Elder Days

The Elder Days, also called the Eldest Days, were the very First Age of Middle-earth.The Silmarillion, Index of Names, entry "Elder Days"
During the Second and Third Ages, this term referred to the times that preceded the Downfall of Angband at the end First Age,The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B which began after the Awakening of the Elves during the Years of the Trees.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. X: Morgoth's Ring, The Annals of AmanThe Nature of Middle-earth, XVII: "Generational Schemes", Text 2 However, in the Fourth Age the term began to be applied to all three preceding ages: a time before the dominance of Men and the dwindling of the Elves and other races.
==In adaptations==
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy made by Peter Jackson mentions the Elder Days sparingly. In The Fellowship of the Ring extended edition, Lúthien and Beren are briefly mentioned. Morgoth is mentioned in passing by Legolas in relation to the Balrog, but it is never stated who he is.
In the later The Hobbit films, notable references include mentions of Gondolin and Ungoliant. 
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Antieke Dae
Albanian 	Ditë të lashta
Arabic 	أيام قديمة
Armenian 	Հին օրեր
Azerbaijani 	Qədim günlər
Basque 	Antzinako egunak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Старажытныя Дні
Bengali 	প্রাচীন দিনগুলি
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Древни дни
Cambodian 	ថ្ងៃបុរាណ
Catalan 	Vells temps
Cebuano 	Karaan nga mga adlaw
Chinese 	古代的日子
Croatian 	Drevni dani
Czech 	Starověké dny
Danish 	Gamle dage
Dutch 	Oude dagen
Esperanto 	Antikvaj tagoj
Estonian 	Iidsed päevad
Faroese 	Fortíđardagar
Filipino 	Mga lumang araw
Finnish 	Ennenvanhaan ?
French 	Jours anciens
Galician 	Antigos días
German 	Die älteren Tage
Georgian 	უძველესი დღეები
Greek 	Αρχαίες μέρες
Gujarati 	પ્રાચીન દિવસો
Hausa 	Tsohon kwanaki
Hawaiian 	ʻO ka wā kahiko
Hebrew 	ימים עתיקים
Hindi 	पुराने दिनों
Hungarian 	Ősi napok
Icelandic 	Forna daga
Indonesian 	Hari-hari kuno
Italian 	Giorni antichi
Japanese 	古代の日々
Kannada 	ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ ದಿನಗಳು
Kazakh 	Ежелгі күндер (Cyrillic) Ejelgi künder (Latin)
Korean 	고대의 시대
Kurdish 	Kevn rojan (Kurmanji Kurdish)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Байыркы күн
Laotian 	ວັນເກົ່າ
Latvian 	Senās dienas
Lithuanian 	Senovės laikai
Macedonian Cyrillic	Постари денови
Malagasy 	Andro taloha
Malaysian 	Hari-hari tua
Maltese 	Ġranet antiki
Maori 	Nga ra tawhito
Marathi 	जुने दिवस
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Эртний өдрүүд
Nepalese 	पुरातन दिनहरू
Norwegian 	Gamle dager
Persian 	روز های قدیمی
Polish 	Zamierzchłe dni
Portuguese 	Dias antigos
Punjabi 	ਪੁਰਾਣੇ ਦਿਨ
Romanian 	Zile vechi
Russian 	Древние ДниПредначальная Эпоха
Samoan 	Aso tuai
Scottish Gaelic 	Làithean àrsaidh
Serbian 	Древни дани (Cyrillic) Drevni dani (Latin)
Shona 	Mazuva ekare
Sindhi 	پراڻا ڏينهن
Sinhalese 	පුරාණ කාලයේ
Slovak 	Staroveké dni
Slovenian 	Stari dnevi
Somali 	Maalmaha hore
Spanish 	Días antiguos
Swedish 	Forntida dagar
Tajik Cyrillic 	Рӯзҳои қадим
Tamil 	பழைய நாட்கள்
Telugu 	పురాతన రోజులు
Thai 	วันเก่า
Turkish 	Eski günler
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Старовинні дні
Urdu 	قدیم دن
Uzbek 	Қадимий кунлар (Cyrillic) Qadimiy kunlar (Latin)
Vietnamese 	?
Welsh 	Dyddiau hynafol
Xhosa 	Iintsuku zasendulo
Yiddish 	אוראלט טעג
==References==
Category:Eras
Category:First Age
ru:Древние Дни