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Dates
The first Elves awoke some three ages (very roughly 4,300 years) before the beginning of the First Age)
Origins
Awoke at Cuiviénen
Race
Pronunciation
elda'lieh
Meaning
Other names

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Eldalië
(All Elves)
Eldar
Elves of the Great Journey
Avari
The Unwilling
Orcs?
Vanyar
Light Elves
Noldor
Deep-elves
Teleri
The Third Clan
Falmari
Teleri of Aman
Sindar
Grey-elves of
Beleriand
Nandor
Followers of
Lenwë
Laiquendi
Green-elves of
Ossiriand
Silvan Elves
Others who left
the Great Journey

Some of the more important divisions of the Eldalië

A related term to Eldar, but referring to all the Elves, not just those of the Great Journey. This is apparently the natural Quenya form of the word.


Notes

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The names Eldar and Eldalië are obviously closely linked terms, but Eldar evolved in its meaning to refer just to those Elves who set out on the Great Journey. The same was less true of Eldalië, which was still held to refer to all the Elves, even including (at least in principle) the Avari.

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