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'''Light-elves''' was a name given to the '''[[Vanyar]]''', the [[Three Kindreds|kindred]] of the [[Elves]] who came first to [[Valinor]] and never returned to [[Middle-earth]]. | '''Light-elves''' was a name given to the '''[[Vanyar]]''', the [[Three Kindreds|kindred]] of the [[Elves]] who came first to [[Valinor]] and never returned to [[Middle-earth]].<ref>{{H|8}}</ref> | ||
==Comment== | |||
This is an old and rare term, used just once in ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and never again in any canonical source. This is probably to avoid confusion with "Elves of the Light", the [[Calaquendi]], of whom the Light-elves formed just one part, together with the [[Noldor]] and the [[Falmari]] (called "[[Deep-elves]]" and "[[Sea-elves]]" in ''The Hobbit''). | This is an old and rare term, used just once in ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and never again in any [[Canon|canonical]] source. This is probably to avoid confusion with "Elves of the Light", the [[Calaquendi]], of whom the Light-elves formed just one part, together with the [[Noldor]] and the [[Falmari]] (called "[[Deep-elves]]" and "[[Sea-elves]]" in ''The Hobbit''). | ||
==Inspiration== | |||
In Norse mythology, there are the Light Elves (''[[Wikipedia:Light elves|Ljósálfar]]'') and the Dark Elves (''Dökkálfar'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Svartálfar|Svartálfar]]''), a tradition which was well known to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]].<ref>{{HM|SG}}, "Appendix A: Origins of the Legend", p. 359</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 15:28, 6 December 2010
Light-elves was a name given to the Vanyar, the kindred of the Elves who came first to Valinor and never returned to Middle-earth.[1]
Comment
This is an old and rare term, used just once in The Hobbit and never again in any canonical source. This is probably to avoid confusion with "Elves of the Light", the Calaquendi, of whom the Light-elves formed just one part, together with the Noldor and the Falmari (called "Deep-elves" and "Sea-elves" in The Hobbit).
Inspiration
In Norse mythology, there are the Light Elves (Ljósálfar) and the Dark Elves (Dökkálfar or Svartálfar), a tradition which was well known to J.R.R. Tolkien.[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Flies and Spiders"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, "Appendix A: Origins of the Legend", p. 359
