the Ban of the Valar

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The Ban of the Valar is a divine prohibition in Tolkien’s legendarium that forbids the Men of Númenor from sailing west toward the Undying Lands, symbolizing the limits placed on mortal ambition and the separation between mortals and the immortal realms.

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Label	Occurrences
Ban of the Valar	2
the Ban of the Valar canonical	1

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cosmology of Middle-earth → includesConcept → the Ban of the Valar ⓘ

the Straight Road → relatedTo → Ban of the Valar ⓘ

linked to: the Ban of the Valar

West (Middle-earth) → relatedConcept → Ban of the Valar ⓘ

subject linked to: West

linked to: the Ban of the Valar