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Mirkwood

2006-05-19T16:15:56Z

Evafreak92:

[[Image:Alan_Lee_-_%27%27Well%2C_here_is_Mirkwood%21%27%27_said_Gandalf.jpg|thumb|300px|''"Well, here is Mirkwood!" said Gandalf'' by [[Alan Lee]]]]
'''Mirkwood''' was originally from Germanic legends and was borrowed by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] as the name of a great wood east of the [[Misty Mountains]] in [[Rhovanion]], in his fictional [[Middle-earth]].

Projected into Old English, the term appears as ''Myrcwudu'' in Tolkien's ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings|The Lost Road]]'', as a poem sung by [[Aelfwine]] (''[[King Sheave]]'', [[HoME 5]]:91):
:Sea-danes and Goths, Swedes and Northmen,
: Franks and Frisians, folk of the islands,
: Swordmen and Saxons, Swabes and English,
: and the Langobards who long ago
: beyond Myrcwudu a mighty realm
: and wealth won them in the Welsh countries
: where Ælfwine Eadwine's heir
: in Italy was king. All that has passed.

Mirkwood also appears in the [[Middle-earth]] fiction, as the names of two distinct forests.

In [[The Silmarillion]], the highlands of [[Dorthonion]] eventually fell under [[Morgoth]]'s spell, and was renamed to [[Taur-nu-Fuin]] ("Forest under Deadly Nightshade") in [[Sindarin]], a name which Tolkien translated as ''Mirkwood'' in English. Along with the rest of [[Beleriand]] this forest disappeared after the cataclysm of the [[War of Wrath]], although part of its peaks may have survived as an island far of the coast of [[Lindon]].

In [[the Lord of the Rings]] and associated writings, Mirkwood is used as a translation of the unknown [[Westron]] name for the great forest in [[Rhovanion]]. The forest held the dwelling of a [[Silvan Elves|Silvan]] [[Elves|Elven]] kingdom, ruled by King [[Thranduil]]. It had been called ''Greenwood the Great'' until around the year 1050 in the [[Second Age]] of the [[Years of the Sun]], when a shadow of the dark lord [[Sauron]] fell upon it, and men began to call it ''Taur-nu-Fuin'' and ''Taur-e-Ndaedelos'' in the [[Sindarin]] tongue. Sauron established himself at the hill-fortress of [[Dol Guldur]] on ''Amon Lanc'', and drove Thranduil and his people ever northward, so that by the end of the [[Third Age]] they were a diminished and wary people, who had entrenched themselves beyond the ''Mountains of Mirkwood'' (''Emyn Fuin'', formerly the ''Emyn Duir'' or "Dark Mountains"). The ''Old Forest Road'' or ''Old Dwarf Road'' crossed the forest east to west, but due to its relative proximity to Dol Guldur, the road was mostly unusable. The [[Elves]] made a path farther to the north, which ended somewhere in the marshes south of the Long Lake of [[Esgaroth]].

In ''[[The Hobbit]]'', [[Bilbo Baggins]], along with [[Thorin Oakenshield]] and his band of [[Dwarves]], ventured into Mirkwood during their quest to regain [[Erebor]] from the [[Dragons|Dragon]] [[Smaug]]. There, they came across many great spiders, the breed of [[Shelob]]. Shortly after the Dwarves' escape, they were captured by the Elves. After or during these events the [[White Council]] attacked Dol Guldur, and Sauron fled to [[Mordor]], and his influence in Mirkwood diminished for a while.

Years later, [[Gollum]], after his release from Mordor, was captured by [[Aragorn II|Aragorn]] and brought a prisoner to Thranduil's halls. He escaped during an [[Orcs|Orc]] raid, and fled south to [[Moria]].

After Sauron was reduced to a powerless "spirit of malice" at the conclusion of the Third Age, the darkness was lifted from Mirkwood, and it became known again by its old name of '''Eryn Lasgalen''', Sindarin for the '''Wood of Greenleaves'''.

