The Exile of the Ñoldor, also known as the Flight of the Ñoldor, occurred toward the end of the First Age: many Ñoldor Elves left Aman for Middle-earth under the leadership of Fëanor and Fingolfin, after the destruction of the Two Trees, seeking revenge for the murder of Finwë and theft of the Silmarils by Melkor. The Doom of Mandos was placed on them so they could not return to Valinor.[1]
The Exiled Ñoldor called themselves the Etyañgoldi in Quenya and Gódhel in Sindarin.
History[]
The Exiles were split into two groups during the Kinslaying at Alqualondë; Fëanor and his sons and followers, who took the ships they had acquired from the Teleri: and Fingolfin's followers, whom they left behind behind. They had to cross the Helcaraxë in the north, and lost a large number of people there. When asked about the course of action they would take to transport the rest of the exiles, Fëanor ordered the burning of the ships.
Morgoth wasted no time seeking and attacking the exiles, which were vastly superior to his Orcs in spite of their lesser number and unpreparedness. Fingolfin and his followers arrived at the same time as the Sun first rose, and settled mainly in Hithlum.
The Exiles set up kingdoms in various places: Finrod built Nargothrond and Minas Tirith; Turgon built Gondolin, hidden within the Echoriad; and Maedhros built Himring to the far east.
For hundreds of years, the Ñoldor held off the forces of Morgoth, defeating him in three of the major Battles of Beleriand and laying siege to his great abode in the north. However, in FA 455 Morgoth broke the siege, and the Ñoldor began losing ground.[2] About seventeen years later, most of their forces were destroyed in the Nírnaeth Arnoediad and many subsequently killed or enslaved.[3]
The majority of the survivors were forced to relocate farther south, to soon suffer again from infighting caused by the Sons of Fëanor. Eventually, all the great realms occupied by the exiles fell by the year FA 510, upon which the survivors fled to the Havens of Sirion. More conflict struck them when again the Sons of Fëanor attacked and killed many of their kin in the Third Kinslaying. One of their residents raised in the Havens was Eärendil, who built Vingilot, allowing him to escape the Kinslaying. Joined by his wife Elwing, they both voyaged to Valinor by the light of the Silmaril, and pleaded there with the Valar for aid and forgiveness for the rebellion of the Ñoldor.
After Morgoth was defeated in the War of Wrath, the Doom was lifted and many Ñoldorin Exiles went back to the Undying Lands, save for Galadriel and the Ñoldor and Sindar who followed Gil-galad.[4]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Ballingskap van die Ñoldor |
| Albanian | Mërgimi i Noldorëve |
| Amharic | የኖልዶር ግዞት |
| Arabic | منفى نولدور |
| Armenian | Նոլդորի աքսորը |
| Assamese | নলডৰৰ নিৰ্বাসন |
| Azerbaijani | Noldorun Sürgünü |
| Basque | Noldorren erbestea |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Выгнанне нолдораў |
| Bengali | নলডোর নির্বাসিত |
| Bosnian | Izgnanstvo Noldora |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Изгнание на нолдорите |
| Catalan | Exili dels Ñoldor |
| Cebuano | Pagkadestiyero sa Ñoldor |
| Chinese | 流亡诺多 |
| Croatian | Izgnanstvo Ñoldora |
| Czech | Vyhnanství Ñoldor |
| Danish | Noldors eksil |
| Dutch | Ballingschap van de Ñoldor |
| Esperanto | Ekzilo de la Ñoldor |
| Estonian | Noldori pagulus |
| Faroese | Noldors útlegd |
| Finnish | Noldorin maanpako |
| Filipino | Pagkatapon ng Ñoldor |
| French | Exil des Ñoldor |
| Frisian | Ballingskip fan de Ñoldor (Western) |
| Galician | Exilio dos Ñoldor |
| Georgian | ნოლდორების გადასახლება |
| German | Exil der Ñoldor |
| Greek | Εξορία των Νόλντορ |
| Hebrew | גלות הנולדור |
| Hindi | नोल्डर का निर्वासन |
| Hmong | Exile ntawm Noldor |
| Hungarian | A Ñoldor száműzetése |
| Icelandic | Útlegð Ñoldor |
| Indonesian | Pengasingan Ñoldor |
| Irish Gaelic | Deoraíocht an Ñoldor |
| Italian | Esilio dei Ñoldor |
| Japanese | ノルドールの追放 |
| Kannada | ನೋಲ್ಡರ್ನ ಗಡಿಪಾರು |
| Kazakh | Нолдорды қуып шығу (Cyrillic) Noldord quyp shigu (Latin) |
| Konkani | नोल्डोरांचें निर्वासितपण |
| Korean | 놀도르의 추방 |
| Kurdish | Sirgûniya Noldor (Kurmanji) (Sorani) دەربەدەری نۆلدۆر |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Нолдордун сүргүнү |
| Latvian | Noldora trimda |
| Lithuanian | Noldoro tremtis |
| Luxembourgish | Exil vum Ñoldor |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Прогонство на Нолдорите |
| Maithili | नोल्डोर के निर्वासन |
| Malayalam | നോൾഡോറിന്റെ പ്രവാസം |
| Malaysian | Pengasingan Ñoldor |
| Maltese | Eżilju tan-Ñoldor |
| Marathi | नॉलडोरचा निर्वासन |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Нолдорын цөллөг |
| Nepalese | णोल्दोरको निर्वासन |
| Norwegian | Noldors eksil |
| Occitan | Exili dels Ñoldor |
| Pashto | د نولډور جلاوطني |
| Persian | تبعید نولدور |
| Polish | Wygnanie Noldoru |
| Portuguese | Exílio dos Ñoldor |
| Punjabi | ਨੋਲਡੋਰ ਦੀ ਜਲਾਵਤਨੀ |
| Romanian | Exilul Ñoldorilor |
| Russian | Исход Нолдор |
| Samoan | Aveesea o le Ñoldor |
| Sanskrit | नोल्डोरस्य निर्वासनम् |
| Sardinian | Esìliu de su Ñoldor |
| Scottish Gaelic | Fògradh nan Ñoldor |
| Serbian | Изгнанство Нолдора (Cyrillic) Izgnanstvo Noldora (Latin |
| Sicilian | Esiliu dî Ñoldor |
| Sindhi | نولڊور جي جلاوطني |
| Sinhalese | නෝල්ඩෝර් පිටුවහල් කිරීම |
| Slovak | Vyhnanstvo Noldor |
| Slovenian | Izgnanstvo Ñoldorjev |
| Spanish | Exilio de los Ñoldor |
| Swahili | Uhamisho wa Ñoldor |
| Swedish | Noldors exil |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Бадарғаи Нолдор |
| Tamil | நோல்டரின் நாடுகடத்தல் |
| Tatar | Нолдор сөргене |
| Telugu | నోల్డోర్ యొక్క బహిష్కరణ |
| Turkish | Noldor'un Sürgünü |
| Turkmen | Noldoryň Sürgüni |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Вигнання нолдорів |
| Urdu | نولڈور کی جلاوطنی |
| Vietnamese | Cuộc lưu đày của người Ñoldor |
| Welsh | Alltud y Ñoldor |
| Yiddish | גלות פון די נאָלדאָר |
| Yoruba | Ìgbèkùn ti Ñoldor |
References[]
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch. IX: "Of the Flight of the Ñoldor
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch. XVIII: "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch. XX: "Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch. XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath", pg. 254 (1977 Allen & Unwin publication)