Gates of Morning

The Gates of Morning, also known as the Gates of Morn and the Gates of East, was a place that once lay in the Burnt Land of the Sun situated in the absolute east of Arda.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, V. "The History of the Akallabêth", pg. 149 (note to §13)
==History==
Sometime around the start of the Years of the Sun, the Gates of Morning were built to be the place at which whence the Sun arose from each dayThe Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, "Voyages of the Númenóreans", pgs. 44-5, acting as the counterpart to the Door of Night in the far west of the worldThe Silmarillion, "Akallabêth: The Downfall of Númenor". The gate could only be opened by a single mystic word which only Arien knew. After the Ship of the Sun passed the Door of Night, it would cross the Hidden Half beneath ArdaThe History of Middle-earth, Vol. IV: The Shaping of Middle-earth, II. "The Earliest 'Silmarillion': Commentary on the 'Sketch of the Mythology'", "[Section] 6", pg. 49 through Eä, being guided by the servants of Ulmo, before re-emerging again from the Gates of Morning at the appointed time.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part One": II. "The Fall of Númenor", (ii) "The first version of The Fall of Númenor", pg. 20 (note to §3)
During the Second Age, the Gates of Morning were observed by the Númenóreans "from their high prows"The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part One": II. "The Fall of Númenor", pgs. 14, 25 during their sea voyages into the far east of Arda.
After the world was made round by Eru, the Gates of Morning likely ceased to exist since their purpose was no longer necessary.
==See also==
*Walls of Night
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Hekke van Oggend
Albanian 	Dyert e Mëngjesit
Arabic 	أبواب الصباح
Armenian 	Առավոտյան դարպասներ
Assamese 	ৰাতিপুৱাৰ দুৱাৰ
Asturian 	Puertes de Mañana
Azerbaijani 	Səhər Qapıları
Belarusian Cyrillic	Вароты Раніца
Bengali 	সকালের গেটস
Bosnian 	Jutarnje kapije
Breton 	Dorioù Beure
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Гейтс на Сутринта
Burmese 	နံနက်ပိုင်း၏မြို့တံခါး
Cambodian 	ទ្វារនៃពេលព្រឹក
Catalan 	Porta del Matí
Cebuano 	Ganghaan sa Buntag
Chinese 	清晨之門
Corsican 	Porte di a Mattina
Croatian 	Jutarnja kapije
Czech 	Brány ráno
Danish 	Morgenens Port
Dutch 	Poorten van de Ochtend
Esperanto 	Pordegoj de Mateno
Estonian 	Väravad hommikul
Faroese 	Morgunportrini
Filipino 	Pintuan ng Umaga
Finnish 	Portit aamulla
French 	Portes des Matin
Frisian 	Poarten fan Moarn (Western)
Friulian 	Portis de Buinore
Galician 	Portas da Mañá
Georgian 	ჭიშკართან დილით
German 	Tore des Morgens
Greek 	Πύλες του πρωί
Gujarati 	સવારના દરવાજા
Haitian Creole 	Pòtay nan maten
Hebrew 	שערי הבוקר
Hindi 	सकाळी दरवाजे
Hmong 	Rooj vag uas sawv ntxov
Hungarian 	Hajnal Kapui
Icelandic 	Morgunnshlið
Indonesian 	Gerbang-gerbang Pagi
Irish Gaelic 	Geataí Maidine
Italian 	Cancelle del Mattino
Japanese 	朝のゲート
Javanese 	Gerbang-gerbang esuk
Kannada 	ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ ಗೇಟ್‌ಗಳು
Kazakh 	Таңертеңгі қақпалар (Cyrillic) Tañerteñgi qaqpalar (Latin)
Konkani 	गेट्स ऑफ मॉर्निंग
Korean 	아침의 문
Kurdish 	دەروازەکانی بەیانیان (Sorani) Dergehên sibê (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Эртең мененки дарбазалар
Laotian 	ປະຕູຕອນເຊົ້າ
Latin 	Portas de Mane
Latvian 	Vārti rīts
Lithuanian 	Vartai rytą
Luxembourgish 	Muerespaarten
Macedonian Cyrillic	Гејтс на Утрото
Malagasy 	Vavahadin' ny Maraina
Malayalam 	പ്രഭാത കവാടങ്ങൾ
Malaysian 	Pintu-pintu pagi
Manx 	Giattyn-moghrey
Marathi 	सकाळचे दरवाजे
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Өглөөний хаалга
Nepalese 	बिहानको ढोका
Norwegian 	Morgensporter
Occitan 	Pòrtas de Matin
Pashto 	د سهار د ګېټس
Persian 	دروازه های صبح
Polish 	Brama Poranka
Portuguese 	Portas de Manhã
Punjabi 	ਸਵੇਰ ਦੇ ਗੇਟਸ
Romanian 	Porti de Dimineata
Russian 	Утренние ворота
Samoan 	Faitotoa o le Taeao
Sardinian 	Portas de Manzanu
Scottish Gaelic 	Geataichean de Madainn
Serbian 	Капије јутра (Cyrillic) Kapije jutra (Latin)
Sicilian 	Porti dû Matina
Sinhalese 	උදේ ගේට්ටු
Slovak 	Brány ráno
Slovenian 	Zjutraj vrata
Somali 	Irdaha ee Subax
Sundanese 	Gerbang tina Isuk
Spanish 	Puertas de la Mañana
Swahili 	Milango ya Asubuhi
Swedish 	Morgonsportar
Tajik Cyrillic 	Дарвозаҳои субҳ
Tamil 	காலை வாயில்கள்
Tatar 	Таң капкалары
Telugu 	ఉదయం ద్వారాలు
Thai 	ประตูของเช้า
Turkish 	Sabah Kapıları
Turkmen 	Irden Derwezeleri
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Ранкові ворота
Urdu 	صبح کے دروازے
Uzbek 	Ерталаб эшиклари (Cyrillic) Ertalab eshiklari (Latin)
Venetian 	Porte de Matina
Vietnamese 	Cổng của buổi Sáng
Welsh 	Gatiau'r Bore
Yiddish 	טויערן פון מאָרגן
Yoruba 	Ibode ti Owurọ
Zulu 	Amasango okusa
==References==
Category:Gates
Category:Cosmology
Category:Arda
it:Cancello del Mattino
pl:Brama Poranka