Great Journey

The Great Journey, or Great March, was the journey that many Elves took from Cuiviénen, the place of their awakening, to Valinor in Aman. These Elves were named the Eldar.
== History ==
After the War of the Valar against Melkor, much of northern Middle-earth was broken. Oromë returned to take the Eldar with him to Valinor to live in peace under the protection of the Valar. The majority of the Elves departed, but a part remained behind, becoming known as the "Avari" in the Sundering of the Elves.
Oromë guided the Eldar north of the Sea of Helcar, passing under the smoke of the ruined Iron Mountains. Some Eldar fled in fear, and disappeared from history. Later the host passed through a great forest (the later Mirkwood) on the path where later was the Menn-i-Naugrim, and then long waited at the shores of the Great River Anduin while Oromë sought a way to get them over the Misty Mountains, which were much higher in those days.
When Oromë returned, having found (or forged) the High Pass (close to where Rivendell was later built), most Eldar went on, but a group remained behind under their leader Lenwë), becoming known as the Nandor.
The remaining Eldar passed north of the immense forests that covered all of Eriador, along the route of the later East-West Road that ran through Arnor. Finally the Vanyar and Ñoldor crossed the Blue Mountains, while the Lindar still lagged behind in Eriador (for which reason they became known as the Teleri).
The Vanyar and Ñoldor were ferried across Belegaer on Tol Eressëa, which would later be permanently anchored off the coast of Aman by Ulmo, while the Teleri finally entered Beleriand. When Ulmo returned for them the greater part of the Teleri finally crossed Belegaer, but a part remained behind, becoming the Sindar.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter III: "Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Groot Reis
Albanian 	Udhëtim i madh
Amharic 	ታላቋ ጉዞ
Arabic 	الرحلة العظيمة
Armenian 	Մեծ ճանապարհորդություն
Assamese 	দি মহান যাত্ৰা
Azerbaijani 	Böyük səyahət
Basque 	Bidaia handia
Belarusian Cyrillic	Вялікае падарожжа
Bengali 	গ্রেট জার্নি
Bosnian 	Sjajno putovanje
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Великото пътешествие
Burmese 	ဂရိတ်ခရီး
Cebuano 	Dakong panaw
Cambodian 	ដំណើរដ៏អស្ចារ្យ
Catalan 	Gran Viatge
Chinese (Hong Kong)	大遠行
Croatian 	Veliko putovanje
Czech 	Skvělá zájezd
Danish 	Fantastisk Rejse
Dutch 	Geweldige Reis
Esperanto 	Granda Vojaĝo
Estonian 	Suur teekond
Filipino 	Mahusay na paglalakbay
Finnish 	Suuri matka
French 	Grande Marche
Frisian 	Grutte reis
Galician 	Grande Viaxe
Georgian 	დიდი მოგზაურობა
German 	Große Wanderung
Gujarati 	ગ્રેટ જર્ની
Haitian Creole 	Grann vwayaj
Hausa 	Babban tafiya
Hebrew 	המסע הגדול
Hindi 	महान यात्रा
Hungarian 	Nagy utazás
Icelandic 	Stóraferð
Indonesian 	Perjalanan besar
Irish Gaelic 	Turas mór
Italian 	Grande Viaggio
Japanese 	グレート・ジャーニー
Javanese 	Lelampahan gedhe
Kannada 	ಗ್ರೇಟ್ ಜರ್ನಿ
Kazakh 	Үлкен саяхат (Cyrillic) Ülken sayaxat (Latin)
Korean 	위대한 여행
Kurdish 	Rêwîtiyek Mezin (Kurmanji Kurdish)
Laotian 	ການເດີນທາງທີ່ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່
Latin 	Magna iter
Latvian 	Liels ceļojums
Lithuanian 	Puiki kelionė
Luxembourgish 	Grouss Tour
Macedonian Cyrillic	Големо патување
Malagasy 	Lehibe ny diany
Malaysian 	Perjalanan hebat
Malayalam 	മഹത്തായ യാത്ര
Maori 	haerenga Nui
Marathi 	ग्रेट जर्नी
Maltese 	Vjaġġ kbira
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Агуу аялал
Nepalese 	महान् यात्रा
Norwegian 	Flott Reise
Pashto 	لوی سفر
Persian 	سفر بزرگ
Polish 	Wielka Wędrówka
Portuguese 	Grande viagem
Punjabi 	ਗ੍ਰੇਟ ਜਰਨੀ
Romanian 	Marea călătorie
Romansh 	viadi Grand
Russian 	Великий поход
Samoan 	Malaga tele
Scottish Gaelic 	Turas mòr
Serbian 	Велико путовање (Cyrillic) Veliko putovanje (Latin)
Sindhi 	عظيم سفر
Sinhalese 	මහා ගමනක්
Slovak 	Skvelá cesta / Veľká púť
Slovenian 	Odlično potovanje
Somali 	Socda Weyn
Spanish 	Gran Viaje o Gran Marcha a Valinor
Swahili 	Safari Kubwa
Swedish 	Stor Resa
Tamil 	பெரிய பயணம்
Telugu 	గ్రేట్ జర్నీ
Thai 	การเดินทางครั้งใหญ่ของเอลฟ์
Turkish 	Büyük Yolculuk
Turkmen 	Beýik Syýahat
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Великий Похід
Urdu 	عظیم سفر
Uzbek 	Катта саёҳат (Cyrillic) Katta sayohat (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Cuộc hành trình tuyệt vời
Welsh 	Taith fawr
Xhosa 	Uhambo olukhulu
Yiddish 	גרויס דזשאָורניי
==References==
es:Gran Marcha a Valinor 
fr:Grande Marche
it:Grande Viaggio
pl:Wielka Wędrówka
ru:Великий поход
Category:Journeys