The Hiding of Valinor

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
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