Angainor

Angainor was the chain made for restraining Melkor within the Halls of Mandos.
==History==
Angainor was constructed by the Vala Aulë, and it held Melkor for three ages after he was seized from Utumno early in the First Age. In time, Melkor was judged and released by the Valar in their belief that he had changed. However, Melkor returned to Middle-earth and continued his evil ways under the name Morgoth.
In his defeat in the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age, Morgoth was found cowering in the lowest dungeon of his second and greater fortress, Angband. He attempted to negotiate with the Valar for pardon but was again bound by Angainor, and his Iron Crown was made into a collar.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter III: "Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor" The two remaining Silmarils that had been fixed in the crown were retaken by Eönwë. Disgusted with Morgoth, the Valar thrust him through the Door of Night beyond the Walls of the World, into the Timeless Void. There he was meant to remain, imprisoned, until the Dagor Dagorath.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIV: "Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
==Etymology==
Angainor is a Quenya word that includes anga, meaning "iron".The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin namesParma Eldalamberon, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
==Earlier versions of the legendarium==
In J.R.R. Tolkien's earlier tales, the chain was first named Angaino, the "Oppressor", which was coupled with Vorotemnar, its manacles, and Ilterindi, the fetters.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. I: The Book of Lost Tales Part One, chapter IV: "The Chaining of Melko"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ዓንጋኢኖር
Arabic 	أنجاينور
Armenian 	Անգաինոր
Belarusian Cyrillic	Ангаінор
Bengali 	আঙ্গিনার
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Ангаинор
Chinese (Hong Kong)	安蓋諾爾
Georgian 	ანგაინორი
Greek 	Ανγαινορ
Gujarati 	અંગેનોર
Hebrew 	אנגאינור
Hindi 	अंगाईनोर
Kannada 	ಆಂಜಿನೋರ್
Kazakh 	Ангаінор (Cyrillic) Angainor (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Ангаинор
Macedonian Cyrillic	Ангаинор
Marathi 	अंगिरोर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Ангаинор
Nepalese 	आङ्ऐनोर ?
Pashto 	انګینور
Persian 	آنگاینور
Punjabi 	ਅੰਗੇਨੋਰ
Russian 	Ангаинор
Sanskrit 	आङ्ऐनोर्
Serbian 	Ангаинор (Cyrillic) Angainor (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ඇන්ජයිනර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ангаинор
Tamil 	ஆங்கைனர்
Tatar 	Ангаинор
Telugu 	అంగైనర్
Thai 	อังไกนอร์
Urdu 	انگیناور
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Анґаінор
Uzbek 	Ангаинор (Cyrillic) Angainor (Latin)
Yiddish 	אַנגאַינאָר
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