The Tale of the Sun and Moon

The Tale of the Sun and Moon is the eighth chapter of The Book of Lost Tales Part One, in Christopher Tolkien's series The History of Middle-earth. It gives J.R.R. Tolkien's earliest and most detailed account of the making of the Sun and Moon in Arda, long preceding the corresponding chapter of The Silmarillion.
The chapter follows "The Flight of the Noldoli", and is followed by "The Hiding of Valinor".
==Chapter synopsis==
Gilfanon is a new guest to the Cottage of Lost Play. He and Ælfwine request that Lindo continue telling tales, and so Lindo narrates of the Gods' creation of the celestial bodies.
===The tale===
After the kinslaying, the destruction of the Two Trees by Ungoliant, and the dangerous egress of the Noldoli from the Great Lands, the Valar hold an unsuccessful hunt for Melko (Melkor). They and the Maiar are of bitter heart. Lórien and Vána try to revive the Two Trees with song and magic substances, but fail. The Valar become set on providing a new light for the Earth, and so by sole use of the remaining "silver light" from Silindrin, Aulë undertakes the immense task of contriving the Sun, as a floating spherical ship, with the help of Varda. Its course, specifically determined by Manwë, is set among the skies.
The Moon is also put in the skies, a crystalline "island" shaped after a rose from withered Silpion, and ridden by Tilion. An explanation is given for the cycles of the Moon's radiance. Urwendi (later Arien), Tolion's lover, seeks likewise to pilot the Sun, and is allowed to.
When the tale finishes, Lindo, tired of story-telling for the moment, asks Vairë to then tell Ælfwine of the Hiding of Valinor.
===Editor's commentary===
Christopher Tolkien gives extensive notes and commentary on changes to plot-points, concepts in the tale, and names, and also presents his father's 1923 poem "Why the Man in the Moon came down too soon".
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Die Verhaal van die Son en die Maan
Albanian 	Tregimi i Diellit dhe Hënës
Amharic 	የፀሀይ እና ጨረቃ ታሪክ
Arabic 	حكاية الشمس والقمر
Armenian 	Արեւի եւ Լուսնի հեքիաթը
Asturian 	El Cuentu del Sol y la Lluna
Azerbaijani 	Günəş və Ayın nağılları
Basque 	Eguzkia eta Ilargiaren istorioa
Belarusian Cyrillic	Казка пра Сонца і Месяц
Bengali 	দ্য সূর্য ও চন্দ্রের কাহিনী
Bosnian 	Priča o suncu i mjesecu
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Приказката за слънцето и Луната
Cambodian 	រឿងនិទាននៃព្រះអាទិត្យនិងព្រះច័ន្ទ
Catalan 	La història del Sol i de la Lluna
Cebuano 	Ang sugilanon sa adlaw ug bulan
Chinese 	太阳和月亮的故事
Corsican 	A storia di u Sole è di a Luna
Croatian 	Priča o Suncu i Mjesecu
Czech 	Příběh Slunce a Měsíce
Danish 	Historien om Solen og Månen
Dutch 	Het Verhaal van de Zon en de Maan
Esperanto 	La rakonto pri la Suno kaj Luno
Estonian 	Päike ja kuu lugu
Filipino 	Ang Kuwento ng ang Araw at Buwan
Finnish 	Tarina aurinko ja kuu
French 	Le Conte du Soleil et de la Lune
Galician 	O conto do Sol e da Lúa
Georgian 	ამბავი მზისა და მთვარისა
German 	Die Geschichte von Sonne und Mond
Greek 	Η ιστορία του ήλιου και της Σελήνης
Gujarati 	સૂર્ય અને ચંદ્રની વાર્તા
Hawaiian 	Ka moʻolelo o ka Lā a me ka mahina
Hebrew 	סיפורו של השמש והירח
Hindi 	द सूर्य और चंद्रमा की कहानी
Hmong 	Lub taleas ntawm lub hnub thiab lub hli
Hungarian 	A Nap és a Hold meséje
Icelandic 	Saga sólar og Tungls
Indonesian 	Kisah Matahari dan Bulan
Irish Gaelic 	Scéal na Gréine agus na Gealaí
Italian 	Il racconto del Sole e della Luna
Japanese 	太陽と月の物語
Kannada 	ದಿ ಸೂರ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಚಂದ್ರನ ಕಥೆ
Kazakh 	Күн мен Ай туралы ертегі (Cyrillic) Kün men Ay twralı ertegi (Latin)
Korean 	태양과 달의 이야기
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Күндө, айда жомогу
Laotian 	ເລື່ອງຂອງດວງອາທິດແລະດວງຈັນ
Latin 	In fabula est Solis et Lunae perscrutandis
Latvian 	Stāsts par sauli un mēness
Lithuanian 	Pasakojimas apie saulę ir Mėnulį
Luxembourgish 	D'Geschicht vun der Sonn an de Mound
Macedonian Cyrillic	Приказната за Сонцето и Месечината
Malagasy 	Ny tantaran'ny masoandro sy ny volana
Malayalam 	സൂര്യന്റെയും ചന്ദ്രന്റെയും കഥ
Malaysian 	Kisah Matahari dan Bulan
Maltese 	Il-storja Tax-xemx u Qamar
Marathi 	द सूर्य आणि चंद्र यांच्या कथा
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Нар ба сарны түүх
Nepalese 	द सूर्य र चन्द्रको कथा
Norwegian 	Fortellingen om Solen og Månen
Occitan 	L'istòria del Solelh e de la Luna
Pashto 	د لمر او چاند تاریخ
Persian 	داستان خورشید و ماه
Polish 	Opowieść o Słońcu i Księżycu
Portuguese 	O conto do Sol e da Lua
Punjabi 	ਦ ਸੂਰਜ ਅਤੇ ਚੰਦ ਦੀ ਕਹਾਣੀ
Romanian 	Povestea soarelui și a lunii
Russian 	История Солнца и Луны
Samoan 	Le tala o le la Ma le Masina
Sardinian 	Su Istòria de su Sole e de sa Luna
Scottish Gaelic 	Sgeulachd na grèine agus na gealaich
Serbian 	Прича о сунцу и мјесецу (Cyrillic) Priča o suncu i mjesecu (Latin)
Sicilian 	La Storia di lu Suli e di la Luna
Sindhi 	سج ۽ چنڊ جو داستان
Sinhalese 	සූර්යයාගේ හා චන්ද්‍රයාගේ කතාව
Slovak 	Príbeh Slnka a Mesiaca
Slovenian 	Zgodba o Soncu in Luni
Somali 	Qorraxda iyo dayaxa sheekada
Spanish 	El cuento del Sol y de la Luna
Swahili 	Hadithi ya Jua na Mwezi
Swedish 	Sagan om Solen och Månen
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ҳикояи офтоб ва моҳ
Tamil 	சூரியன் மற்றும் சந்திரனின் கதை
Tatar 	Кояш һәм ай турында хикәя
Telugu 	సూర్యుడు మరియు చంద్రుల కథ
Thai 	เรื่องราวของดวงอาทิตย์และดวงจันทร์
Turkish 	Güneş ve ay masalı
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Казка про Сонце і Місяць
Urdu 	سورج اور چاند کی داستان
Uzbek 	Қуёш ва Ойнинг ҳикояси (Cyrillic) Quyosh va Oyning hikoyasi (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Câu chuyện của mặt trời và Mặt Trăng
Welsh 	Hanes yr Haul a'r Lleuad
Yiddish 	די מייַסע פון די זון און לבנה
Yoruba 	Awọn Itan ti Sun ati Oṣupa
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