[JameRetief]

The Daily Tolkien articles by various authors	The Tolkien Virgin articles by Mark-Edmond
ARTICLES 01-10	ARTICLES 01-10
ARTICLES 11-20	11) Of the Sindar
ARTICLES 21-30	12) Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor
ARTICLES 31-40	13) Of Men
ARTICLES 41-50	14) Of the Return of the Noldor
51) And Now for the Other Love Story	15) Of Beleriand and its Realms
52) Kryptic Tales of Middle-earth	16) Of the Noldor in Beleriand
53) The People of Eriador in the later Third Age	17) Of Meglin
54) The Wild, Wild, Wood-elf West	18) Of the coming of Men into the West
	19) Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin

[Gwaihir]

The article seems contrary to most that I have read concerning the Noldor. The writer contends that "half the Tatyar(Noldor) remained as Avari." Later he attributes "the Green Elves of Ossiriand were in fact Avari, Tatyarin Avari." How's that? The Green Elves, or Laiquendi, were a large faction of Nandor who were granted Ossiriand by the Sindar. After Denethor's death they refused to name a new leader and fragmented.

The writer also lumps the Eglath (later the Sindar) and the Falathrim together. This is completely wrong as these groups were separately formed and (initially) did not associate for the most part.

The writer also speculates that the Silvan Elves were part of the "Nelyarin Avari which made as far west as Anduin, and there they mingled or supplanted the Nandor who were still living in Greenwood and Lothloren". Why do the Nandor need replacing? The Nandor who remained in Greenwood would likely be referred to as Silvan by their kin who followed Lenwe to the Vales of the Anduin.

Much is being inferred here in regards to the Avari. The Avari remained in the East, refusing (hence their name) to take part in the Great Journey. Tolkien says only that their lands became barbarous and filled with dark powers and evil races. This caused them to hide in the woodlands. Thus, they built no cities and had no kings. They subsequently dwindled as a people. Perhaps too much is being attributed to the Avari. The history of the Eastern Elves is primarily that of the Umanyar and those of the Eldar who returned in pursuit of the Silmaril.

[My back yard]

I love this article. He doesn't mention, though, the Numenoreans. (Noumenon?)