The Hiding of Valinor is the ninth chapter of The Book of Lost Tales Part One, in Christopher Tolkien's series The History of Middle-earth. It features J.R.R. Tolkien's first full telling (through the narration of a character) of the hiding of the lands of the Valar. This tale was written between 1920 and 1921.
The chapter follows "The Tale of the Sun and Moon", and is followed by "Gilfanon's Tale: The Travail of the Noldoli and the Coming of Mankind".
Chapter synopsis[]
After Lindo has narrated the Tale of the Sun and Moon, his wife Vairë tells of the Hiding of Valinor to Ælfwine, Gilfanon, and others at the Cottage of Lost Play.
The tale[]
After the placement of the Sun and Moon in the skies, the Valar are concerned of both the accumulating threat of Melko (Melkor) and the new-found enmity with the Noldoli after the Kinslaying. Deeming that Valinor is becoming unsafe, a council is held between them and the Elves loyal to them. After long bitter debate, it is decided that Valinor be enclosed from the rest of the Earth, instead of assailing Melko. In an effort led by Lórien and Vána, Valar set to fortifying the Encircling Mountains and making the land's outskirts inaccessible, among other things. Bitterness comes between the Solosimpi Elves and Ulmo. Oromë creates the Rainbow betwixt Kalórmë, in the far East of the world, and Manwë's courts, as a near untraversable bridge to Valinor from Middle-earth.
Vairë then gives two more tales, called The Haven of the Sun and The Weaving of Months and Days and Months and of Years, of the further decisions of the Valar and their new conventions of time upon the appearance of mysterious characters, Danuin, Fanuin, and Ranuin.
Editor's commentary[]
Christopher Tolkien gives extensive notes and commentary on changes to plot-points, concepts in the tale, and names.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Die Verberging van Valinor |
| Albanian | Mbulimi i Valinorit |
| Amharic | ቫሊኖር የመደበቂያ |
| Arabic | الإخفاء من فالينور |
| Armenian | Վալինոր-ի թաքցումը |
| Azerbaijani | Valinorun gizlədilməsi |
| Basque | Valinorren belarria |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Ўтойванне Валинора |
| Bosnian | Skrivanje Valinora |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Скриването на Валинор |
| Catalan | El ocultació de Valinor |
| Cebuano | Ang Pagtago sa Valinor |
| Chinese | 維林諾躲藏起来 |
| Corsican | L'uccisione di Valinor |
| Croatian | Skrivanje Valinora |
| Czech | Zatajení Valinora |
| Danish | Valinors dækket |
| Dutch | Het Verbergen van Valinor |
| Esperanto | La kaŝado de Valinor |
| Estonian | Valinori varjamine |
| Filipino | Ang pagtatago ng Valinor |
| Finnish | Valinorin piilottaminen |
| French | La Dissimulation de Valinor |
| Galician | A ocultación de Valinor |
| Georgian | ვალინორის დამალვა |
| German | Die Verhüllung von Valinor |
| Greek | Η απόκρυψη του Βαλινόρ |
| Gujarati | વલિનોર્ ના છૂપાઇ |
| Hawaiian | Ka hūnāʻana o Valinor |
| Hebrew | הסתרת ואלינור |
| Hmong | Lub zais ntawm Valinor |
| Hindi | वलिनोर् का छुपा |
| Hungarian | Valinor elrejtése |
| Icelandic | Valinors yfirhylming |
| Indonesian | Penyembunyian Valinor |
| Italian | L'occultamento di Valinor |
| Japanese | ヴァリノールの隠蔽 |
| Kannada | ವ್ಯಾಲಿನರ್ ಅವರ ಮುಚ್ಚಿಡುತ್ತಿದೆ |
| Kazakh | Валінорның жасыру (Cyrillic) Valinornıñ jasırw (Latin) |
| Korean | 발리노르의 은폐 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Валинордын жашынган |
| Laotian | ການປິດບັງຂອງບະລິນໂຣ ? |
| Latin | In latebras Valinoris |
| Latvian | Valinora slēpšana |
| Lithuanian | Valinoro nuslėpimas |
| Luxembourgish | De Verstoppen vun Valinor |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Завеса на Валинор |
| Malagasy | Ny Manafina ny Valinor |
| Malaysian | Persembunyian Valinor |
| Maltese | Il-ħabi ta 'Valinor |
| Marathi | वलिनोरयू लपवणे |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Валинор-ийн нуух |
| Nepalese | वलिनोरको लुकाउने |
| Norwegian | Valinors skjule |
| Persian | پنهان کردن والینور |
| Polish | Ukrycie Valinoru |
| Portuguese | A ocultação de Valinor |
| Punjabi | ਵਲਿਨੋਰ ਦਾ ਛੁਪਿਆ |
| Romanian | Ascunderea lui Valinor |
| Russian | Сокрытие Валинора |
| Serbian | Скривање Валинора (Cyrillic) Skrivanje Valinora (Latin) |
| Shona | Kuvanzwa kweValinor |
| Sinhalese | වලිනොර් සැඟවී සිටීම |
| Slovak | Zatajenie Valinora |
| Slovenian | Skrivanje Valinorja |
| Spanish | El ocultamiento de Valinor |
| Swahili | Kujificha wa Valinor |
| Swedish | Valinors cöljandet |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Пинҳон кардани Валинор |
| Tamil | வலிநொர்ன் மறைவிடம் ? |
| Telugu | వలినొర్ యొక్క దాపు |
| Turkish | Valinor'un perdesi |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Утаємничення Валінора |
| Vietnamese | Sự che giấu của Valinor |
| Uzbek | Валинорнинг ёпилиши (Cyrillic) Valinorning yopilishi (Latin) |
| Yiddish | די קאַנסאַלמאַנט פון וואַלינאָר |