The Elf Name Generator. Silvan Elves. In the First Age the Elves of Ossiriand, or Laiquendi, were also referred to as wood-elves.
The War of the Last Alliance[edit] According to notes made by Tolkien after the publication of Lord of the Rings and found in Unfinished Tales, Oropher, the Sindarin king of the Silvan Elves of Mirkwood, or Greenwood the Great as it was then known, raised a large force as part of the Last Alliance to overthrow Sauron. During the first assault on Mordor, he disregarded Gil-galad's tactical plan and led a reckless charge in which he was slain along with two-thirds of his troops. Rule of the Silvan Elves and field command of their remaining strength passed to Oropher's son Thranduil, the father of Legolas. Mirkwood[edit] Lórien[edit] Moriquendi. In the fictional universe of J.
R. R. Tolkien, Moriquendi is a Quenya word meaning "Dark-folk",[1] but often translated "Elves of Darkness" or "Dark-elves".[2] This name has a long internal history. Internal history[edit] Calaquendi. In the fictional universe of J.
R. R. Tolkien, Calaquendi means in Quenya "Light-folk",[1] but was often translated "Elves of the Light". This name has a long history. The Quenya forms became Calaquendi and Moriquendi. Elf (Middle-earth) In J.
R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Elves are one of the races that inhabit a fictional Earth, often called Middle-earth, and set in the remote past. They appear in The Hobbit and in The Lord of the Rings, but their complex history is described more fully in The Silmarillion. Tolkien had been writing about Elves long before he published The Hobbit. The modern English word elf derives from the Old English word ælf (which has cognates in all other Germanic languages).
By 1915 when Tolkien was writing his first elven poems, the words elf, fairy and gnome had many divergent and contradictory associations. By the late 19th century, the term 'fairy' had been taken up as a utopian theme, and was used to critique social and religious values, a tradition which Tolkien along with T. According to Marjorie Burns, Tolkien eventually chose the term elf over fairy, but still retained some doubts. Elf. In English literature of the Elizabethan era, "elves" became conflated with the "fairies" of Romance culture, so that the two terms began to be used interchangeably.
Romanticist writers were influenced by this (particularly Shakespearean) notion of the "elf," and reimported the word Elf in that context into the German language. A number of ballads in the British Isles and Scandinavia, perhaps stemming from the medieval period, describe human encounters with the elf, elven-king, elf-maid, etc. The same ballad type (cognate ballads) are often disseminated over several countries.
Some common motifs, which may also be seen in English, Scottish and Scandinavian folklore, are elves enticing men with their dance, and causing death, either by elf-shot or entirely unexplained. In Scandinavia, the elves are often conflated with the beings called the huldra or huldufólk. Etymology German cognates Onomastics In personal names Kennings Mythology Creation Abode "Sá er einn staðr þar, er kallaðr er Álfheimr. The Elven Race (Styreians) One of the main Caelerethian races, which has by far the smallest number of population compared with the human, dwarven or orcish races, are the elves.
But one shouldn't forget that the elves once were the predominating race in Santharian lands if not the world itself. In their own elven tongue (elvish or Styrásh) elves are also called the Styreians, which can be literally translated to just "being" or "being [with] nature", which also reflects their way of life. Appearance. Among the many races which sprang from the Dream of the Eternal Dreamer, Avá the Beautiful, the elves are considered the most fairest of all earthly creatures as they resemble the High Goddess most. There still exist certain elven tribes which don't consist of blood and flesh but in spiritual form only.These elves are the purest elves or the so-called Light Elves and can only be viewed by people of other races if they happen to possess an innocent heart and soul. Territory. Mode of Living/Habits.