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Sindar

2006-05-07T19:53:09Z

Evafreak92:

'''Sindar''' (meaning ''Grey People'', singular ''Sinda'', although the later term was not generally used by Tolkien) are [[Elves]] of [[Teleri|Telerin]] descent. They are also known as the '''Grey Elves'''. Their language is [[Sindarin]]. The Kings of [[Doriath]], Elu [[Thingol]] and his grandson [[Dior]] Eluchil, were the High Kings of the Sindar.

The Sindar are "grey" perhaps because they were not [[Calaquendi|Elves of the Light]], never having actually set foot in [[Valinor]], but neither were they [[Avari]], since they did accept the invitation and set out on the journey (and therefore were technically counted among the [[Eldar]]). They are sometimes referred to as '''Elves of the Twilight'''. The term ''grey'' may also refer to Elu [[Thingol]]'s grey cloak. The term ''Sindar'' is actually not Sindarin in origin: it is the [[Quenya]] name devised by the [[Ñoldor|Ñoldorin]] exiles. It may also be related to ''Lindar'', the Telerin name for themselves. The name that the Sindar used for themselves was simply '''''Edhil''''' ("Elves", singular ''Edhel'').

The Teleri were the greatest host of the [[Eldar]]. They had two kings (click here for an [[Alternate Version of the Story of the Division of the Sindar]], wow thats long), the brothers [[Elwë]] Singollo (or Elu [[Thingol]] as he was later known in the Sindarin tongue) and [[Olwë]]. When the Teleri reached [[Beleriand]] during the [[Great Journey]] from [[Cuiviénen]], Thingol went wandering in the forests as was his wont. In the forest of [[Nan Elmoth]] he met [[Melian]], one of the [[Maiar]]. They fell in love, and with Melian, Thingol stood spellbound in Nan Elmoth for several years.

In the meantime, Olwë and many of the Teleri could not delay longer, and went to [[Aman]] without Elwë and his following. Elwë's followers stayed in Beleriand, to search for their king. They later became known as the '''''Eglath''''' (or the "forsaken"). At long last he awoke from the spell and set up a kingdom in the midst of Beleriand: [[Eglador]] (Land of the Forsaken, or Land of the Elves. The etymology is not clear.). The [[Dwarves]] of [[Nogrod]] and [[Belegost]] in the [[Ered Luin]] (Blue Mountains) were contracted to aid in the building of the city of [[Menegroth]] (the Thousand Caves).

Other Teleri also stayed behind: these were the friends of [[Ossë]] the Maia, who had fallen in love with the shores of [[Middle-earth]], and did not wish to depart. Their leader was [[Círdan]], and they established cities at [[Eglarest]] and [[Brithombar]]. They were known as the [[Falathrim]], or Elves of the [[Falas]] (Shore). They were not part of the realm of Eglador, but still took Thingol as their High King.

Yet other stray bands of Teleri settled in [[Nevrast]] and [[Hithlum]] to the north of Eglador, although these did not form any realms.

The Teleri of Eglador, the northlands, and the Falas were collectively known as the [[Sindar]], or Grey Elves, in later days, because they developed a civilisation all its own, which almost equalled that of the [[Calaquendi]] or Light Elves of [[Valinor]].

A last group of Teleri in Beleriand were the [[Laiquendi]] or Green Elves: they were descended from the [[Nandor]], which had split from the Great Journey before the [[Hithaeglir]] (Misty Mountains), and gone south along the Great River ([[Anduin]]). A part of them, under [[Denethor of the Nandor|Denethor]] son of [[Dan]], crossed the [[Blue Mountains]] eventually, and settled in [[Ossiriand]], or as it was later known [[Lindon]] (land of the singers). They remained a people apart for long, although many of them removed to Thingol's realm after Denethor was killed.

