Doom of Mandos
The Doom of Mandos, also called the Doom of the Noldor, the Curse of Mandos, and the Prophecy of the North, was the judgement of the Valar pronounced on the Noldorin Elves who carried out the Kinslaying at Alqualondë in Eldamar. It was given to the Noldor in the lands of Araman north of Valinor as a warning of the woe that would come upon them if they continued in their rebellion against the Valar and did not repent of their killing of the innocent Falmarin Elves. The Doom was believed to have been spoken personally by Mandos.
The Doom
The Doom was as follows:
History
The pronouncement of this Doom was the immediate cause for the full repentance of Finarfin - who was already reluctant to proceed - and his followers. They would soon return to Tirion, where they asked and received the forgiveness of the Valar.
However, the majority of the Noldor - as well as the Vanya Elenwë, who accompanied her Noldorin spouse, Turgon - continued on their way to Beleriand to fight Morgoth. The disastrous wars they waged there fulfilled the prophetic Doom.
Most would not survive, and forgiveness and pardon for the exiles did not come until the War of Wrath that ended the First Age. Even then, some few chose not to return, but remained in Middle-earth.
Other versions of the legendarium
In The Book of Lost Tales, an early version of the Doom of Mandos is spoken by a servant of Vefántur, who saw the exiled Noldoli as they journeyed towards the Helkaraksë. He foretold of evil things to come, and ended with the words, "Great is the fall of Gondolin". This was remembered by the Noldoli as the Prophecies of Amnos, named for the place in which the words were spoken. It is to be noted this was a foretelling rather than a curse, and was not spoken by Vefántur (Mandos) himself.
In the tale of The Fall of Gondolin, Turgon spoke the same words, "Great is the fall of Gondolin", which were recognized as "the words of Amnon the prophet of old". A few jottings by Tolkien in a notebook also reference a Prophecy of Amnon, but these are unclear as to whether Amnon is a person or a place.
Referencias
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