Awakening of the Elves

The Awakening of the Elves occurred around 450 Valian years before the first rising of the Sun, at the shores of Cuiviénen in the far east of Middle-earth.
== Legend ==
:The canonicity of these details is unconfirmed.
According to a legend of the Elves, the first Elves were awakened by Eru Ilúvatar near the bay of Cuiviénen. The first Elf to awake was called Imin ("First"). Next to him lay Iminyë, who would become his wife. Near where Imin woke, awoke Tata ("Second") and Tatië, and Enel ("Third") and Enelyë.
Imin, Tata, and Enel and their wives joined and walked through the forests. They first came across six pairs of Elves, and Imin, as eldest, claimed them as his people, and woke them. After a short time Imin and his people, together with Tata and Enel, continued their journey. Next, they came across nine pairs of Elves, and Tata as second eldest, claimed them as his people. After a short time the now thirty-six Elves continued their journey. Then they found twelve pairs of Elves, and Enel, as third eldest, claimed them as his people.
For many days the now sixty Elves dwelt by the rivers, and they began to invent poetry and music. When they set out again, Imin thought to himself that since each time they had found more Elves and his folk was least in size, he would now choose last.
They came across eighteen pairs of Elves watching the stars, and Tata and Enel waited for Imin to claim them for his people, but Imin told them he would wait, so Tata added them to his folk. They were tall and had dark hair, and they were the fathers of most of the Ñoldor of later times.
The ninety-six Elves now spoke with each other and invented many new words, but then they continued their journey. Next they found twenty-four pairs of Elves, who were singing without language, and again Imin was offered the choice, but refused. Therefore Enel chose them as his people, and from them came most of the Lindar or singers of later times.
And the hundred and forty-four Elves now dwelt long together, until all had learned the same language, and they were glad. But then Imin said it was time to seek more companions for him, but most of the others were content and did not join him. So Imin and Iminyë and their twelve companions set out alone, and they searched long near Cuiviénen, but never found any more companions.
Because all Elves had been found in groups of twelve, twelve became the number they counted with ever after, and 144 was for long their highest number, and in none of their later tongues was there therefore any common name for a greater number.
Melkor was the first to learn of the Awakening. He soon began sending evil spirits among the Elves, who planted seeds of doubt against the Valar. It is also rumoured that some of the Elves were being captured by a Rider if they strayed too far, and the Elves later believed these were brought to Utumno and twisted into Orcs by torture and the evils of Melkor.
Oromë, one of the Valar, one day found the Elves and realized who they were. The Elves were suspicious of him first, fearing he was the Rider who captured them, and because of Melkor's lies. Nevertheless, three lords of the Elves agreed to come with Oromë to Valinor. These were Ingwë of the Minyar (later Vanyar), Finwë of the Tatyar (later Ñoldor), and Elwë of the Lindar. In due time, Ingwë, Finwë, and Elwë returned to Cuiviénen, and told the Elves of the glory of Valinor, and there befell the Sundering of the Elves. All the Minyar and half of the Tatyar were persuaded, along with most of the Lindar, and followed Oromë into the west on the Great Journey. These have been known ever since by the name Eldar, or "Star-folk", which Oromë gave to them in their own language. The remainder of the Tatyar and Lindar remained suspicious, or simply refused to depart from their own lands, and spread gradually throughout the wide lands of Middle-earth. They were after known by the name Avari, meaning 'the Unwilling', because they refused the summons, in Quenya, the language of the Eldar that eventually reached Valinor.