Just before the arrival of the Ñoldorin exiles, the Dark Lord [[Morgoth]] returned to his old stronghold of [[Angband]], and his activities increased. Thingol had Melian use her magic to create a girdle of bewilderment around Eglador, so that nobody could enter without the king's permission. Ever after it was known as [[Doriath]] (Land of the Fence). Thingol remained High King of the Sindar and nominal Overlord of Beleriand, although especially the Ñoldor following of the sons of [[Fëanor]] usually ignored his commands.

The language of the Sindar diverged from common Telerin over the long ages they were sundered from their kin, and became known as [[Sindarin]]. By the time the Ñoldor arrived in Beleriand, the languages had become mutually unintelligible, but the Ñoldor were quick to learn it. In the Second and Third Age, [[Sindarin]] became known as the Noble Tongue, and became the [[Elvish]] tongue used in daily speech throughout [[Middle-earth]] (helped by the decree of Thingol, who forbade the use of the Ñoldorin language in his realm). It was also adopted for daily use by the [[Númenor|Númenóreans]], and remained somewhat in use in the Realms in Exile of [[Gondor]] and [[Arnor]].

Sindarin eventually replaced Ñoldorin [[Quenya]] as the language used by the Ñoldor in [[Beleriand]], even in predominantly Ñoldorin settlements such as [[Gondolin]], although Quenya survived as a language of knowledge.

The [[Peredhil]], [[Elrond]] and [[Elros]], were partially of Sindarin Elven descent, as their mother [[Elwing]] was the daughter of [[Dior]], the son of [[Lúthien]], the daughter of [[Thingol]] and [[Melian]].

'''See also:''' ''[[The Silmarillion]]''

Sindar

2006-05-07T19:20:36Z

Evafreak92:

'''Sindar''' (meaning ''Grey People'', singular ''Sinda'', although the later term was not generally used by Tolkien) are [[Elves]] of [[Teleri|Telerin]] descent. They are also known as the '''Grey Elves'''. Their language is [[Sindarin]]. The Kings of [[Doriath]], Elu [[Thingol]] and his grandson [[Dior]] Eluchil, were the High Kings of the Sindar.

The Sindar are "grey" perhaps because they were not [[Calaquendi|Elves of the Light]], never having actually set foot in [[Valinor]], but neither were they [[Avari]], since they did accept the invitation and set out on the journey (and therefore were technically counted among the [[Eldar]]). They are sometimes referred to as '''Elves of the Twilight'''. The term ''grey'' may also refer to Elu [[Thingol]]'s grey cloak. The term ''Sindar'' is actually not Sindarin in origin: it is the [[Quenya]] name devised by the [[Ñoldor|Ñoldorin]] exiles. It may also be related to ''Lindar'', the Telerin name for themselves. The name that the Sindar used for themselves was simply '''''Edhil''''' ("Elves", singular ''Edhel'').

The Teleri were the greatest host of the [[Eldar]]. They had two kings[[*]], the brothers [[Elwë]] Singollo (or Elu [[Thingol]] as he was later known in the Sindarin tongue) and [[Olwë]]. When the Teleri reached [[Beleriand]] during the [[Great Journey]] from [[Cuiviénen]], Thingol went wandering in the forests as was his wont. In the forest of [[Nan Elmoth]] he met [[Melian]], one of the [[Maiar]]. They fell in love, and with Melian, Thingol stood spellbound in Nan Elmoth for several years.

In the meantime, Olwë and many of the Teleri could not delay longer, and went to [[Aman]] without Elwë and his following. Elwë's followers stayed in Beleriand, to search for their king. They later became known as the '''''Eglath''''' (or the "forsaken"). At long last he awoke from the spell and set up a kingdom in the midst of Beleriand: [[Eglador]] (Land of the Forsaken, or Land of the Elves. The etymology is not clear.). The [[Dwarves]] of [[Nogrod]] and [[Belegost]] in the [[Ered Luin]] (Blue Mountains) were contracted to aid in the building of the city of [[Menegroth]] (the Thousand Caves).

