Halls of Mandos

The Halls of Mandos held the souls of the dead Children of Ilúvatar, and were the dwelling place of Námo Mandos, Doomsman of the Valar.
== History ==
Their name comes from two Elvish words for 'prison' and 'fortress'. The Halls stood on the western shores of Valinor, looking out across the Encircling Sea. They were said to grow in size as the World aged, and their walls were hung with the tapestries made by Námo's spouse Vairë, depicting all the events of unfolding history.
It was to the Halls of Mandos that the spirits of the Children of Ilúvatar were gathered to await their different fates, and so Mandos was given its common name of the 'Halls of Waiting'. The Elves, after a period of cleansing and self-reflection, could be reincarnated into bodies identical to those of their prior life; however, Elves who had offended the Valar or committed particularly heinous misdeeds were doomed to wait in the halls until the end of time. Men go to a different hall to be judged by Mandos before leaving Arda completely. Where they go, and their fate upon arriving there, is a question not even Manwë could answer.The Silmarillion, Chapter XII: "Of Men"The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "Valinor" This was called the Gift of Ilúvatar.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Saal van Mandos
Albanian 	Sallave e Mandos
Amharic 	ማንዶስ ውስጥ አዳራሾች
Arabic 	قاعات ماندوس
Azerbaijani 	Mandos Salonları
Basque 	Mandos Aretoetan
Belarusian Cyrillic	Залы Мандосе
Bengali 	মান্দস হলসমূহ
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Залите на Мандос
Catalan 	Sales de Mandos
Chinese 	曼督斯大厅
Corsican 	Sales di Mandos
Croatian 	Dvorane Mandos
Czech 	Sály Mandosovy
Danish 	Mandos' Sale
Dutch 	Zalen van Mandos
Esperanto 	Salonoj de Mandos
Estonian 	Mandose Kojad
Filipino 	Bulwagan ng Mandos
Finnish 	Mandosin salit
French 	Salles de Mandos
Frisian 	Sealen fan Mandos (Western)
Galician 	Salóns de Mandos
Georgian 	დარბაზები მანდოსი
German 	Hallen des Mandos
Greek 	δώματα του Μάντος
Gujarati 	મંડોસના હોલ
Hebrew 	היכלי מאנדוס
Hindi 	मन्दोस के हॉल
Hungarian 	Mandos Csarnokai
Icelandic 	Mandos sölum
Indonesian 	Lorong-lorong Mandos
Irish Gaelic 	Hallaí na Mandos
Italian 	Aule di Mandos
Japanese 	マンドスのホール
Kannada 	ಮಾಂಡೋಸ್ ಸಭಾಂಗಣಗಳು
Kazakh 	Mandos zaldarı (Cyrillic) Mandos zaldarı (Latin)
Konkani 	मांडोसचे हॉल
Korean 	만도스홀
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Мандос залдары
Latin 	Atria Mandos
Latvian 	Zāles Mandos
Lithuanian 	Mandoso menės
Luxembourgish 	Hale vun Mandos
Macedonian Cyrillic	Салите на Мандос
Malayalam 	മാൻഡോസിന്റെ ഹാളുകൾ
Malaysian 	Dewan Mandos
Maltese 	Swali tal-Mandos
Marathi 	मांडोसचे हॉल
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Мандос-ын танхим
Nepalese 	मन्डोसका हलहरू
Norwegian 	Mandos haller
Occitan 	Salas de Mandos
Pashto 	د سالونونه ماندوس
Persian 	سالن ماندوس
Polish 	Komnaty Mandosa
Portuguese 	Salões de Mandos
Punjabi 	ਮੰਡੋਸ ਦੇ ਹਾਲ
Romanian 	Sălile lui Mandos
Russian 	Залы Мандос
Sardinian 	Salas de Mandos
Serbian 	Дворане Мандос (Cyrillic) Dvorane Mandos (Latin)
Sanskrit 	मन्दोस् ह्लस्
Scottish Gaelic 	Tallaichean de Mandos
Sicilian 	Sali di Mandos
Sinhalese 	මැන්ඩෝස් ශාලා
Slovak 	Mandosove siene
Slovenian 	Dvorana Mandos
Somali 	Hoolka ee Mandos
Spanish 	Salones de Mandos
Sundanese 	Gedung tina Mandos
Swahili 	Kumbi za Mandos
Swedish 	Mandos hallar
Tajik Cyrillic 	толорҳои Мандос
Tamil 	மண்டோஸ் அரங்குகள்
Telugu 	మన్దొస మందిరాలు
Thai 	ห้องโถงของมานดอส
Turkish 	Mandos Salonları
Turkmen 	Mandos Zallary
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	зали Мандоса
Urdu 	ہالوں ماندوس
Uzbek 	Мандос заллари (Cyrillic) Mandos zallari (Latin)
Venetian 	Sałe de Mandos
Vietnamese 	Hội trường của Mandos
Welsh 	Neuaddau o Mandos
Yiddish 	האַללס פון מאַנדאָס
Yoruba 	Gbọngàn ti Mandos
==References==
de:Hallen von Mandos
es:Salones de Mandos
fr:Cavernes de Mandos
it:Aule di Mandos
pl:Domy Umarłych
ru:Чертоги Мандоса
sk:Mandosove siene
Category:Halls
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