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'''Firstborn''' was a name for [[Elves]], the Firstborn [[Children of Ilúvatar]], who awoke in [[Middle-earth]] millennia before [[Men]], the [[Men|Aftercomers]].<ref>{{ | '''Firstborn''' was a name for [[Elves]], the Firstborn [[Children of Ilúvatar]], who awoke in [[Middle-earth]] millennia before [[Men]], the [[Men|Aftercomers]].<ref>{{S|Ainu}}</ref> It could also be used specifically for the very first Elves to be [[Awakening of the Elves|awakened]] by [[Ilúvatar|Eru]].{{fact}} | ||
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Revision as of 04:05, 25 February 2012
Firstborn was a name for Elves, the Firstborn Children of Ilúvatar, who awoke in Middle-earth millennia before Men, the Aftercomers.[1] It could also be used specifically for the very first Elves to be awakened by Eru.[source?]
References
| Elves (Quendi · People of the Stars · Firstborn · Elder Kindred) | |
| Three Kindreds: (Eldar · Eldalië · Edhil) |
Vanyar (Fair-elves · Minyar) · Noldor (Deep-elves · Tatyar) · Teleri (Lindar · Nelyar) |
|---|---|
| Calaquendi: (High-elves · Amanyar) |
Vanyar · Noldor · Falmari |
| Úmanyar: | Sindar (Grey-elves · Eglath · Falathrim) · Nandor (Green-elves · Silvan Elves) |
| Moriquendi: | Úmanyar · Avari (Cuind · Hwenti · Kindi · Kinn-lai · Penni · Windan) |
| See also: | Awakening of the Elves · Sundering of the Elves · Great Journey |