Other Teleri also stayed behind: these were the friends of [[Ossë]] the Maia, who had fallen in love with the shores of [[Middle-earth]], and did not wish to depart. Their leader was [[Círdan]], and they established cities at [[Eglarest]] and [[Brithombar]]. They were known as the [[Falathrim]], or Elves of the [[Falas]] (Shore). They were not part of the realm of Eglador, but still took Thingol as their High King.

Yet other stray bands of Teleri settled in [[Nevrast]] and [[Hithlum]] to the north of Eglador, although these did not form any realms.

The Teleri of Eglador, the northlands, and the Falas were collectively known as the [[Sindar]], or Grey Elves, in later days, because they developed a civilisation all its own, which almost equalled that of the [[Calaquendi]] or Light Elves of [[Valinor]].

A last group of Teleri in Beleriand were the [[Laiquendi]] or Green Elves: they were descended from the [[Nandor]], which had split from the Great Journey before the [[Hithaeglir]] (Misty Mountains), and gone south along the Great River ([[Anduin]]). A part of them, under [[Denethor of the Nandor|Denethor]] son of [[Dan]], crossed the [[Blue Mountains]] eventually, and settled in [[Ossiriand]], or as it was later known [[Lindon]] (land of the singers). They remained a people apart for long, although many of them removed to Thingol's realm after Denethor was killed.

Just before the arrival of the Ñoldorin exiles, the Dark Lord [[Morgoth]] returned to his old stronghold of [[Angband]], and his activities increased. Thingol had Melian use her magic to create a girdle of bewilderment around Eglador, so that nobody could enter without the king's permission. Ever after it was known as [[Doriath]] (Land of the Fence). Thingol remained High King of the Sindar and nominal Overlord of Beleriand, although especially the Ñoldor following of the sons of [[Fëanor]] usually ignored his commands.

The language of the Sindar diverged from common Telerin over the long ages they were sundered from their kin, and became known as [[Sindarin]]. By the time the Ñoldor arrived in Beleriand, the languages had become mutually unintelligible, but the Ñoldor were quick to learn it. In the Second and Third Age, [[Sindarin]] became known as the Noble Tongue, and became the [[Elvish]] tongue used in daily speech throughout [[Middle-earth]] (helped by the decree of Thingol, who forbade the use of the Ñoldorin language in his realm). It was also adopted for daily use by the [[Númenor|Númenóreans]], and remained somewhat in use in the Realms in Exile of [[Gondor]] and [[Arnor]].

Sindarin eventually replaced Ñoldorin [[Quenya]] as the language used by the Ñoldor in [[Beleriand]], even in predominantly Ñoldorin settlements such as [[Gondolin]], although Quenya survived as a language of knowledge.

The [[Peredhil]], [[Elrond]] and [[Elros]], were partially of Sindarin Elven descent, as their mother [[Elwing]] was the daughter of [[Dior]], the son of [[Lúthien]], the daughter of [[Thingol]] and [[Melian]].

'''See also:''' ''[[The Silmarillion]]''

Sindar

2006-05-07T19:01:01Z

Evafreak92:

'''Sindar''' (meaning ''Grey People'', singular ''Sinda'', although the later term was not generally used by Tolkien) are [[Elves]] of [[Teleri|Telerin]] descent. They are also known as the '''Grey Elves'''. Their language is [[Sindarin]]. The Kings of [[Doriath]], Elu [[Thingol]] and his grandson [[Dior]] Eluchil, were the High Kings of the Sindar.

The Sindar are "grey" perhaps because they were not [[Calaquendi|Elves of the Light]], never having actually set foot in [[Valinor]], but neither were they [[Avari]], since they did accept the invitation and set out on the journey (and therefore were technically counted among the [[Eldar]]). They are sometimes referred to as '''Elves of the Twilight'''. The term ''grey'' may also refer to Elu [[Thingol]]'s grey cloak. The term ''Sindar'' is actually not Sindarin in origin: it is the [[Quenya]] name devised by the [[Ñoldor|Ñoldorin]] exiles. It may also be related to ''Lindar'', the Telerin name for themselves. The name that the Sindar used for themselves was simply '''''Edhil''''' ("Elves", singular ''Edhel'').

