Years of the Trees

The Years of the Trees, or the Days of Bliss (of Valinor), were the second of the three great time periods in Arda that followed the Days before days and preceded the Years of the Sun. They were known to be comprised of several Ages and lasted in total around 1,500 Valian Years or 14,373 solar years. The final third of the Years of the Trees marked the start of the First Age of Arda when the Children of Ilúvatar became active in Middle-earth.
The first 1495 Years of the Trees were called the Noontide of the Blessed Realm, while the last five years after the Trees died were known as the Long Night (of Valinor).
== History ==
Shortly after the destruction of the Two Lamps, Yavanna made the Two Trees, named Telperion and Laurelin in the land of Aman, where the Valar now lived. The Trees illuminated Aman, leaving Middle-earth in darkness, save the light of the stars.
The Elves awoke in Cuiviénen in the middle of Middle-earth, and were soon approached by Oromë of the Valar and by Melkor. Many, though not all, of the Elves were persuaded to go with Oromë on the Great Journey westwards towards Aman. Along the journey several groups of Elves tarried, notably the Nandor and the Sindar. The three clans that arrived at Aman were the Vanyar, Ñoldor, and the Teleri.
The Valar had captured Melkor and placed him in chains in Aman. After he appeared to repent and was released, he sowed great discord among the Elves, and stirred up rivalry between the Ñoldorin King Finwë's two sons Fëanor and Fingolfin. With the help of Ungoliant, he slew Finwë and stole the Silmarils, three gems crafted by Feänor that contained light of the Two Trees, from his vault, and destroyed the Trees of the Valar themselves.
Bitter at the Valar's inactivity, Feänor and his house left to pursue Melkor, cursing him with the name 'Morgoth'. A larger host, following Fingolfin, followed. They reached the Teleri's port-city, Alqualondë, and were forbidden to use the Teleri's boats to get to Middle-earth. The first Kinslaying thus ensued. A curse was then put on the exiled Ñoldor by Mandos.
Feänor's host sailed on the boats, leaving Fingolfin's behind — who crossed over to Middle-earth on the Helcaraxë in the far north, losing many.
== Timeline ==
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Jare van die Bome
Albanian 	Vitet e Pemëve
Amharic 	ዛፎቹ ዓመታት
Arabic 	سنوات الأشجار
Armenian 	տարվա ծառերի
Azerbaijani 	Ağaclar İllər
Basque 	Zuhaitzen Aroak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Гады дрэў
Bengali 	গাছ বছর
Bosnian 	Godina drveća
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Години на дърветата
Catalan 	Anys dels Arbres
Cebuano 	Mga tuig sa mga Kahoy
Chinese 	双树纪元
Croatian 	Godine drveća
Czech 	Roky stromů
Danish 	År af Træer
Dutch 	Jaren van de Bomen
Esperanto 	Jaroj de la Arboj
Estonian 	Puude aastad
Faroese 	Ár Træanna
Filipino 	Taon ng mga puno
Finnish 	Puiden vuodet
French 	Années des Arbres
Frisian 	Jierren fan de Beammen (Western)
Galician 	Anos das Árbores
Georgian 	ხეების ხანა
German 	Jahre der Bäume
Greek 	Χρόνια των Δέντρων
Gujarati 	વૃક્ષો વર્ષ
Haitian Creole 	Ane de la Pyebwa
Hebrew 	שנים של עצים
Hindi 	साल के पेड़ों के
Hmong 	Xyoo ntawm tus ntoo
Hungarian 	A Fák Évei
Icelandic 	Ár af trjánum
Indonesian 	Tahun pohon
Irish Gaelic 	Blianta de na Crainn
Italian 	Anni degli Alberi
Japanese 	二本の木の時代
Javanese 	Taun saka wit
Kannada 	ಮರಗಳು ವರ್ಷಗಳ
Kazakh 	Ағаштардың дәуірі (Cyrillic) Ağaştardıñ däwiri (Latin)
Korean 	나무의 해
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Дарактардын доору
Laotian 	ປີຂອງຕົ້ນໄມ້
Latin 	Annis de lignum
Latvian 	Gadu Koku
Lithuanian 	Metų medžių
Macedonian Cyrillic	Години на Дрвја
Malaysian 	Tahun pokok-pokok
Maltese 	Snin tas-siġar
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Моддын жил
Norwegian 	År av trærne
Pashto 	د ونو د کاله
Persian 	دوران دو درخت
Polish 	Era Drzew
Portuguese 	Anos das árvores
Punjabi 	ਰੁੱਖ ਦੇ ਸਾਲ
Romanian 	Ani de copaci
Russian 	Эпоха Деревьев
Samoan 	Tausaga o le Laau
Scottish Gaelic 	Bliadhna de na Craobhan
Serbian 	Година дрвећа (Cyrillic) Godina od stabala (Latin)
Sindhi 	هن وڻ جو سال
Sinhalese 	ගස් වසර
Slovak 	Roky stromov
Slovenian 	Let drevje
Spanish 	Edades de los Árboles
Sundanese 	Jaman tangkal
Swahili 	Miaka ya Miti
Swedish 	År av träden
Tahitian 	Te matahiti o te mau tumu raau
Tajik Cyrillic 	Сол дарахтон
Tamil 	மரங்கள் ஆண்டுகள்
Telugu 	చెట్లలో ఇయర్స్
Thai 	ยุคแห่งพฤกษา
Turkish 	Ağaçlar Çağı
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	роки дерев
Urdu 	درختوں کی سالانہ
Uzbek 	дарахтлар Йил (Cyrillic) daraxtlar Yil (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Năm của các cây
Welsh 	Blynyddoedd y Coed
Yoruba 	Ọdun ti awọn Igi
Yiddish 	יאָרן פון די ביימער
== References ==
== See also ==
*The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels, Part One. The Grey Annals
*The History of Middle-earth, Vol. 10: Morgoth's Ring, The Annals of Aman
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Category:Eras
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