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| | The Hobbit: Tolkien Profile |
 | | Goblins, in contrast, are corrupted Elves, bred in mockery of Morgoth, the Necromancer's master, whose revolt against God brings evil to Middle-earth. | | | The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales, both edited by his son Christopher and published posthumously, bear witness to the three crucial elements of Tolkien's authorship: the ambitiousness and learned complexity of his creation, his ceaseless reworking of details in search of perfection, and his loving devotion to these labors. | | | Although its most striking creatures are noble Elves, evil goblins, proud Dwarves, cunning dragons, wizards, Eagles and demons, the most important race in Middle-earth is Men, for whose creation and salvation Middle-earth is prepared. |
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http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/unit/hobbit/tolkien.html
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| | The Grey Havens - Elves: Of Elves |
| | Tolkien, being a Catholic, was a deeply religious man. It would be natural to think that this would be traceable in his writing as well, but this is not the case. | | | Among Tolkien's books, I hold The Lord of the Rings as my favourite, but if I should chose a favourite part from any of his novels, it must be the tale of Lúthien and Beren from The Silmarillion. | | | During the Second Age, Men envied the Elves their immortality, and tried to find Valinor. |
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http://tolkien.cro.net/elves/ofelves.html
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| | Who were the elves? |
| | The elves are man as he might be (as are the orcs, their 'mocked, not made' mirror selves). | | | Perhaps we should say "Who are the Elves?" since I believe what they represent is eternal, "The Holy fairies and immortal Elves" as Tolkien says in one of his early writings. | | | Tolkien realises the etymology of 'cunning' and uses it quite deliberately to demonstrate that knowledge can be a dangerous force. |
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http://freespace.virgin.net/m.poxon/theelves.htm
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| | The Universe According to Tolkien |
| | At death the spirits of elves, men, hobbits, and dwarves go to separate chambers in the Halls of Mandos where the god of doom confines them to contemplate their sins. | | | A final aspect of the Maker/Made relationship is the theme Tolkien himself saw in his work: “Death and the desire for Deathlessness.” Both elves and men rebel against the destinies their Creator has assigned them. | | | But elves and hobbits taught by elves invoke the Valar, especially Varda, queen of gods. |
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http://www.crisismagazine.com/february2003/feature5.htm
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| | Elves and Art in Tolkien's Aesthetics |
| | When the Elves do arrive, in a mystical awakening beneath the stars, they must then embark on a great exodus to the untainted holy lands of Valinor, where the Valar have withdrawn and made their homes. | | | Moreover, Tolkien tells us that art can reflect certain universal truths, including the existence of God, from whom all other creation is merely derived. | | | This is the tale of the first union between Man and Elf and their quest to regain the stolen Silmaril from the Iron Crown of Morgoth. |
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http://www.firstworld.ca/tolkien/elvesandart.html
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| | Elves of Middle-earth |
| | He also promised to send out word to Elves and others to be on the lookout for Frodo and help him on his journey. | | | Gollum was guarded day and night, but the Elves took pity on him and allowed him to climb a tree that stood alone. | | | Finarfin was originally called Finrod by Tolkien, but when he changed the name he did not revise this particular passage. |
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http://www.tuckborough.net/elves.html
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| | On Tolkien |
| | Tolkien decided that languages related to Westron would have to be translated into languages with equivalent relationships to English. | | | Elves possessed grandeur and dignity, being in fact -- in Tolkien's mind -- Un-Fallen Man. He realized that the language he had created was in fact spoken by these elves. | | | With Hobbit Westron now translated as English, to convey this relationship Tolkien translated the language of the Rohirrim (in the hypothetical manuscript) into words and names that were similar, though not exactly like, Old English words and names. |
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http://www.langmaker.com/ml0108.htm
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| | National Geographic Lord of the Rings -- languages & culture |
| | Tolkien well understood the power of the written and spoken word, philologist that he was—he knew that words were magic. | | | Tolkien taught himself Finnish in order to read the Kalevala, a 19th-century compilation of old Finnish songs and stories arranged by Elias Lönnrot into a linear epic poem and completed in 1835 and revised in the mid-1800s. | | | One of the most vivid expressions of Tolkien's ability and interest in languages was the creation of his own. |
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http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngbeyond/rings/language.html
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| | Tolkien information: Languages and Elves [www.jerekdain.com] |
