Shadowy Seas

The Shadowy Seas was an enchanted sea that lay closest to the shores of the Undying Lands, to the east of Tol Eressëa.
According to the The Atlas of Middle-earth, the Shadowy Seas covered the coastline area of Aman in a net formation some one-thousand miles measured from north to south.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Valinor" 
== History ==
After the rebellion of the Ñoldor and the rising of the Moon, the Valar decided to further shield their realm from the outside world preventing any intruders from finding Aman, especially the rebel Ñoldor from returning. They darkened the immediate sea with spells as well as lack of light and created a chain of Enchanted Isles, each of which had the power to cause any mariner braving this region to fall into an eternal sleep.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XI: "Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor" Throughout the centuries that followed, no ship reached the shores of Aman, until Eärendil the Mariner finally succeeded in passing through the shadows of the Shadowy Seas.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
== Notes ==
*Tolkien may have based the sea off the impossibility of entering heaven freely.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Skaduwee Seë
Albanian 	Hije Dete
Amharic 	ሚስጥራዊ ባሕርዎች
Arabic 	البحار الضبابية
Armenian 	ստվերային ծովեր
Azerbaijani 	Kölgəli Dənizləri
Belarusian Cyrillic	Ценявы мо́рах
Bengali 	ছায়াময় সমুদ্রগুলো
Bosnian 	Tajanstvenim morima
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Сенчести морета
Cambodian 	សមុទ្រមានម្លប់
Catalan 	Mars Ombrívol
Chinese 	影子海
Croatian 	Tajanstvenim Morima
Czech 	Temné moře
Danish 	De Skyggefulde Have
Dari 	دریاهای سایه
Dutch 	Schimmige zeeën
French 	Mers Ténébreuses
Georgian 	ჩრდილოვანი ზღვები
German 	Schattenmeere
Greek 	σκιερές θάλασσες
Gujarati 	સંદિગ્ધ સીઝ
Hebrew 	בים המעורפל
Hindi 	छायादार समुद्रों
Hungarian 	Sötét tengerek
Indonesian 	Bayangan lautan
Italian 	Mari Ombroso
Japanese 	小暗い海
Kannada 	ಶ್ಯಾಡೋ ಸೀಸ್
Kazakh 	Көлеңкелі теңіздер (Cyrillic) Köleñkeli teñizder (Latin)
Korean 	환상의 바다
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Көлөкө океандарды
Laotian 	ທະເລທີ່ມີເງົາ
Latvian 	Ēnainās jūrās
Lithuanian 	Iliuzinis jūrų
Macedonian Cyrillic	Сенки мориња
Malagasy 	Ranomasina haizina
Malaysian 	Bergelora laut-laut
Marathi 	सावली समुद्र
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Сүүдэр далай
Nepalese 	छायाली समुद्रहरू
Norwegian 	Skyggefulle Havene
Pashto 	سیوري بحرونه
Persian 	دریاهای سایه
Polish 	Cieniste morzach
Portuguese 	Mares Sombrios
Punjabi 	ਸ਼ੈਡੋ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ
Romanian 	Mările Umbră
Russian 	Теневые моря
Serbian 	Тајновита морима (Cyrillic) Tajnovita Morima (Latin)
Sinhalese 	අභිරහස් මුහුද
Slovak 	Temné Korí
Slovenian 	Senčen oceanov
Swahili 	Bahari zenye kivuli
Swedish 	Skuggiga Havet
Tajik Cyrillic 	Соя дарёҳову уқёнусҳо
Tamil 	நிழல் கடல்கள்
Tatar 	Күләгәле диңгезләр
Telugu 	క్రీనీడ సముద్రాలు
Thai 	ทะเลมืดครึ้ม
Turkish 	Gölgeli Denizler
Turkmen 	Kölegeli Deňizler
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Тіньові морів
Urdu 	مبہم سمندر
Uyghur 	سايە دېڭىزلار
Uzbek 	Соя денгизлари (Cyrillic) Soya dengizlari (Latin)
Venetian 	Mari Ombrosi
Vietnamese 	Biển vong linh
Yiddish 	שאָטן סיז
Yoruba 	Iboji òkun
== References ==
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