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It is well known that there was no way of measuring the passing of time between the awakening at Cuivenen and the discovery of the first born by Orome.
Simple questions:
Is it stated anywhere that:
some elves woke as infants?
Were elf infants and toddlers part of the march from the lake...
Tolkien picked Blue, Red, and White for the color of the 3 unsullied Elven Rings. Given Tolkien did much of what he did based on 'associative meaning,' what crosses your mind as his potential reason for choices of the colors of the rings?
Many possibilities exist here. Just curious to see...
Working on some Gandalf artwork, and wanting Narya to be shown, as well as correct a thing often missed in Gandalf pictures done. (We'll see how that goes.)
Researching the Lore, whether it be the Elven 3 or the One Ring, this Ent has not found anything relating to which hand the rings were...
These are the variant textual descriptions/explanations of the rate(s) at which Elves age. I have attempted to arrange them in what seems to be a chronological order. As most of texts seem to be dated to 1959, this is somewhat difficult, I thus ordered them in what seems to be a progression from...
This was a post on another forum about when an elf can choose immortality or mortality, and I was just wondering if its correct.
''The choice was only open to the descendants of Elves that saw the Two Trees, which included Thingol, even though he was part of the Moriquendi.
Recall that there...
One thing I've noticed throughout Lord of the Rings is the fact that Frodo seems to act a bit like an Elf sometimes. This is more prominent in the movies, but I can definitely see it in the books as well.
He speaks some things in Elvish, things that he most likely wouldn't have learned earlier...
From Years of the Trees to the Third Age it seems like the Elves lived in extensive city-states. Does anyone know if Tolkien ever said whether these were just capitols and smaller cities and towns existed? We know Eöl lived with a household in Nan Elmoth and that's about it. Everyone else...
Hello,
I was wondering what "I love you" in the Elvish language means, furthermore, I wanted to know more about love in the elven culture. How do they love, etc? Also, are there books about that topic? Lastly, I wanted to ask if anyone knows if there is a phrase, word, or name you call...
Take this quiz, and find out!
https://www.quotev.com/quiz/13714475/Which-Elven-Kingdom-Suits-You-Middle-earth-and-beyond
This is what I got:
Valinor
You would be best suited to live in Valinor, the equivalent of 'heaven' in Tolkien's lore. It's a land of peace, inhabited by the Valar, the...
Okay, so Elves only sleep for an hour a day (and even then it's not normal sleep) do they have bedrooms? I'm sure they do but would they just use it mostly for holding their stuff? At that point would it even be called a bedroom or just a room? Or did elves just have random places where they...
Hobbits and Elves are probably to best chefs of Middle-Earth, though I reckon the difference is that the Hobbit food is your homely bowl of mushroom soup and pie, as Elves go more in the culinary lines of Michelin star restaurants. Both are great in a different way, especially given the right...
Here is something that I noticed the other day while I was reading The Fellowship of the Ring.
Frodo was able to see Galandriel's ring while he was in Lorien, and that happened because he was the bearer of the One Ring and he had also used it, up to that point, twice.
It is interesting though...
Well met!
Mae govannen, mellyn!
I found an awesome musical band that is inspired by Tolkien and his wonderful, lush, rich languages. It's called "The Fellowship" and their album(s) In Elven Lands has lovely music that echoes Rivendell and Beleriand of Middle-earth history and yore.
It's on...
So, Legolas' Father knew, deep down in the chambers of his Heart that the Evil was not destroyed and that it would arise again.
So, my question is: Is Thranduil the wisest of those in Middle-earth for knowing in his heart that Sauron would return again? He certainly seems to be the person at...
As I have read a quote from www.tolkiengateaway.net that:
"Extra-marital sex would be against their nature because they can "read at once in the eyes and voice of another whether they be wed or unwed";
My questions are:
1.so are the elves always have their love on the first sight?
(Which I...