The Encyclopedia of Arda - Elven-folk (original) (raw)

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Dates The first of the Elven-folk awoke some three ages (very roughly 4,300 years) before the first rising of the Sun Origins First awoke at Cuiviénen, the place called the Water of Awakening Race Elves Divisions Many subdivisions, but primarily divided into Eldar, who began the Great Journey, and Avari, who did not Meaning Elven is an adjectival form of Elf, from Old English ælf or Old Norse alfr, meaning a 'spirit' or 'goblin' Other names Edhelrim, Edhil, Eldalië, Eldar, The Elder Children of Ilúvatar, The Elder Kindred, The Elder People, The Elder Race, Eledhrim, Elves, Fair Folk, The Firstborn, People of the Stars, Quendi, White-fiends Indexes: Alphabetical: E Elves About this entry: Updated 16 December 2022 Updates planned: 1 The people of the Quendi Quendi(All Elven-folk)Eldar Elves of theGreat Journey Avari The Unwilling Orcs?Vanyar Light Elves Noldor Deep-elves Teleri The Third Clan Falmari Teleri of Aman Sindar Grey-elves ofBeleriand NandorFollowersof Lenwë Laiquendi Green-elves ofOssiriand Silvan ElvesOthers who leftthe Great Journey Some of the more important divisions of the Elven-folk An occasional term used as a simple poetic equivalent of 'Elves'. It seems to have been used especially by the Mortal races of Arda (at least, no Elves ever refer to themselves as belonging to the 'Elven-folk'). The term also occasionally appears spelt as 'Elvenfolk', with identical meaning. Indexes: Alphabetical: E Elves About this entry: Updated 16 December 2022 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2007, 2017, 2022. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus Invitations make it easy to run DISC personality profiling across the Web, with results available instantly.

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Dates The first of the Elven-folk awoke some three ages (very roughly 4,300 years) before the first rising of the Sun Origins First awoke at Cuiviénen, the place called the Water of Awakening Race Elves Divisions Many subdivisions, but primarily divided into Eldar, who began the Great Journey, and Avari, who did not Meaning Elven is an adjectival form of Elf, from Old English ælf or Old Norse alfr, meaning a 'spirit' or 'goblin' Other names Edhelrim, Edhil, Eldalië, Eldar, The Elder Children of Ilúvatar, The Elder Kindred, The Elder People, The Elder Race, Eledhrim, Elves, Fair Folk, The Firstborn, People of the Stars, Quendi, White-fiends Indexes: Alphabetical: E Elves About this entry: Updated 16 December 2022 Updates planned: 1 The people of the Quendi Quendi(All Elven-folk)

Eldar Elves of theGreat Journey Avari The Unwilling Orcs?

Vanyar Light Elves Noldor Deep-elves Teleri The Third Clan

Falmari Teleri of Aman Sindar Grey-elves ofBeleriand NandorFollowersof Lenwë

Laiquendi Green-elves ofOssiriand Silvan ElvesOthers who leftthe Great Journey Some of the more important divisions of the Elven-folk An occasional term used as a simple poetic equivalent of 'Elves'. It seems to have been used especially by the Mortal races of Arda (at least, no Elves ever refer to themselves as belonging to the 'Elven-folk'). The term also occasionally appears spelt as 'Elvenfolk', with identical meaning. Indexes: Alphabetical: E Elves About this entry: Updated 16 December 2022 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2007, 2017, 2022. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus Invitations make it easy to run DISC personality profiling across the Web, with results available instantly.