Walls of Night

The Walls of Night were the extraordinary walls that surrounded Arda in ancient times, beyond Ekkaia, the Encircling Sea. 
In the west and east of the World, Ekkaia was wide, and the Walls were a great distance from land.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter I: "Of the Beginning of Days" In the north and south, however, the Encircling Sea was much narrower. This was how Melkor returned into the World towards the end of the Days before days, coming secretly over the Walls of Night into the north of Arda, and building there his fortress of Utumno beyond the knowledge of the Valar.
== In other versions ==
In older versions, the Wall of Things is located on the outer edge of Vai, which is coloured deep blue.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "The Hiding of Valinor", Commentary on the Hiding of Valinor
In the Wall of Things, the Valar made two doors; the Door of Night in the West, and the Gates of Morn in the East. Beyond the doors is the 'outer dark', or Vaitya. In the East, the Wall of Things is lower, so that when the Sun returns from the Outer Dark, it rather flies above the Wall than goes through the Doors.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Mure van die Nag
Albanian 	Muret e Natës
Amharic 	የምሽት ግድግዳዎች
Arabic 	الجدران الليلية
Armenian 	Պատերը գիշերային
Azerbaijani 	Gecə Divarları
Basque 	Gau harresiak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Начныя сцены
Bengali 	নাইট দেয়াল
Bosnian 	Zidovi od Noći
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Стени на нощ
Burmese 	ညနံရံများ
Cambodian 	ជញ្ជាំងនៃរាត្រី
Catalan 	Parets de la Nit
Cebuano 	Paril sa Gabii
Chinese 	夜墙
Corsican 	Mura di Notte
Croatian 	Noćni zidovi
Czech 	Noční stěny
Danish 	Verdens Værn
Dogri 	रात दी दीवारें
Dutch 	Muren van de Nacht
Esperanto 	Muroj de Nokto
Estonian 	Seinad öö
Filipino 	Pader ng Gabi
Finnish 	Seinät yö
French 	Murs de la Nuit
Galician 	Paredes de Noite
Georgian 	ღამის კედლები
German 	Mauern der Nacht
Greek 	Τείχη της νύχτας
Gujarati 	રાત્રિ દિવાલો
Haitian Creole 	Miray gwo Lannuit
Hebrew 	חומות הלילה
Hindi 	रात की दीवारों
Hungarian 	Éjszaka Falai
Hmong 	Phab ntsa los ntawm hmo ntuj ?
Icelandic 	Veggir af Nótt
Indonesian 	Dinding Malam
Irish Gaelic 	Ballaí na Hoíche
Italian 	Mura della Notte
Japanese 	夜の壁
Javanese 	Tembok saka Wengi
Kannada 	ರಾತ್ರಿ ಗೋಡೆಗಳು
Kazakh 	Түнгі қабырғалар (Cyrillic) Tüngi qabırğalar (Latin)
Konkani 	रातचीं वण्टीं
Korean 	밤의 성벽
Kurdish 	دیوارەکانی شەو (Sorani) Dîwarên şev (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Түнкү дубалдар
Laotian 	ຝາຂອງໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ
Latin 	Nocte Moenia
Latvian 	Sienas no Nakts
Lithuanian 	Sienos iš Naktį
Luxembourgish 	Mauere vun Nuecht
Macedonian Cyrillic	Ѕидовите на ноќта
Malayalam 	രാത്രി മതിലുകൾ
Malaysian 	Dinding Malam
Maltese 	Ħitan ta 'Lejl
Maori 	Taiepa o te po
Marathi 	रात्रीच्या भिंती
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Шөнийн хана
Nepalese 	राती पर्खालहरू
Norwegian 	Vegger av Natten
Pashto 	د شپې د ديوالونو
Persian 	دیوارهای شب
Polish 	Ściany Nocy
Portuguese 	Paredes da Noite
Romanian 	Pereti din Noapte
Russian 	Стены Ночь
Serbian 	Ноћни зидови (Cyrillic) Noćni zidovi (Latin)
Scottish Gaelic 	Ballachan de Oidhche
Shona 	Masvingo ehusiku
Sindhi 	رات جي ڀتين
Sinhalese 	රාත්රී බිත්ති
Slovak 	Nočné steny
Slovenian 	Stene noči
Somali 	Darbiyada ee Habeenka
Spanish 	Muros de la Noche
Swahili 	Kuta za Usiku
Swedish 	Väggar av Natten
Tajik Cyrillic 	Деворҳои шабона
Tamil 	இரவு சுவர்கள்
Tatar 	Төнге стеналар
Telugu 	రాత్రి గోడలు
Thai 	กำแพงแห่งราตรี
Turkish 	Gece Duvarları
Turkmen 	Gijeki Diwarlar
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Нічні стіни
Urdu 	رات کی دیواریں
Uzbek 	Кечаси деворлари (Cyrillic) Kechasi devorlari (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Bức tường của đêm
Welsh 	Waliau o Nos
Xhosa 	Iindonga Ebusuku
Yiddish 	ווענט פון נאַכט
Yoruba 	Odi ti Alẹ
Zulu 	Izindonga zasebusuku
==References==
de:Mauern der Nacht
pl:Ściany Nocy
Category:Walls
Category:Cosmology
Category:Arda