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'''Úmanyar''' ([[Quenya|Q | '''Úmanyar''' ([[Quenya|Q:]] "'''those not of Aman'''"<ref name=B>{{WJ|B}}, p. 373</ref>) is the word that the Noldorin [[Exiles]] generally used to describe those [[Eldar]] who set out on the [[Great Journey]] but ultimately remained in [[Middle-earth]]. The term most particularly applied to the [[Sindar]] but also encompassed the [[Laiquendi]] and, used broadly, all the [[Nandor]].<ref>{{S|Captivity}}</ref> | ||
The Eldar of Aman described all Elves who did not complete the Great Journey as [[Moriquendi]], but the Exiles found that this term was offensive to the Sindar. To keep peace with their neighbors, the Exiles ceased to use the term [[Calaquendi]] (except in written lore) and altered their usage of Moriquendi to refer only to the Avari and other Elven peoples who "had not long dwelt in Beleriand and were not subjects of [[Elwë]]." In such circumstances as the "old distinction" had to be spoken of, the polite terms [[Amanyar]] and Úmanyar came to be preferred.<ref name=B/> | The Eldar of Aman described all Elves who did not complete the Great Journey as [[Moriquendi]], but the Exiles found that this term was offensive to the Sindar. To keep peace with their neighbors, the Exiles ceased to use the term [[Calaquendi]] (except in written lore) and altered their usage of Moriquendi to refer only to the Avari and other Elven peoples who "had not long dwelt in Beleriand and were not subjects of [[Elwë]]." In such circumstances as the "old distinction" had to be spoken of, the polite terms [[Amanyar]] and Úmanyar came to be preferred.<ref name=B/> | ||
Revision as of 08:29, 8 February 2021
Úmanyar (Q: "those not of Aman"[1]) is the word that the Noldorin Exiles generally used to describe those Eldar who set out on the Great Journey but ultimately remained in Middle-earth. The term most particularly applied to the Sindar but also encompassed the Laiquendi and, used broadly, all the Nandor.[2]
The Eldar of Aman described all Elves who did not complete the Great Journey as Moriquendi, but the Exiles found that this term was offensive to the Sindar. To keep peace with their neighbors, the Exiles ceased to use the term Calaquendi (except in written lore) and altered their usage of Moriquendi to refer only to the Avari and other Elven peoples who "had not long dwelt in Beleriand and were not subjects of Elwë." In such circumstances as the "old distinction" had to be spoken of, the polite terms Amanyar and Úmanyar came to be preferred.[1]
On one occasion, Caranthir of the Noldor openly referred to King Thingol of the Sindar as a "Dark Elf" (Q. "Moriquende").[3] This was meant as an insult;[4] it was especially malicious considering that Thingol alone among the Úmanyar was reckoned as one of the Calaquendi, having been one of the original three Elven ambassadors to Valinor.[5]
Strictly speaking, those of the Nandor who remained east of the Ered Luin during the First Age were not Úmanyar but rather only Moriquendi. However, the point was more or less moot throughout the First Age due to the limited contact between the Eldar dwelling to the west and the east of the Blue Mountains. After the sinking of Beleriand, many of those Noldor and Sindar who remained in Middle-earth migrated east and extended their usage of the term "Úmanyar" to include their new neighbors the Galadhrim, Silvan Elves, and other Nandorin Elves.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: B. Meanings and use of the various terms applied to the Elves and their varieties in Quenya, Telerin, and Sindarin", p. 373
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Return of the Noldor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names", entry "Dark Elves"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Thingol and Melian"
| Elves (Quendi · People of the Stars · Firstborn · Elder Kindred) | |
| Three Kindreds: (Eldar · Eldalië · Edhil) |
Vanyar (Fair-elves · Minyar) · Noldor (Deep-elves · Tatyar) · Teleri (Lindar · Nelyar) |
|---|---|
| Calaquendi: (High-elves · Amanyar) |
Vanyar · Noldor · Falmari |
| Úmanyar: | Sindar (Grey-elves · Eglath · Falathrim) · Nandor (Green-elves · Silvan Elves) |
| Moriquendi: | Úmanyar · Avari (Cuind · Hwenti · Kindi · Kinn-lai · Penni · Windan) |
| See also: | Awakening of the Elves · Sundering of the Elves · Great Journey |
