#teleri

[mandhos]

day of the lamps~

#silmarilllion #tolkien #teleri #noldor

[tari-cua]

Teleri. no plot, just a picture that came to mind in a dream. I even wondered what they would have next? will they stir it up? give birth to children? Who will the Feanorings kill? intrigue ept😅🤣😂

#drowing #silmarillion #tolkien #my art #digital art #art #teleri #tolkeinart

[humbleschilder]

Telerian harbor, this one just a quick raw concept that I made so that I could grasp the atmosphere of Telerian culture before I create the final illustartion.

#silmarillion #silm art #teleri #tolkien elves #ships #cirdan #humbleschilder

[tanoraqui]

the Kinslaying at Alqualondë is sooo interesting because it is both the Noldor's original sin (everything before that was just family drama and/or dramatic, if binding, rhetoric) and the LEAST of their great crimes. Eonwë literally does not name it when saying why the House of Fëanor has lost their right to the Silmarils; he highlights the other two Kinslayings - "and most of all because of their slaying of Dior and their assault upon the Havens" - but not Alqualondë. It is a BLATANTLY obvious parallel to Morgoth coming in the Darkness, killing Finwë and stealing the Silmarils, for "these [ships] are to us as are the gems of the Noldor; the work of our hearts, whose like we shall not make again." The Noldor did NOT plan to start killing: "[Fëanor] went to the Haven of the Swans and began to man the ships that were anchored there and to take them away by force. But the Teleri withstood him, and cast many of the Noldor into the sea. Then swords were drawn, and a bitter fight was fought upon the ships..." [emphasis mine] It's not clear who made the first killing blow, but actual weapons were clearly drawn only AFTER the Teleri proved themselves willing and able to fight. Did Fëanor mean to simply intimidate them into giving him the ships? Did he think Olwë only refused because he was cowed by the Valar, and would surely give aid with a nod and a wink if he had an excuse? Every single one of these people had grown up in blessed peace, except those who had Journeyed, who still (so far as we know) had no experience of battle. The only person other than Fëanor named as playing a key part in the whole mess is Fingon, "rush[ing] in before they knew rightly the cause of the quarrel", portrayed in all the rest of the text as the closest the Silmarillion gets to an archetypal hero. It was the greatest loss of peace and collective innocence that Aman ever faced, and it was such a MESS.

#the silmarillion #feanor and feanor's kin #teleri #alqualonde

[allbycharles]

Deep respect to the elves...

About 9000 years of written history

Only three attacks on other elves

Only one battle with dwarves

No slavery

No poison used in diplomacy

No assasination in between the aristocrats

Nobody slept with kings wife

...they really are good people even in the Silmarillion compared to ....you know ...humanity on Earth for example

#tolkien #silmarillion #elves #lotr #noldor #sindar #teleri #vanyar #tolkien elves #feanor #elrond #galadriel #maedhros #thranduil #thingol #luthien #and all the others

[eomerofrohan]

Idea: the Teleri have an annual festival/memorial where they wade out into the water and let loose little paper lanterns with candles in them

It started as a way to “light the road” for Thingol’s people who were supposedly going to follow them to Aman… after a while it just became a traditional thing they did

#silmarillion #headcanons #elves #teleri #my posts

[strelkovski]

Green boy here again

#art #artists on tumblr #fanart #digital art #the silmarillion #jrr tolkien #elves #noldor #vanyar #teleri #finrod #finrod felagund #artafinde #ingoldo #findarato #arafinweans

[echo-bleu]

Day 11: Eärwen of the Teleri, Queen of the Noldor of Aman.

At this point I'm just painting into the evening and popping them here right away, which I never normally do (I wait at least a day to post), so I'm not seeing/correcting small issues. That's the fun of the challenge, though.

This one actually started as Finarfin, but I guess he'll wait another day or ten!

Eärwen wears a lot of pearls and sea motifs, she's a daughter of the sea first, and even though she married into the Noldor, she never adopted their customs. She wears her hair loose and not a single gem.

#earwen #silmarillion #tolkien #echo's drawings #beautiful art #digital art #teleri #noldor #echo's october 2023

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

These are now the valinor tree era born elven eyes and i will be taking no notes:

(Yes, this is my art)

Hc that the light of the trees that shine in their eyes illuminates colors that others don’t even know are there.

#lord of the rings #lotr #silmarillion #lotr elves #the hobbit #galadriel #feanor #fingolfin #finarfin #sons of feanor #nolofinweons #arafinweons #vanyar #noldor #teleri #ingweons #indis #light of the trees #silvantransthranduiltrash fanart

[sauronnaise]

Slay

#tolkien #shitpost #silmarillion #tolkien memes #slay #first kinslaying #second kinslaying #third kinslaying #fëanorians #noldor #teleri #sindar #incorrect silmarillion #incorrect tolkien #using incorrect for tags when its in fact very correct #crack

[ardafanonarch]

Where does Beleg’s light-coloured hair come from? Is it just fanon? Thank you!

Hair Colour of Beleg (and the Sindar)

To the enduring enrichment of fandom discourse, descriptions of physical appearance are (famously) very few and far between in Tolkien's writings.

Beleg, though, is an interesting case because we actually have a painting of him by Tolkien! If you haven't yet seen the 'Red Boots Beleg', your day is about to get better:

This is a close-up of a larger painting, dating to July 1928 and originally entitled 'Beleg finds Flinding in Taur-na-Fúin' (Flindling was the name of Gwindor's character in the Lay of the Children of Húrin). Tolkien later titled it 'Fangorn Forest' and used it as an illustration for LotR. But it was originally meant to be Beleg and Gwindor.

