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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]].<ref>{{H|8}}</ref> | '''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 name=H8>{{H|8}}</ref> | ||
==Comment== | ==Comment== | ||
This | This term used just once for the Vanyar, in ''[[The Hobbit]]'', and never again in any [[Canon|canonical]] source.<ref name=H8/> 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 "[[Noldor|Deep-elves]]" and "[[Sea-elves]]" in ''The Hobbit'').{{fact}} | ||
==Inspiration== | ==Inspiration== | ||
Revision as of 22:00, 10 September 2011
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 term used just once for the Vanyar, in The Hobbit, and never again in any canonical source.[1] 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).[source?]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
