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[[Image:John Howe - The Door of Night.jpg|thumb|250px|''The Door of Night'' depicted by [[John Howe]].]]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]].
[[Image:John Howe - The Door of Night.jpg|thumb|250px|[[John Howe]] - ''The Door of Night'']]The '''Door of Night''' was a guarded portal in the distant [[Uttermost West]], 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]].


[[Category:Doors and Gates]]
==See also==
 
*[[Walls of Night]]
*[[Gates of Morning]]
 
[[Category:Cosmology]]
[[Category:Doors and gates]]


[[de:Tore der Nacht]]
[[de:Tore der Nacht]]
[[fi:Yön Ovi]]
[[fi:Yön Ovi]]

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John Howe - The Door of Night

The Door of Night was a guarded portal in the distant Uttermost West, 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 Silmaril aloft in his shining ship Vingilot.

See also