Here's the full painting, where you can see the title 'Fangorn Forest' has been added:

As this painting is the only canonical reference we have for Beleg's hair colour, Beleg is canonically dark-haired.

(A small consolation for fans of light-haired Beleg: Being from 1928, the painting is quite early in the development of the legendarium, and Tolkien was known to change his mind on things, including what this painting depicted.)

However, the fandom's fondness for light-haired Beleg did not arise out of nowhere. Beleg is one of the Sindar, who are a subset of the Teleri, and several major Teler characters in the legendarium are described as silver-haired: Thingol, Olwë, Eärwen, Círdan, and Celeborn. So it makes perfect sense that readers would think silver hair was common among the Teleri.

(There's also the influence, of course, of the Peter Jackson films which are full of light-haired elves, including Sindarin Legolas.)

Here's from the essay 'Quendi and Eldar' in History of Middle-earth Vol. 11: The War of the Jewels:

Elwe himself had indeed long and beautiful hair of silver hue, but this does not seem to have been a common feature of the Sindar, though it was found among them occasionally, especially in the nearer or remoter kin of Elwe (as in the case of Círdan). In general the Sindar appear to have very closely resembled the Exiles, being dark-haired, strong and tall, but lithe.

No kinship between Beleg and Thingol is ever mentioned, for the record. But again, for silver-hair fans, this passage doesn't exclude the possibility that someone unrelated to Thingol could have silver hair. It just wasn't common.

References

This fantastic compilation of the evidence on elven hair colours has all the sources.

Information on the 'Fangorn' painting is from the Tolkien Estate's website.

#beleg #hair colour #hair color #sindar #teleri #tolkien's art #history of middle-earth #anon

[outofangband]

Alqualondë and the surrounding countryside board!

Alqualondë is one of my favorite locations in Valinor to do world building for. My vision of it is a Mediterranean like climate surrounded by citrus groves, orchards and strange meers and springs. The city itself is very open with lots of arches, tiled walls and mosaics, and growing things. I felt bad because I couldn’t find a lot of good pictures that represented my vision of the harbor and boats which is sad because they’re so important to Telerin culture but if I find better photography I can always make another board!

I have more world building posts in my Teleri tag!

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#the silmarillion #Alqualondë #teleri #valinor #silmedit #silmedits #this is a late birthday gift I am so sorry it has been a month :(

[giaffa]

concept for Olwë, Finwë and Elwë

#i headcanon the noldor going with very bold flame pattern #and after the darkening the flame patterns becomes negative imagery (thanks to morgoth and balrogs and dragons) #until only the feanorians keep the style going #sketches #tolkien #silmarillion #tolkien art #silm art #olwe #olwë #finwe #finwë #elwë #elwe #thingol #elu thingol #tolkien elves #teleri #noldor #giaffa's art

[humbleschilder]

A raw concept of Telerian elves, I tried to capture their culture and nature. The elves that had superior craftsmanship in both ship-building and songs. They were quite tall compared to their kin.

#silm art #silmarillion #teleri #tolkien elves #elf #concept art #illustration #art #drawing #humbleschilder

[tanoraqui]

The party in celebration of the 100th begetting day of Arafinwë Ingoldo, third and youngest son of King Finwë and Queen Indis, was going marvelously. All the royal gardens in Tirion were decked with crystals that caught and cast the Mingling light in innumerable glittering patterns. (All agreed that it was just as beautiful, potentially even moreso, than Maitimo's 100th begetting day celebration just a few months prior.) Lalwendë and Indis between them had recruited every master of culinary craft among the Noldor and no few masters from the prince's cousins among the Vanyar, and the Teleri with whom he'd been studying the songs of the sea, to pile the tables with their finest efforts from luxuriously savory to effortlessly sweet. All the peoples of Eldamar were gathered, and many Ainur as well, to sing, dance, laugh, feast, and generally celebrate well into Telperion's flowering...

To add to the merriment, Nerdanel was showing off the nascent bump of her fourth pregnancy—announced nearly a month ago, not that the un-newness did anything to diminish the proud glee with which Fëanáro bounced along on her arm, no more than did the three sons already in their wake. So Finwë had started getting misty-eyed ahead of schedule over the passage of time and the growth of all his children—to which Nolofinwë, never one to be outdone, had coyly confessed that Anairë had agreed just the day before to marry him.

So now Nolofinwë and Anairë were leading the dancing while Finwë wept, beaming, in Indis's arms, and all was joy and merriment; and Arafinwë slouched against the roots of a tall oak in a distant, relatively shadowed garden grove. He'd taken a piece of rich raspberry cake with him, and fought to enjoy its tang without the bitter burr of resentment. Surely he, at least, could make his own coming-of-age party about himself, rather than his older siblings' latest...whatever!

Light footsteps brushed through the grass, politely announcing themselves. Arafinwë scrambled to sit upright, conjuring a line about wishing just a moment's rest from the wonderful clamor—

Until he recognized the slight figure, pale hair and gentle spirit approaching him, respite like a soft and salt-tanged sea breeze, and sat up with true eagerness instead.

[keep reading on AO3 — 1k words]

#the silmarillion #finarfin #arafinwe #earwen #noontide of valinor #my fic #fanfiction #teleri #feanor and feanor’s kin

[thistlesandstories]

We might guess that the ships were as important to the Teleri as the Silmarils were to Fëanor. You are bound to love the creation you put so much effort, time and a piece of your soul into. It is a sad image of Fëanor burning the ships that were once so lovingly cherished, and with them he killed the Teleri once again.

#silm art #the silmarillion #lotr art #silmarillion #silmarillion art #tolkien #teleri #feanor #losgar