#The Noldor have a series of very cool names - Elves of the Earth and Foes of Melkor
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"Other names in song and tale are given to these people"
From Morgoth's Ring, a list of names used to refer to the different group of Elves ; I wanted to put only the weapon-related ones originally, but the whole list is too nice :
The Vanyar are the Blessed Elves, and the Spear-Elves, the Elves of the Air, the friends of the Gods, the Holy Elves and the Immortal, and the Children of Ingwë ; they are the Fair Folk and the White.
The Noldor are the Wise, and the Golden, the Valiant, the Sword-elves, the Elves of the Earth, the Foes of Melkor, the Skilled of Hand, the Jewel-wrights, the Companions of Men, the Followers of Finwë.
The Teleri are the Foam-riders, the Singers of the Shore, the Free, and the Swift, and the Arrow-elves ; they are the Elves of the Sea, the Ship-wrights, the Swanheards, the Gatherers of Pearl, the Blue Elves, the people of Olwë.
The Nandor are the Host of Dan, the Wood-elves, the Wanderers, the Axe-elves, the Green Elves and the Brown, the Hidden People.
Those that came late to Ossiriand are the Elves of the Seven Rivers, the Singers Unseen, the Kingless, the Weaponless, and the Lost Folk, for they are now no more.
The Sindar are the Lemberi, the Lingerers ; they are the Friends of Ossë, the Elves of the Twilight, the Silvern, the Enchanters, the Wards of Melian, the Kindred of Lúthien, the people of Elwë.
Quoth Pengoloð
#silmarillion#tolkien legendarium#pengolodh#Elven names in poetry and song#The Vanyar are the spear elves so Vanyar host has lots of spears ?#If Glorfindel half Vanyar he could also have one#The Noldor have a series of very cool names - Elves of the Earth and Foes of Melkor#But the Noldor are also THE WISE !!!!#If that's not the best ironic nickname since King Demetrius Poliorcetes (“City Taker”)#Who's been known as “Poliorcetes” for over 20 centuries after he failed to take Rhodes and his enemies coined the nickname#Unless given that the Noldor are also “The Golden” and “The Companions of Men”#When they says “The Noldor” they actually mean “Finrod”#The Vanyar are not “The Golden” but “the White”#So ref to jewellery more than hair colour#Also the Sindar have no weapon mentioned at all#They are “the wards of Melian” instead#Weapons#no shitpost surprisingly
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