónë • Tower of Tavrobelρ • Tram Nybolρ | |
| ρ Pre-canon, υ Canonicity unclear. | ||
References[]
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, Part One: The First Age, Chapter I: "Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin"
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Valinor"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XI: "Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIII: "Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, chapter IX: "The Hiding of Valinor"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, chapter VI: "The History of Eriol or Ælfwine and the End of the Tales"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, chapter III: "The Coming of the Valar and the Building of Valinor"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, chapter V: "The Coming of the Elves and the Making of Kôr"
- ↑ "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue" in Parma Eldalamberon, n. XI