The Cottage of Lost Play (chapter)

"The Cottage of Lost Play" is the name of the first chapter of The Book of Lost Tales Part One, the first volume of The History of Middle-earth. It contains a text that was entitled "The Cottage of Lost Play, which introduceth Book of Lost Tales". 
J.R.R. Tolkien first wrote the text around 1917 - it is about the coming of a semi-invented character named Eriol, a mariner, from England to Tol Eressëa and to the Cottage of Lost Play. In the broad chronology of the evolving legendarium of Middle-earth, this tale was Eriol's first appearance.
The chapter that follows is "The Music of the Ainur".
== Chapter synopsis ==
Eriol, whose actual name is Ælfwine, arrives in his errant sea-farings at the Lonely Island, or Tol Eressëa. Finding a place at which to acquaint with others and stay, the Cottage of Lost Play in the town of Kortirion catches his eye, and he is let in at the door. Its kind owners are Lindo and his wife Vairë. Eriol learns of the daily customs of the Cottage, and of Tombo, the gong owned by Ilverin used to summon the children. He is given much hospitality by the couple through the evening there, and as they feast he learns from Lindo of the founding of Kortirion, and from Vairë of the Cottage and its purpose.
=== Editor's commentary ===
Following the text are notes and commentary by Christopher Tolkien concerning the names that were changed by his father, other references to the Cottage elsewhere, the poem it originated from (named The Little House of Lost Play: Mar Vanwa Tyaliéva - all versions are written out), and the origin and context of the story of Eriol. He also explains the synonymy of the terms Gnomes and Ñoldor.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Die Kothuis van Verlore Speel
Albanian 	Kasollja e lojës së harruar
Amharic 	የተረሳው ጨዋታ ጎጆ
Arabic 	كوخ اللعبة المنسية
Armenian 	Մոռացված խաղի խրճիթ
Assamese 	পাহৰি যোৱা খেলৰ কুটি
Azerbaijani 	Unudulmuş oyunun daxması
Basque 	Ahaztutako jokoaren txabola
Belarusian Cyrillic	Хатка забытай гульні
Bhojpuri 	भुलाइल खेल के झोपड़ी
Bosnian 	Koliba zaboravljene igre
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Хижата на забравения дивеч
Cambodian 	ខ្ទមនៃហ្គេមដែលភ្លេច
Catalan 	La cabana del joc oblidat
Chinese 	被遗忘的游戏小屋
Corsican 	A capanna di u ghjocu scurdatu
Croatian 	Koliba zaboravljene igre
Czech 	Chata zapomenuté hry
Dogri 	भुल्ले खेल की झोपड़ी
Dutch 	De Huisje van Verloren Spelen
Esperanto 	La Kabano de la forgesita ludo
Estonian 	Unustatud mängu onn
Filipino 	Ang kubo ng nakalimutang laro
Finnish 	Kadonneiden leikkien talo
French 	La Chaumière du Jeu Perdu
Frisian 	De hutte fan it fergetten spul (Western)
Galician 	A cabana do xogo esquecido
Georgian 	წაგებული თამაშის ქოხი
German 	Die Hütte des vergessenen Spiels
Greek 	Η Καλύβα του Ξεχασμένου Παιχνιδιού
Gujarati 	ભુલાઈ ગયેલી રમતની ઝૂંપડી
Hebrew 	הצריף של המשחק הנשכח
Hindi 	भूले हुए खेल की झोपड़ी
Hungarian 	A Tűnt játék kis háza
Icelandic 	Kofi hins gleymda leiks
Indonesian 	Pondok permainan yang terlupakan
Irish Gaelic 	Bothán an chluiche dearmadta
Italian 	La casetta del Gioco Perduto
Japanese 	忘れられたゲームの小屋
Javanese 	Gubug saka game lali
Kannada 	ಮರೆತು ಹೋದ ಆಟದ ಗುಡಿಸಲು
Kazakh 	Ұмытылған ойынның үйі (Cyrillic) Umıtılğan oyınnıñ üyi (Latin)
Korean 	잊혀진 게임의 오두막
Kurdish 	کوخی یاری لەبیرکراو (Sorani) Kulübeya lîstika jibîrkirî (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Унутулган оюндун кепеси
Latvian 	Aizmirstās spēles būda
Lithuanian 	Užmiršto žaidimo trobelė
Luxembourgish 	D'Hütt vum vergiessene Spill
Malayalam 	മറന്ന കളിയുടെ കുടിൽ
Malaysian 	Pondok permainan yang dilupakan
Maltese 	L-għarix tal-logħba minsija
Marathi 	विसरून खेळाची झोपडी
Meiteilon 	ꯀꯥꯑꯣꯊꯣꯀꯈ꯭ꯔꯕꯥ ꯒꯦꯝ ꯑꯗꯨꯒꯤ ꯍꯨꯠ꯫
Nepalese 	बिर्सिएको खेलको कुटी
Norwegian 	Hytta til det glemte spillet
Pashto 	د هېرې شوې لوبې کوټه
Persian 	کلبه بازی فراموش شده
Polish 	Chata Utraconej Zabawy
Portuguese 	O casa de campo do jogo perdido
Punjabi 	ਭੁੱਲੀ ਖੇਡ ਦੀ ਝੌਂਪੜੀ
Romanian 	Coliba jocului uitat
Russian 	Хижина утраченной игры
Scottish Gaelic 	Bothan a 'gheama air a dhìochuimhneachadh
Serbian 	Колиба заборављене игре (Cyrillic) Koliba zaboravljene igre (Latin)
Sinhalese 	අමතක වූ ක්‍රීඩාවේ පැල්පත
Slovak 	Chata zabudnutej hry
Slovenian 	Koča pozabljene igre
Spanish 	La cabaña del juego perdido
Swahili 	Kibanda cha mchezo uliosahaulika
Swedish 	Det bortglömda spelets koja
Tajik Cyrillic 	Кулбаи бозии фаромӯшшуда
Tamil 	மறந்த ஆட்டத்தின் குடில்
Telugu 	మరిచిపోయిన ఆటల గుడిసె
Thai 	กระท่อมแห่งเกมที่ถูกลืม
Turkish 	Unutulmuş oyunun kulübesi
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Хижа втраченої гри
Urdu 	بھولے بھالے کھیل کی جھونپڑی
Uzbek 	Унутилган ўйин кулбаси (Cyrillic) Unutilgan o'yin kulbasi (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Túp lều của trò chơi bị lãng quên
Yoruba 	Ahere ti ere gbagbe
Category:Chapters of The Book of Lost Tales Part One
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