Tolkien, dans les Contes Perdus 1, a écrit :Thus came it that the Gods dared a very great deed, the most mighty of all their works; for making a fleet of magic rafts and boats with Ulmo's aid -- and otherwise had none
of these endured to sail upon the waters of Vai -- they drew to the Wall of Things, and there they made the Door of Night (Moritarnon or Tarn Fui as the Eldar name it in their tongues). There it still stands, utterly black and huge against the deep- blue walls. Its pillars are of the mightiest basalt and its lintel likewise, but great dragons of black stone are carved thereon, and shadowy smoke pours slowly from their jaws. Gates it has unbreakable, and none know how they were made or set, for the Eldar were not suffered to be in that dread building, and it is the last secret of the Gods; and not the onset of the world will force that door, which opens to a mystic word alone. That word Urwendi only knows and Manwe who spake it to her; for beyond the Door of Night is the outer dark, and he who passes therethrough may escape the world and death and hear things not yet for the ears of Earth-dwellers, and this may not be.
In the East however was the work of the Gods of other sort, for there was a great arch made, and, 'tis said, 'tis all of shining gold and barred with silver gates, yet few have beheld it even of the Gods for the wealth of glowing vapours that are often swathed about it. Now the Gates of Morn open also before Urwendi only, and the word she speaks is the same that she utters at the Door of Night, but it is reversed. So comes it that ever now, as the Ship of the Moon leaves his haven in the East and his gates of pearl, Ulmo draws the galleon of the Sun before the Door of Night. Then speaks Urwendi the mystic word, and they open outward before her, and a gust of darkness sweeps in but perishes before her, blazing light; and the galleon of the Sun goes out into the limitless dark, and coming behind the world finds the East again. There doth Sari filled with the lightness of the morning ride through the gates and Urwendi and her maidens make a sound of golden horns, and dawn is split upon the eyes of Men."

Tolkien a écrit :C'est donc à cause de l'interdit des Valar qu'à cette époque les voyages de Dúnedain les menaient toujours vers l'est, depuis les ténèbres du Nord jusqu'aux chaleurs du Midi, et au-delà du Sud, jusqu'aux ténèbres d'En Bas. Ils allèrent même sur les mers intérieures, contournèrent les Terres du Milieu et aperçurent depuis leurs hautes proues les Portes du Matin à l'Orient...

Belgarion a écrit :Il ne s'agit pas de l'unique citation de portes du matin.
On peut aussi la lire dans le Silmarillion, Akallabeth p263 (CB-editions)

Meneldur a écrit :Et deux lampes plus hautes que toutes les montagnes du monde et qui éclairent un monde plat, ça ne te paraît pas bizarre?

Meneldur a écrit :Et trois joyaux qui brûlent les mains de quiconque n'a pas le droit de les toucher, ça ne te paraît pas bizarre?

Citation :j'ai un dessins de Jonh howe qui représenter les portes de la nuit je peux le scanner si vous voulez !

Tolkien dans les Contes Perdus 1 a écrit :There it still stands, utterly black and huge against the deep- blue walls. Its pillars are of the mightiest basalt and its lintel likewise, but great dragons of black stone are carved thereon, and shadowy smoke pours slowly from their jaws.

thegodzilla2 a écrit :le royaume du mal siège dans l'obscurité mon amis ces bètes représentent le mal aux aguets .....
et puis un dessin pareil n'aurais pas tant de succes sans quelques jolies bebetes ^^

thegodzilla2 a écrit :je suis en ce moment en train de traduire ce texte je mettrais le résultat ici !