The Teleri were the greatest host of the [[Eldar]]. They had two kings, the brothers [[Elwë]] Singollo (or Elu [[Thingol]] as he was later known in the Sindarin tongue) and [[Olwë]]. When the Teleri reached [[Beleriand]] during the [[Great Journey]] from [[Cuiviénen]], Thingol went wandering in the forests as was his wont. In the forest of [[Nan Elmoth]] he met [[Melian]], one of the [[Maiar]]. They fell in love, and with Melian, Thingol stood spellbound in Nan Elmoth for several years.

In the meantime, Olwë and many of the Teleri could not delay longer, and went to [[Aman]] without Elwë and his following. Elwë's followers stayed in Beleriand, to search for their king. They later became known as the '''''Eglath''''' (or the "forsaken"). At long last he awoke from the spell and set up a kingdom in the midst of Beleriand: [[Eglador]] (Land of the Forsaken, or Land of the Elves. The etymology is not clear.). The [[Dwarves]] of [[Nogrod]] and [[Belegost]] in the [[Ered Luin]] (Blue Mountains) were contracted to aid in the building of the city of [[Menegroth]] (the Thousand Caves).

Other Teleri also stayed behind: these were the friends of [[Ossë]] the Maia, who had fallen in love with the shores of [[Middle-earth]], and did not wish to depart. Their leader was [[Círdan]], and they established cities at [[Eglarest]] and [[Brithombar]]. They were known as the [[Falathrim]], or Elves of the [[Falas]] (Shore). They were not part of the realm of Eglador, but still took Thingol as their High King.

Yet other stray bands of Teleri settled in [[Nevrast]] and [[Hithlum]] to the north of Eglador, although these did not form any realms.

The Teleri of Eglador, the northlands, and the Falas were collectively known as the [[Sindar]], or Grey Elves, in later days, because they developed a civilisation all its own, which almost equalled that of the [[Calaquendi]] or Light Elves of [[Valinor]].

A last group of Teleri in Beleriand were the [[Laiquendi]] or Green Elves: they were descended from the [[Nandor]], which had split from the Great Journey before the [[Hithaeglir]] (Misty Mountains), and gone south along the Great River ([[Anduin]]). A part of them, under [[Denethor of the Nandor|Denethor]] son of [[Dan]], crossed the [[Blue Mountains]] eventually, and settled in [[Ossiriand]], or as it was later known [[Lindon]] (land of the singers). They remained a people apart for long, although many of them removed to Thingol's realm after Denethor was killed.

Just before the arrival of the Ñoldorin exiles, the Dark Lord [[Morgoth]] returned to his old stronghold of [[Angband]], and his activities increased. Thingol had Melian use her magic to create a girdle of bewilderment around Eglador, so that nobody could enter without the king's permission. Ever after it was known as [[Doriath]] (Land of the Fence). Thingol remained High King of the Sindar and nominal Overlord of Beleriand, although especially the Ñoldor following of the sons of [[Fëanor]] usually ignored his commands.

The language of the Sindar diverged from common Telerin over the long ages they were sundered from their kin, and became known as [[Sindarin]]. By the time the Ñoldor arrived in Beleriand, the languages had become mutually unintelligible, but the Ñoldor were quick to learn it. In the Second and Third Age, [[Sindarin]] became known as the Noble Tongue, and became the [[Elvish]] tongue used in daily speech throughout [[Middle-earth]] (helped by the decree of Thingol, who forbade the use of the Ñoldorin language in his realm). It was also adopted for daily use by the [[Númenor|Númenóreans]], and remained somewhat in use in the Realms in Exile of [[Gondor]] and [[Arnor]].

