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[[Image:John Howe - The Door of Night.jpg|thumb|300px|''The Door of Night'' depicted by [[John Howe]].]]
[[Image:John Howe - The Door of Night.jpg|thumb|[[John Howe]] - ''The Door of Night'']]The '''Door of Night''' was a portal in the distant [[Uttermost West]] that leads to [[heaven]], and/or the [[Void]].


[[Eärendil]]'s ship [[Vingilot]] was taken by the [[Valar]] from the rim of the world, passed through the Door and was lifted into the "oceans of heaven".


The '''Door of Night''' is a guarded portal in the distant [[West of the World]], through which [[Morgoth]] was cast after his defeat in the [[War of Wrath]]. Its origins are unclear: according to some accounts, it was made by the [[Valar]] as a passage for the Sun, which would return into the World through the [[Gates of Morning]] in the east. According to others, though, it was made expressly as a gateway through which to expel Morgoth. The Door of Night was guarded by [[Eärendil]], bearing his [[Silmarils|Silmaril]] aloft in his shining ship [[Vingilot]].
Later, [[Morgoth]] was cast through it after his defeat in the [[War of Wrath]], but he ended up beyond the [[Walls of the World]] into the Timeless Void.<ref>{{S|24}}</ref>
==Other versions of the legendarium==
In [[The Book of Lost Tales]] it is mentioned that to be made by the [[Valar]] as a passage for the [[Sun]], which would return into the World through the [[Gates of Morning]] in the east.<ref>{{LT1|VIII}}</ref>


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In the ''[[Ambarkanta]]'', it was made expressly as a gateway through which to expel Morgoth.<ref>{{SM|5}}</ref>
 
==See also==
*[[Walls of Night]]
*[[Walls of the World]]
*[[Gates of Morning]]
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John Howe - The Door of Night

The Door of Night was a portal in the distant Uttermost West that leads to heaven, and/or the Void.

Eärendil's ship Vingilot was taken by the Valar from the rim of the world, passed through the Door and was lifted into the "oceans of heaven".

Later, Morgoth was cast through it after his defeat in the War of Wrath, but he ended up beyond the Walls of the World into the Timeless Void.[1]

Other versions of the legendarium

In The Book of Lost Tales it is mentioned that to be made by the Valar as a passage for the Sun, which would return into the World through the Gates of Morning in the east.[2]

In the Ambarkanta, it was made expressly as a gateway through which to expel Morgoth.[3]

See also

References