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The archer Legolas Greenleaf, here portrayed by Orlando Bloom in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, is the archetypal elf in that story. [3] Tolkien created many languages for his Elves. His interest was primarily philological, and he said his stories grew out of his languages. Indeed, the languages were the first thing ...
This category lists High Elves from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. This includes all the members of the race of Elves who left for Valinor, and therefore includes the Vanyar, the Noldor and the Teleri of Alqualondë. It also includes those, such as Thingol, who were accounted among the High Elves for other reasons.
First High King of the Noldor who left Valinor for Middle-earth. Slain by Morgoth. Fingon: Son of Fingolfin. Rescues Maedhros, pleasing Fëanor, who lets Fingolfin become King in his stead. Finrod Felagund: Grandson of Finwë and Elvenking of Nargothrond. He died from wounds sustained by saving his friend Beren from a werewolf.
According to Elven-lore, the Noldor as a clan is founded by Tata, the second Elf to awaken, his spouse Tatië and their 54 companions. The fate of Tata and Tatië is not recorded; it is Finwë who leads the Noldor to Valinor, where he becomes their King, and their chief dwelling-place is the city of Tirion upon Túna. In Valinor "great became ...
Edmund Wainwright noted that Glorfindel is the best example of a male Elf in The Lord of the Rings who embodies his people's aspect as semi-divine beings, given his immense power. [4] Verlyn Flieger noted that the concept of Elven incarnation had been considered by the time of the publication of The Lord of the Rings .
Further, Burns suggests, Galadriel is an Elf from Valinor "in the Blessed Realm", [11] bringing Varda's influence with her to Middle-earth. This is seen in the phial of light that she gives to Frodo , and that Sam uses to defeat the evil giant spider Shelob : Sam invokes Elbereth when he uses the phial.
The framework for J. R. R. Tolkien's conception of his Elves, and many points of detail in his portrayal of them, is thought by Haukur Þorgeirsson to have come from the survey of folklore and early modern scholarship about elves (álfar) in Icelandic tradition in the introduction to Íslenzkar þjóðsögur og æfintýri ('Icelandic legends and fairy tales').
Ahdri (female): Granddaughter of Tekshu, great-great-granddaughter of Alekah, great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Savah, and a lovemate of Windkin and Two-Edge. . Working near the Little Palace - a chunk of the Palace of the High Ones shaped by Ekuar and gifted to the Sun Folk in Kings of the Broken Wheel - one day, she discovered a latent ability to rock-shape that she later developed to ...