Sindarin eventually replaced Ñoldorin [[Quenya]] as the language used by the Ñoldor in [[Beleriand]], even in predominantly Ñoldorin settlements such as [[Gondolin]], although Quenya survived as a language of knowledge.

The [[Peredhil]], [[Elrond]] and [[Elros]], were partially of Sindarin Elven descent, as their mother [[Elwing]] was the daughter of [[Dior]], the son of [[Lúthien]], the daughter of [[Thingol]] and [[Melian]].

'''See also:''' ''[[The Silmarillion]]''

Nandor

2006-05-07T18:53:58Z

Evafreak92:

'''Nandor''' (singular ''[[Nando]]'') were [[Elves]] of [[Telerin]] descent, who left the [[Great Journey]] from [[Cuiviénen]] to [[Valinor]] as the Elves reached the [[Hithaeglir]] ([[Misty Mountains]]). Under their leader [[Lenwë]] (''Dan'' in their own language), a group of Teleri turned south along the Great River ([[Anduin]]), and disappeared from written history. ''Nandor'' eventually became their term for themselves, and meant ''people of Dan'' in their own language.

Many years later a group of Nandor under [[Denethor of the Nandor|Denethor]], son of Lenwë, crossed the [[Ered Luin]] into [[Ossiriand]], which was after named [[Lindon]], or Land of the singers, after these elves. They became known as the '''Laiquendi''' (singular ''Laiquendë'') or '''Green Elves'''.

The [[Silvan Elves]] of [[Mirkwood]] and [[Lórien|Lothlórien]] were descended from the Nandor (but most of their lords were not), as were the Elves which dwelt at [[Edhellond]] near [[Dol Amroth]] during the early days of [[Gondor]].

Nandorin, the language of the Nandor, gradually disappeared from [[Middle-earth]] after the end of the [[First Age]], when [[Sindar]]in elves merged with the Silvan folk and were taken as their lords. Nandorin/Silvan gradually became extinct, surviving only in placenames such as Laurelindórinan/Lindórinand (old names for [[Lórien]]) and proper names such as [[Amroth]]. The daily tongue of the Silvan elves became [[Sindarin]], or Sindarin with some Silvan influences.

Green Elves

2006-05-07T18:53:40Z

Evafreak92:

see [[Nandor]].

Nandor

2006-05-07T18:53:23Z

Evafreak92:

'''Nandor''' (singular ''[[Nando]]'') were [[Elves]] of [[Telerin]] descent, who left the [[Great Journey]] from [[Cuiviénen]] to [[Valinor]] as the Elves reached the [[Hithaeglir]] ([[Misty Mountains]]). Under their leader [[Lenwë]] (''Dan'' in their own language), a group of Teleri turned south along the Great River ([[Anduin]]), and disappeared from written history. ''Nandor'' eventually became their term for themselves, and meant ''people of Dan'' in their own language.

Many years later a group of Nandor under [[Denethor of the Nandor|Denethor]], son of Lenwë, crossed the [[Ered Luin]] into [[Ossiriand]], which was after named [[Lindon]], or Land of the singers, after these elves. They became known as the '''Laiquendi''' (singular ''Laiquendë'') or '''[[Green Elves]]'''.

The [[Silvan Elves]] of [[Mirkwood]] and [[Lórien|Lothlórien]] were descended from the Nandor (but most of their lords were not), as were the Elves which dwelt at [[Edhellond]] near [[Dol Amroth]] during the early days of [[Gondor]].

Nandorin, the language of the Nandor, gradually disappeared from [[Middle-earth]] after the end of the [[First Age]], when [[Sindar]]in elves merged with the Silvan folk and were taken as their lords. Nandorin/Silvan gradually became extinct, surviving only in placenames such as Laurelindórinan/Lindórinand (old names for [[Lórien]]) and proper names such as [[Amroth]]. The daily tongue of the Silvan elves became [[Sindarin]], or Sindarin with some Silvan influences.