| | For all seas, lake, rivers, fountains and springs are in his government; so that the Elves say that the spirit of Ulmo runs in all the veins of the world. | | | Too great is her beauty to be declared in the words of Men or of Elves; for the light of Ilúvatar lives still in her face. | | | Ruled by Amroth until he was lost at sea as he searched for his love, Nimrodel (TA 1981). |
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http://www.jerekdain.com/tolkien.html
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| | Questions on elves - GameDev.Net Discussion Forums |
| | Also Tolkien fantasy setting is just one amongst others, and I see no reason to use elves or dwarf except if you use the same real world tells/legends as your source of imagination. | | | Posted - 12/3/2003 4:36:38 PM Elves are part of old, old folk lore, although their portrayal in antiquity is fairy folk; Tolkien's elves are quite a lot different. | | | The king of the elves, Oberon, and his wife Titania appear in some very important works of medieval literature, such as Huon de Bordeaux and Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. |
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http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/viewreply.asp?ID=1218865
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| | Hair Color Genetics for Tolkien's Elves |
| | Galadriel is golden-silver, and according to Tolkien this combination is so rare that her coloration is compared poetically to the mingling of the lights of the two Trees. | | | Now Tolkien himself might not have been highly versed on the scientific validity of genetic theory, but he most certainly was able to observe hair colors about him, particularly in his own country of England. | | | It is possible he developed this color for hair while he was developing his history of Middle-earth, particularly when one recalls the two great Trees in TS, one silver and one gold, which perpetuated a theme that extended to the making of the moon (silver) and the sun (gold). |
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http://www.anorahithil.net/essays/essay05.htm
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| | Tolkien's Cosomogony |
| | The Seven Rings for Dwarves were not powerful enough to seduce the little creatures, but they did deepen their wearers' lust for gold. | | | One critic calls The Silmarillion a stark tragedy: "a tale which goes ever downhill from the high and the beautiful to darkness and ruin." But The Lord of the Rings is more like a comedy in the true sense: an action moving upward from the hobbits' initial temptation to a victorious ending. | | | She made the stars, established the courses of the Sun and Moon, and set the morning and evening star Eärendil in the sky. |
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http://www.leaderu.com/humanities/wood-cosmogony.html
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| | List of Tolkien's Languages |
| | Taliska may be Tolkien's own (re-)formation of Gothic and its use by the Edain fits with Tolkien's original conception of the history of Middle-earth, when the Edain originally spoke a Germanic language. | | | Silvan Dialects in the Third Age were spoken by the Elves of Lorien and Mirkwood; the speech of the Elves of Mirkwood is called a Woodland dialect. | | | I distinguish these languages based on phonological studies, that is, languages which apparently differ in their forms are distinguished, while those which do not are grouped together. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/9902/langlst.html
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| | A Tolkien Dictionary |
| | Publishing interest was not so great in the collected various histories of Elves, but a 'tale' about all these sundry races and their fates in light of the children's tale of The Hobbit was too great a draw for the booksters to resist. | | | A distinction that is not clear is drawn in Etym between the Ilkorins of the Telerian Elves and the Sindar. | | | All of these dynamics contribute to the great saga of the age of formation of the battle lines of 'good' and 'evil'. |
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http://www.quicksilver899.com/Tolkien/Tolkien_Dictionary.html
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| | squarefool: Tolkien's Elves, Human superiority |
| | Elves are Elves and they have there own morality to deal with. | | | It was a part of why he wrote the books (wanted more people to know about Germanic culture), but also it a miff of mine when literary history is ignored, and 20th century authors are thought of as watersheds. | | | I think you would like it because for the most part it is solely about Elves and the creation of Earth. |
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http://www.livejournal.com/~squarefool/14121.html
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| | Do the Elves in Tolkien's stories have pointed ears?: Frequently Unanswered Question |
| | These quotations are used to indicate that the Quendi should not be equated with Elves of other legends despite the use of that term as a 'translation'. | | | Thus, in the older stories (where in fact they were called 'Gnomes' rather than Elves) they might never have been conceived of as having pointed ears - this only being imposed by the more 'fairy tale' based Elves of The Hobbit. | | | There is only one known illustration by Tolkien himself of an Elf in which we can even make a guess at facial features. |
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http://tolkien.slimy.com/essays/Ears.html
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| | A Canon Misfired |
