The Undying Lands were a realm inhabited by Ainur and Eldar. The area included the continent of Aman and the island of Tol Eressëa. The ocean Belegaer separated the Undying Lands from the western shores of Middle-earth. Only immortals and ring-bearers were allowed to live in this realm.

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History

Eldar Days and Second Age

Originally, mortals were allowed to trade with those from Valinor in the Undying Lands, but were forbidden to sail west beyond the sight of Númenor. However, in SA 3319 (Second Age), Sauron deceived Ar-Pharazôn, the King of Númenor, that the ruler of the Undying Lands would be granted immortality. To prevent the king's invasion, Ilúvatar destroyed Númenor beneath the ocean and set the Undying Lands forever beyond the reach of mortal Men. Elves were still permitted to sail across the sea to the Undying Lands, if they chose to (which most did).[1]

Third Age

In TA 3021 (Third Age), Círdan the Shipwright accompanied Elrond, Galadriel, and Gandalf, the Keepers of the Rings, on a voyage to the Undying Lands, where they intended to remain. They were also joined by Frodo and Bilbo Baggins, Hobbits who were among the very few mortal beings to be allowed passage to the Undying Lands.[2]

Fourth Age

Eventually, Samwise Gamgee, another Hobbit of the Shire, and the Dwarf Gimli along with his great friend Legolas made the journey to the Undying Lands. It is unknown how Manwë took to Gimli’s arrival, as he would have killed Earendil for coming to Valinor uninvited and only spared him because he came on behalf of Elves and Men.

Translations

Foreign Language Translated name Afrikaans Die Onheilspellende Lande Albanian Toka e pavdekshmerise Arabic الأراضي الخالدة Armenian Անմահ հողեր Belarusian Cyrillic несмяротныя зямлі Bosnian Besmrtna zemlja Bulgarian Cyrillic Нестихващи земи Catalan Terres eternes Croatian Besmrtna zemljišta Czech Země neumírajících Estonian Surematud maad Finnish Kuolemattomat Maat French Terres Immortelles Danish De udødelige lande Dutch De onsterfelijke landen Georgian უკვდავი მიწები German Die Unsterblichen Lände Greek Τα Αθάνατα Εδάφη Gujarati અમર જમીનો Hebrew ארץ בני האלמוות Hindi अमर भूमि Hungarian Halhatatlanföld Indonesian Tanah Keabadian Italian Terre Immortali Japanese 不滅の土地 Korean 불멸의 땅 Latvian Nemirstīgās zemes Lithuanian Nemirštančios žemės Macedonian Cyrillic Бесмртните Земји Malagasy Tsy mety lefy ny tany Malayalam അമരനാടുകൾ Malaysian Tanah Tanpa Kematian Mongolian Cyrillic Мөнхийн газар нутаг ? Norwegian De udødeliges land Persian زمین بی مرگی Portuguese Terras Imortais Romanian Tărâmurile Nemuririi Russian Бессмертные земли Serbian Бесмртнe земље (Cyrillic) Besmrtne zemlje (Latin) Slovak Nehynúca zem Slovenian Nesmrtne dežele Spanish Tierras Imperecederas Swedish De odödligas land Tamil என்றென்னும் நிலங்கள் Telugu అమర భూములు Turkish Ölümsüz Topraklar Uzbek Абадий йерлар (Cyrillic) Abadiy yerlar (Latin) Yiddish ימאָרטאַל לענדער