Avari

2006-05-07T18:51:33Z

Evafreak92:

[[Quenya|Q]]: unwilling
The '''Avari''' are a branch of the [[Elves]]. Also known as East Elves

When [[Oromë]] found the [[Elves]] that awakened in [[Cuiviénen]] (see: [[Awakening of the Elves]]), he summoned them to come with him to [[Valinor]]. All the [[Vanyar]] and most of the [[Ñoldor]] were persuaded, along with some of the [[Teleri]], and followed [[Oromë]] into the west on the [[Great Journey]]. The remainder of the [[Ñoldor]] and [[Teleri]] remained suspicious, or simply refused to depart from their own lands, and spread gradually throughout the wide lands of [[Middle-earth]]. They were after known in [[Quenya]]—the language of the [[Eldar]] that eventually reached [[Valinor]]—by the name ''Avari'', meaning "the Unwilling", because they refused the summons.

Having never come to [[Valinor]], the Avari remained a wild folk, dwellers of forests. Little is known of them, as they do not appear in any of the tales, save some references to Avari creeping in the south of [[Beleriand]] in the [[First Age]]. Many of them probably merged with the [[Nandor]] and became known as [[Silvan Elves]]. Also, it is speculated that the [[Dark Elves]] were the first other sentient race encountered by the race of [[Men]] during their infancy. The [[Dark Elves]] probably taught them many of the basic crafts of civilization, though the craft of the Eldar surpassed that of the Avari even more than that of the Avari surpassed primitive [[Men]].

In ''[[The War of the Jewels]]'', names of six tribes of Avari in their own languages are given, all being cognates of the [[Quenya]] word [[Quendi]] (''the Speakers''): '''[[Kindi]]''', '''[[Cuind]]''', '''[[Hwenti]]''', '''[[Windan]]''', '''[[Kinn-lai]]''', '''[[Penni]]'''. They are the only certain Avarin words ever mentioned in the published [[Middle-earth]] material. It is speculated however that [[Dorwinion]] was an Avarin land, with '''Winion''' carrying the meaning of "Wine".

[[The Silmarillion]] contains a suggestion that [[Orcs]] may be descended by [[Avarin elves]] captured and corrupted by [[Melkor]].

==Other versions of the legendarium==

In older versions of the legendarium, the name ''Avari'' was originally that of the later [[Eldar]], then meaning "those that departed".

In other, relatively late writings, a brief idea was that the Avari did not come from the three clans, but from two other clans, led by [[Nurwë]] and [[Morwë]]. This idea was later dropped. In the final conception, the [[Elves]] were divided into three tribes.

==External links==
*[http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/avarin.htm Avarin languages at Ardalambion]

[[Category:Elves]]

East Elves

2006-05-07T18:51:18Z

Evafreak92:

see [[Avari]]

Avari

2006-05-07T18:50:56Z

Evafreak92:

[[Quenya|Q]]: unwilling
The '''Avari''' are a branch of the [[Elves]]. Also known as [[East Elves]]

When [[Oromë]] found the [[Elves]] that awakened in [[Cuiviénen]] (see: [[Awakening of the Elves]]), he summoned them to come with him to [[Valinor]]. All the [[Vanyar]] and most of the [[Ñoldor]] were persuaded, along with some of the [[Teleri]], and followed [[Oromë]] into the west on the [[Great Journey]]. The remainder of the [[Ñoldor]] and [[Teleri]] remained suspicious, or simply refused to depart from their own lands, and spread gradually throughout the wide lands of [[Middle-earth]]. They were after known in [[Quenya]]—the language of the [[Eldar]] that eventually reached [[Valinor]]—by the name ''Avari'', meaning "the Unwilling", because they refused the summons.

