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  2. Elves in fiction - Wikipedia

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    This was later spelled Quenya (High-elven); it and Sindarin (Grey-elven) are the most complete of Tolkien's constructed languages. Elves are also credited with creating the Tengwar (by Fëanor) and Cirth (Daeron) scripts. [4] Tolkien's Elves are immortal, and remain unwearied with age, but can be killed in battle. Spirits of dead Elves go to ...

  3. 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').

  4. Category:Middle-earth Elves - Wikipedia

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    High Elves, the Vanyar, Noldor and Teleri who left for Valinor, are included in Category:High Elves (Middle-earth). Grey Elves, otherwise known as the Sindar, are listed more specifically under Category:Grey Elves. All other Elves, including the Silvan Elves, Avari, and Elves of uncertain or highly mixed origins remain in this category.

  5. Middle-earth peoples - Wikipedia

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    The fictional races and peoples that appear in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth include the seven listed in Appendix F of The Lord of the Rings: Elves, Men, Dwarves, Hobbits, Ents, Orcs and Trolls, as well as spirits such as the Valar and Maiar.

  6. Category:Fictional elves - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to elves that originate in fiction rather than folklore or mythology. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. H.

  7. Category:High Elves (Middle-earth) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Elvish languages - Wikipedia

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    The philologist and high fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien created many languages for his Elves, leading him to create the mythology of his Middle-earth books, complete with multiple divisions of the Elves, to speak the languages he had constructed. The languages have quickly spread in modern-day use.

  9. Tolkien's Middle-earth family trees - Wikipedia

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    Tolkien included multiple family trees in both The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion; they are variously for Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits, and Men. The family trees gave Tolkien, a philologist , a way of exploring and developing the etymologies and relationships of the names of his characters.