| | Tolkien knew this; perhaps his greatest gift to us lies in all those unfinished manuscripts, for what we have is a fictional legendry that truly resembles the myths of the real world. | | | Elves cannot be coerced into arranged marriages, but apparently, some marry for convenience - perhaps for diplomatic ends - rather than love. | | | And perhaps the greatest tribute to his work is the humble fan's attempt to add her vision to that legendry, for by her efforts, Tolkien's dream of an enduring mythology proves not so fanciful after all. |
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http://members.aol.com/erunyauv3/canonmisfired.html
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| | Resources for Tolkienian Linguistics |
| | Tolkien also here discovered "for the the first time the study of a language out of mere love", by which he meant "for the acute aesthetic pleasure derived from a language for its own sake, not only free from being useful but free from being the 'vehicle of a literature'". | | | An excellent source of both new and secondhand Tolkien books, and of assistance in locating the same, is Daeron's Books, a book buying, searching, and selling business in the U.K. specializing in the works of Tolkien and other Inklings. | | | Nearly all Tolkien books in print can be ordered from the US's Amazon.com and the UK's Amazon.co.uk. |
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http://www.elvish.org/resources.html
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| | Elves, Elf, Elven Folk including a look at Tolkien Elves |
| | Elves are mysterious, mystical beings, wrought from light during the birth of time. | | | As the third age progresses, many Elves have now left Middle-Earth, returning to their true home in Valinor, no longer concerned with the troubles of their former home. | | | If thee be in search of a Mythical gift for someone special be sure to stop by my collection of fantasy gifts. |
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http://www.mythicalrealm.com/creatures/elves.html
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| | TheOneRing.net™ Barliman's Chat Room The Hall of Fire Log 07/10/2004 : Magic in Middle-earth |
| | Tolkien Letter 131: "But at Eregion great work began-and the Elves came their nearest to falling to 'magic' and machinery. | | | With the aid of Sauron's lore they made Rings of Power ('power is an ominous and sinister word in all these tales, except as applied to the gods). | | | Tolkien Letter 155: The difference btwn magia and goeteia: "Neither is, in this tale, good or bad (per se), but only by motive or purpose or use. |
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http://www.theonering.net/barlimans/hall_logs/071004_p.html
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| | Do Elves Dream of Eclectic Sleep? — Merp.com Website |
| | Instead of crafting new beauty, the Elves turned their thoughts to preserving the old beauty of Middle-earth, and of healing its hurts. | | | In the Third Age the Eldar concentrated on preserving their dominions, but they gave no thought to expanding their power and influence. | | | Tolkien said of this second "Fall" that the "Elves wanted to have their cake and eat it". |
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http://www.merp.com/essays/MichaelMartinez/michaelmartinezsuite101essay113
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| | The Tolkien Meta-FAQ |
| | Why is Tolkien's work, The Lord of the Rings in particular, so difficult to translate (into other languages of our world)? | | | The Elves were good so the Three Rings were good, right? | | | What editions of Tolkien's books in the US are best? |
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http://tolkien.slimy.com
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| | J.R.R. Tolkien - Were the Elves Environmental Hypocrites? |
| | The elves represented a dying breed even in today's world of souls that respect and cherish that of nature. | | | The elves used only enough wood for necessities. | | | Tolkien hit the nail on the head when using that as well as the power of the ring to expose the greed of humans. |
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http://www.allreaders.com/boarddetail.asp?MessageID=215661
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| | Tolkien and the Elves |
| | This is not unknown in literature, yet does not require literature to substantiate it. | | | Elves are also often the most empathic, due to their depth of experience, their value of those things which do not change, and their direct connection to the natural, the spontaneous, the unrestricted. | | | Aging: My understanding is that elves are immortal. |
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http://www.rialian.com/elvstolk.htm
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| | The One Ring For Online Tolkien Fans The Lord of the Rings Source |
| | Read an interview with Tolkien scholar and lecturer, Michael Martinez, who kindly shared his thoughts and answered some questions we had for him... | | | Tolkien 2005: The Ring Goes Ever On, 11th - 15th August | | | Here is an excerpt of their Tolkien retrospective just after his death in 1973. |
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http://www.theonering.com
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| | The Encyclopedia of Arda |
| | An evolving encyclopedia of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, complete with illustrations, maps and an interactive chronicle. | | | Sorry, but you're going to need a late-model browser to view this site. |
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http://www.glyphweb.com/arda
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