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  2. Sundering of the Elves - Wikipedia

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    This picture of increasing separation is analogous to the progressive decline and fall in Middle-earth from its initial perfection, of which the Sundering of the Elves is a major element. [9] In Tolkien's scheme, the highest Elves are those who deviated least from their initial state (complying with the will of the Valar, travelling to Valinor ...

  3. Ancestry as guide to character in Tolkien's legendarium

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    In the long and complex process of the Sundering of the Elves, Tolkien consistently shows that the highest Elves are those who deviated least from their initial uncorrupted state: they complied with the will of the Valar, travelled to the blessed realm of Valinor where they saw the light of the Two Trees, and continued to speak the highest ...

  4. Elves in Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    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').

  5. Decline and fall in Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    Tolkien took the fragmentation of language to imply the sundering of peoples, in particular the Elves. He took the division into Light and Dark Elves from Norse mythology, but went much further, devising a complex pattern of repeated splitting, migrations, and wars between kindred peoples, seen especially in the sundering of the Elves. [15]

  6. Time in Tolkien's fiction - Wikipedia

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    The Elves were aware of the inexorable process of decline and fall in Middle-earth, marked by the splintering of the original created light [25] and by the sundering of the Elves. [22] The Elves sought to delay this decline as far as possible.

  7. "An evil, ancient and powerful, has returned." That's the tease for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2, which we hear in a new, nearly two-minute trailer (below). "This first-look ...

  8. Two Trees of Valinor - Wikipedia

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    The Elves of the Light, Tolkien's Calaquendi, are those who successfully complete the journey, while the Elves of the Darkness, the Moriquendi, are those Elves who, for whatever reason, do not arrive in Valinor. [14] [T 11] [15] Diagram of the Sundering of the Elves, showing Tolkien's overlapping classifications. The main division is into ...

  9. The Key Characters of Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power ... - AOL

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    “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” is taking J.R.R. Tolkien fans back to Middle-earth. Thanks to Amazon Prime, the streamer is expanding the “LOTR” universe with a prequel series ...