Dates
The first Eldar awoke some three ages (very roughly 4,300 years) before the first rising of the SunLocation
Awoke at Cuiviénen and journeyed across Middle-earth, with many crossing the Great Sea into the West; the greater part of the Noldor later returned to Middle-earthOrigins
Those Elves who chose to set out on the Great JourneyRace
Divisions
Settlements
Numerous, but the main city of the Eldar in Aman was Tirion on TúnaPronunciation
e'ldarr ('rr' indicates that the final 'r' sound should be pronounced)
Meaning
Other names
Note
The name Eldar originally included all Elves, but later came to be used for those who set out on the Great Journey; it is in the latter more specific sense that the term is discussed here
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The name given to the Elves by the 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 as they crossed 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 Great River Anduin. The second, the Sindar, tarried in Beleriand seeking their lord, Elwë Singollo.
See also...
Aldudénië, Aman, Amlach, Ancient Tongue, Ancient West, Araw, Astar, Atanatári, Awakening of Men, Balan, Barahir, Battle of Unnumbered Tears, Battle-under-Stars, Bay of Eldanna, Bent World, [See the full list...]Black Foe of the World, Blessed Realm, Captain of Morgoth, Dagor Aglareb, Dark Elves, Dark King, Dark Lord, Days of Bliss, Dead Tree, Deathless Lands, Deep Elves, Downfall of Melkor, Drughu, Dweller in the Deep, Eärendil, Edhelrim, Edhil, Eldalië, Eldar of Eressëa, Eldar of Hithlum, Eldar of the West, Eldar of Valinor, Eldarin, Eldarion, Elder Children of Ilúvatar, Elder Race, Eldest of Trees, Eledhrim, Elemmírë, Elendil, Elendili, Elf-kings, Elladan, Elu Thingol, Elven-kings, Elves, Elves beyond the Sea, Elves of Lindon, Elves of Mithrim, Elves of the High Kindred, Elves of the Light, Elves of the West, Elvish, Elvish World, Emyn Uial, Enemy of Men and Elves, Essë, Ever-summer, Evil Breath, Fathers of the Dwarves, Fathers of the Númenóreans, Fëanor, Fifth Battle, First House of the Edain, Flower of the West, Foam-flower, Folk of the Wood, Forsaken Elves, Fourth Battle, Fragrant Trees, Friend-of-Men, Galadriel, Gasping Dust, Gorthol, Great Journey, Great Rider, Green Bough of Return, Havens of Círdan, Helluin, Hidden People, High Folk of the West, High Speech, Hill of Tears, House of Elros, Imlach, Inscrutable, Isles of the West, King of the Eldar, King’s Men, King’s Party, Lenwë, Lissuin, Long Night, Long Peace, Lord of Andúnië, Loremasters, Lost Isle, Malinorni, Man of Skill, Men of the Ancient Houses, Men of the North (in the First Age), Middle Men, Morgoth, Mountains of Aman, Nessamelda, Nómin, Olórin, Oromë, Oromet, Pass of Light, Peace of Arda, People of the Great Journey, People of the Stars, Powers of the World, River Anduin, Ruin of Beleriand, Sea-elves, Sea-longing, Secondborn, Seeing-stones of Númenor, Seven Seeing Stones, Seven Stones, Seventh Gate, Sindar, Sindar of Nevrast, Singollo, Spies of the Valar, Star-watcher, Swarthy Men, Tar-Ancalimon, Tareldar, The Accursed, The Fair, The Farsighted, The Free, The Green, The Light, The Rider, The Wise, Three Jewels, Three Keepers, Two Kindreds, Ulmo, Úmanyar, Unchaining of Melkor, Union of Maedhros, Valar, Vale of the Land of the Singers, Valmar, Varda Elentári, Vardarianna, Voyage of Eärendil, War of the Great Jewels, Water of Awakening, White Council, White Mountains, White Tree of Númenor, White Tree of the Eldar, White Tree of Tol Eressëa, Wise People, Years of the Trees
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