Having never come to [[Valinor]], the Avari remained a wild folk, dwellers of forests. Little is known of them, as they do not appear in any of the tales, save some references to Avari creeping in the south of [[Beleriand]] in the [[First Age]]. Many of them probably merged with the [[Nandor]] and became known as [[Silvan Elves]]. Also, it is speculated that the [[Dark Elves]] were the first other sentient race encountered by the race of [[Men]] during their infancy. The [[Dark Elves]] probably taught them many of the basic crafts of civilization, though the craft of the Eldar surpassed that of the Avari even more than that of the Avari surpassed primitive [[Men]].

In ''[[The War of the Jewels]]'', names of six tribes of Avari in their own languages are given, all being cognates of the [[Quenya]] word [[Quendi]] (''the Speakers''): '''[[Kindi]]''', '''[[Cuind]]''', '''[[Hwenti]]''', '''[[Windan]]''', '''[[Kinn-lai]]''', '''[[Penni]]'''. They are the only certain Avarin words ever mentioned in the published [[Middle-earth]] material. It is speculated however that [[Dorwinion]] was an Avarin land, with '''Winion''' carrying the meaning of "Wine".

[[The Silmarillion]] contains a suggestion that [[Orcs]] may be descended by [[Avarin elves]] captured and corrupted by [[Melkor]].

==Other versions of the legendarium==

In older versions of the legendarium, the name ''Avari'' was originally that of the later [[Eldar]], then meaning "those that departed".

In other, relatively late writings, a brief idea was that the Avari did not come from the three clans, but from two other clans, led by [[Nurwë]] and [[Morwë]]. This idea was later dropped. In the final conception, the [[Elves]] were divided into three tribes.

==External links==
*[http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/avarin.htm Avarin languages at Ardalambion]

[[Category:Elves]]

Eldar

2006-05-07T18:49:46Z

Evafreak92:

{{Pronounce|Eldar.mp3|Ardamir}}
The name given to the [[Elves]] (and the term West Elves may also apply to these kindred) by the [[Valar|Vala]] [[Oromë]] when he first found them wandering in the starlight of [[Cuiviénen]]. At first, the name was applied to all [[Elves]], but after the summons of the [[Valar]], it came to be used only of the peoples who followed the summons and began the [[Great Journey]].

The [[Three Kindreds]] of the Eldar were the [[Vanyar]], the [[Noldor]] and the [[Teleri]]. All of the Vanyar and Noldor went to [[Aman]] (though many of the Noldor later returned to [[Middle-earth]] with [[Fëanor]]).

Many of the Teleri also journeyed to Valinor, but twice a host of this people turned away from the Journey in Middle-earth; these two kindreds are called [[Úmanyar]], the Eldar not of Aman. The first of these were the [[Nandor]], who turned aside east of the [[Misty Mountains]], and travelled down the River Anduin. The second, the [[Sindar]], tarried in [[Beleriand]] seeking their lord, [[Elwë Singollo]].

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West Elves

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see [[Eldar]]

Eldar

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Evafreak92:

{{Pronounce|Eldar.mp3|Ardamir}}
The name given to the [[Elves]] (and the term [[West Elves]] may also apply to these kindred) by the [[Valar|Vala]] [[Oromë]] when he first found them wandering in the starlight of [[Cuiviénen]]. At first, the name was applied to all [[Elves]], but after the summons of the [[Valar]], it came to be used only of the peoples who followed the summons and began the [[Great Journey]].

The [[Three Kindreds]] of the Eldar were the [[Vanyar]], the [[Noldor]] and the [[Teleri]]. All of the Vanyar and Noldor went to [[Aman]] (though many of the Noldor later returned to [[Middle-earth]] with [[Fëanor]]).

Many of the Teleri also journeyed to Valinor, but twice a host of this people turned away from the Journey in Middle-earth; these two kindreds are called [[Úmanyar]], the Eldar not of Aman. The first of these were the [[Nandor]], who turned aside east of the [[Misty Mountains]], and travelled down the River Anduin. The second, the [[Sindar]], tarried in [[Beleriand]] seeking their lord, [[Elwë Singollo]].

[[Category:Pronounced articles]]