Dates
Awoke very approximately 4,300 years before the beginning of the First Age
Race
Pronunciation
que'ndi
Meaning
'Those that speak with voices'1
Other Names
Eldalië, Eldar2, The Elder Children of Ilúvatar, Elven-folk, Elves, Fair Folk, The Firstborn, The People of the Stars
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Quendi
‘Those who speak with voices’
| Quendi All Elves | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Eldar Elves of the Great Journey | Avari The Unwilling | Orcs? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vanyar Light Elves | Noldor Deep-elves | Teleri The Third Clan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Falmari Teleri of Aman | Sindar Grey-elves of Beleriand | Nandor Followers of Lenwë | Silvan Elves Others who left the Great Journey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Laiquendi Green-elves of Ossiriand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Some of the more important divisions of the Quendi
'Those who speak with voices'; the name given by the Elves to their own kind while they still dwelt at Cuiviénen.
Notes
1 |
When the first Elves awoke, they thought themselves to be the only beings in Arda capable of speech, and so took this name for themselves. |
2 |
Oromë originally named all the Elves Eldar (People of the Stars), though it later came to be used only of the Three Kindreds who began the Great Journey. |
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