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The tale of Imin, Tata and Enel, known as Cuivienyarna, was a very late writing by Tolkien, written as part of Quendi and Eldar. They replaced Ingwë, Finwë and Elwë as the eldest Elves, who now merely became the first ambassadors and the Kings of the Elves in exile.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Ontwaking van die Elwe
Amharic 	የኤልቭስ መነቃቃት
Albanian 	Zgjimi të Kukudhët
Arabic 	صحو ه الجان
Armenian 	Էլֆերի զարթոնքը
Assamese 	এলফসকলৰ এৱেকেনিং
Azerbaijani 	Elflərin yüksək kralı
Basque 	Elfoak esnatzen
Belarusian Cyrillic	Абуджэнне эльфаў
Bengali 	এলভস জাগরণ
Bosnian 	Buđenje Vilenjaka / Rodubijanja Vilenjaka
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Пробуждането на Елфите
Catalan 	Despertar dels elfs
Chinese 	精靈甦醒
Corsican 	U despertu di l'Elfini
Croatian 	Buđenje vilenjaka
Czech 	Probuzení elfů
Danish 	Elverfolkets opvågnen
Dutch 	Ontwaken van de Elfen
Esperanto 	Vekiĝo de la Elfoj
Estonian 	Haldjate ärkamine
Faroese 	Álvurnir vakna
Filipino 	Paggising ng ang mga Duwende
French 	Réveil des elfes
Galician 	Despertar dos Elfos
Georgian 	ელფები გამოღვიძება
German 	Erwachen der Elben
Greek 	Αφύπνιση των Ξωτικά
Gujarati 	ઝનુન જાગૃતિ
Hebrew 	אלפים התעוררות
Hindi 	कल्पित बौने का जागरण
Hungarian 	A tündék ébredése
Icelandic 	Álfar vakning
Indonesian 	Kebangunan peri-peri
Irish Gaelic 	Dúiseacht de na sióga
Italian 	Risveglio degli Elfi
Japanese 	の目覚めエルフに
Kannada 	ಎಲ್ವೆಸ್ ಜಾಗೃತಿ
Kazakh 	Эльфтердің оятуы (Cyrillic) Élfterdiñ oyatwı (Latin)
Konkani 	एल्फांचें जागृताय करप
Korean 	엘프들의 각성
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Эльфтердин ойгонушу
Latvian 	Elfi atmoda
Lithuanian 	Elfai prabudimas
Luxembourgish 	Erwächen vun den Elfen
Macedonian Cyrillic	Будење на Елфите
Malayalam 	എൽവ്‌സിന്റെ ഉണർവ്
Malaysian 	Bunian kebangkitan
Marathi 	एल्व्हसचे प्रबोधन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Элфүүдийн сэрэх байдал
Nepalese 	एल्व्स उठ्दै
Norwegian 	Elvenes oppvåkning
Pashto 	د یلوس بیداری
Persian 	بیداری الف ها
Polish 	Przebudzenia z Elfów
Portuguese 	Despertar dos Elfos
Punjabi 	ਕਲੀਨਜ਼ ਜਗਾਉਣ
Romanian 	Trezirea elfilor
Russian 	Пробуждение эльфов
Scottish Gaelic 	Dùsgadh nan de sìthichean
Serbian 	Буђење вилењаци (Cyrillic) Buđenje vilenjaci (Latin)
Sinhalese 	එල්ව්ස්ග පිබිදීමක්
Slovak 	Prebudenie elfov
Slovenian 	Prebujanje vilinov
Spanish 	Despertar de los Elfos
Swedish 	Älvor uppvaknande
Tajik Cyrillic 	Бедоршавии елв
Tamil 	எல்வ்ஸ் இன் விழிப்பு
Tatar 	Элвесның уянуы
Telugu 	ఎల్వ్స్ మేల్కొలుపు
Thai 	การตื่นขึ้นของเหล่าเอลฟ์
Turkish 	Elflerin Uyanışı
Turkmen 	Elwesiň oýanmagy
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Пробудження ельфів
Urdu 	یلوس کی بیداری
Uzbek 	Елфларнинг уйғониши (Cyrillic) Elflarning uyg'onishi (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Thức tỉnh của Kẻ tinh nghịch
Welsh 	Deffroad o'r Elfenau
Yiddish 	אַוואַקענינג פון די עלווז
it:Risveglio degli Elfi
ru:Пробуждение эльфов
Category:Events
Category:Years of the Trees