Word of the Day: Eldar (singular Elda) - high Elves, of the High Kindred, West-elves as told in Lord of the Rings. It is used interchangeably with Noldor. It became a term reserved mainly for the West-elves (those who dwelled in the west) While it looks similar to "elder," it has been noted to be accidental by Tolkien and should not be replaced as such. What do the eldar do? They are also known as the People of the Great Journey, People of the Stars, Noldor, Elves of the West. While ...
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Word of the Day: Glorfindel
Word of the Day: Glorfindel (of Gondolin) - one of the exiled Noldor, and rebels against the authority and will of Manwë and his ban. One of the mightiest Elves in Middle Earth, he was Lord of the House of the Golden Flower of Gondolin, and died fighting a Balrog. Glorfindel's Return to Middle-earth He came back to Middle-earth in the Second Age as an emissary of the Valar after his re-embodiment. Manwë said that they could not return in the Blessed Realm, though this ban from The ...
Word of the Day: Onnalumë
Word of the Day: Onnalumë is the term for 'Time of the Children,' as told in The Nature of Middle Earth. It is the time in which the Elven folk are able to bear children. It came from Onna 'child' and lumë 'time.' Onnalumë in the legendarium It is a continuous series of 12-60 years. As one growth year is 12 löar, and the unit was different in the Quendi than it was in the men. An elven-year, 1 yên, is 144 MY. However, this speed of growth and aging rate had nothing to do with ...
Word of the Day: Lembas
Lembas "waybread" was first introduced in Elvish legend, as "an essential preparation for the Great Journey to the Western Shore," as told in The Nature of Middle Earth. It was also inspired by Tolkien's Catholicism, symbolizing the Eucharist. How was Lembas taught by Oromë? Oromë brought it as a gift from Manwë and Varda in order to ask the Quendi to grow, harvest, and store it. It involved the grinding of flour, kneading, and baking into unleavened bread. Oromë taught it to the ...
Word of the Day: Eldamar
Word of the Day: Eldamar - a term for 'among the Eldar' where the Elves dwelled in ancient times. It was once called the Faerie by the Hobbits. It also encompassed the Calacirian and Tol Erëssea. Eldamar: The root In section VI, Dwellings in Middle Earth, in The Nature of Middle Earth, the principal forms were mbār(a), (uninflected or inflected), and the derivative form, mbardā. Formerly, it was used in Quenya with the archaic form, már, as a defining genitive (possessive) or ...
Word of the Day: Eärendil
Word of the Day: Eärendil - 'lover of the sea.' He was a Half-Elven mariner who voyaged to Valinor. He obtained a 'long youth' for his sons and their descendants. E went to Valinor -he wasn't able to go back to Middle Earth, but he received a grace from Ilúvatar via Manwë to have a choice in where they want to belong, and that they have a "long and fair youth," as told in the Nature of Middle Earth. ...