What is the difference between the Elves of Rivendell and the Elves of Mirkwood?

What is the difference between the Elves of Rivendell and the Elves of Mirkwood?

The Elves of Rivendell are mostly High Elves–Sindar with a few exiled Noldor. The Elves of Mirkwood are mostly Low Elves, except for the Royal Family who are Sindar. JRRT explains in the book.

Is Mirkwood in Rivendell?

The Shire, home of the Hobbits, is located in the north-western part of Middle-earth on the map. It’s where Frodo and Bilbo Baggins started both of their epic adventures. To the west of the Misty Mountains is Rivendell, the home of the elves. Mirkwood lies to the east.

How are Rivendell and Lothlorien different?

Rivendell would be considered more “left-brain” – libraries, museums, etc. while Lothlorien is more oriented toward living in trees and making things from plants (lembas, the woven cloaks).

How far is Rivendell to Mirkwood?

As far as I can tell on all the maps, Rivendell and Thranduil’s Halls in Mirkwood are between 300 and 350 miles apart, as the great eagle flies (that is, in a straight line.)

Is Legolas from Mirkwood or Rivendell?

Fictional history. Legolas was the son of Thranduil, King of the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood, who appeared as “the Elvenking” in The Hobbit.

Is Lorien in Mirkwood?

The elves of Mirkwood and Lorien used to have a much closer relationship. They were both originally Nandorin/Silvan communities that, during the Second Age, came to be ruled by Sindarin leaders that shared the same ideology (see this post for more information.)

What is Rivendell like in The Hobbit?

Rivendell (Sindarin: Imladris) is a valley in J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional world of Middle-earth, representing both a homely place of sanctuary and a magical Elvish otherworld. It is an important location in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, being the place where the quest to destroy the One Ring began.

What is the difference between noldor and sindar?

Cirdan the Shipwright was a leader of the Sindar. The Noldor were one of the three groups of elves who completed the Great Journey (the other two being the Teleri and the Vanyar). Of all of the elves, the Noldor were the greatest craftsman and warriors, but they were also the most rash, arrogant, and foolish.

Are Mirkwood elves Noldor?

The Elves of Lothlorien are also mostly Silvan, with some Sindar. Celeborn is Sindar. Galadriel may have been the only Noldor in Lothlorien. As such, they are actually much more like the Elves of Mirkwood than they are the Noldor of Rivendell.

What is Mirkwood in The Hobbit?

Mirkwood is a vast temperate broadleaf and mixed forest in the Middle-earth region of Rhovanion (Wilderland), east of the great river Anduin. In The Hobbit, the wizard Gandalf calls it “the greatest forest of the Northern world.” Before it was darkened by evil, it had been called Greenwood the Great.

What is Rivendell based on?

According to The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, one of the real-life locations which inspired the creation of Rivendell was actually Lauterbrunnental in Switzerland. Tolkien had hiked the valley in 1911, and the surrounding scenery bears a striking resemblance to the description of Rivendell.

Why are Lórien elves so far away from Mirkwood?

Lórien elves are ignorant of mortal world. It seems like they never leave their forest. So it’s Lórien that’s the most distant, more so than Mirkwood. Galadriel’s ring of Nenya and their lands has made Lórien elves independent.

What is the relationship between Thranduil and Woodland Realm?

Woodland Realm, on the other hand, has relations with strangers and in fact needs them. Thranduil established a trading relationship with Lake-Town, Dale and Erebor after battle of five armies.

Did Aragorn know that Eomer Legolas was from Mirkwood?

He wasn’t even sure anyone lived in that forest. In the Two Towers book, Aragorn tells Éomer Legolas is “from the Woodland Realm in distant Mirkwood” and Éomer isn’t that surprised by the information. But when Aragorn reveals they have passed thr