#tatie

[thelien-art]

Iminye, Tatie, and Enelye i feel like have to go as a set, especially when their only lore is the shared the originators of lembas

The ✨women✨

So a romanticized version of ancient Roman clothes is what I want the first elves to wear. What a sniff of what groups they will evolve into😌

[lanthanum12]

Just published the first chapter of my Advent Calendar fic for this year! Come join the House of Finwe on their chaotic family reunion!

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[iminye]

Tata and Tatië - Second of the Firstborn

→ for day iii of @tolkienocweek · gaps and ghosts

[arofili]

elves of arda ✧ cuiviénenyarna ✧ headcanon disclaimer

          The first of the Children of Ilúvatar to awaken were the elves, who opened their eyes under the light of the stars alone upon the shores of Cuiviénen, the Waters of Awakening. According to elvish legend, the first elf to wake was Imin, and beside him Iminyë his spouse, and the names they took for themselves came to signify “first” in the ancient tongue of the Quendi. Then Tata awoke, and with him Tatië; then Enel, and with him Enelyë: and their names also would come to mean “second” and “third.” These were the Elf-fathers and Elf-mothers, the first to create speech, the first to see the stars.           Soon the pairs of elves began to wander from the dell where they had awoken, searching for others of their kind, and the next dell they encountered held twelve more elves, which Imin and Iminyë claimed as their kindred. Tata and Tatië took two groups of elves into their care, totaling fifty-four in all; Enel and Enelyë welcomed two more groups, seventy-two in all. Imin and Iminyë waited for a final group to be found, that they might expand their own kindred, but there was no more: the Unbegotten numbered one hundred and forty-four, and no more.           Thus the story of the Cuiviénenyarna was woven, and repeated by the original one hundred and forty-four to their descendants. But time warps all tales, and no trace of Imin, Tata, Enel and their wives can be found in the truest histories, and those Unbegotten elves who yet remain have naught to say of their finding by these fathers and mothers of elvenkind. This story of Awakening contains seeds of truth, for one hundred and forty-four elves truly did awaken upon the shores of starlit waters, but which were first is lost to the Ages.           Yet these ancient divisions are repeated as counting-lore to elflings, and reflect the true ratios of the Three Kindreds: the Vanyar who were once the Minyar, named for Imin and Iminyë, are the least in number; the Noldor who were once the Tatyar, named for Tata and Tatië, are fourfold greater in number; and the Teleri who were once the Nelyar, named for Enel and Enelyë, are the greatest in number, though also the most sundered in after days.

[thegirlwhohid]

Now after a time, when they had dwelt together a little, and had devised many words, Imin and Iminyë, Tata and Tatië, Enel and Enelyë walked together, and left the green dell of their waking, and they came soon to another larger dell and found there six pairs of Quendi, and the stars were again shining in the morrow-dim and the elf-men were just waking.

Tatië moodboard

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[sindefara]

baby Finwë and his mum (Tatië, according to my headcanon)) for SilmAsk in VK:)

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[snowflake-sunflower]

Tatië in the 1st age, as according to a weird little au I've not written (yet, hopefully!)

In canon, Tatië and Tata are the second elves to awaken in Cuivienen and are the "parents" of the Tatyar, who become the Noldor in Valinor

EDIT: I've started writing it here's the link

[the-unicorns-of-nienna]

Headcanon: Bearded Elves

In all the known writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, exactly two elves are confirmed to have facial hair: Cirdan and Mahtan.

Some of Tolkien’s later writings assert that elves develop beards in their “third cycle of life”. Cirdan and Mahtan were among the first elves to awaken, so they are older than most members of their race. However, the key word here is “most”: the first elves numbered 144, yet-as previously stated-only two elves are described as bearded.

There are three possible explainations:

1.) The link between beards and age is a myth: facial hair in elves is actually the result of a rare genetic mutation.

2.) Other firstborn elves can grow beards, but most choose to shave.

3.) Cirdan and Mahtan are somehow older even than other firstborn elves.

Could they in fact be the very first elves of all?

The creation story of the elves describes how three pairs of elves-six elves total-awoke at Cuivienin. Their names were Imin and Iminye: the first Vanyar, Tata and Tatie: the first Noldor, and Enel and Enelye: the first Teleri. The remaining 138 firstborn elves consisted of various-sized groups found by the first six. The elven kings Ingwe, Finwe, and Elwe were the ambassadors who visited Valinor ahead of the other elves-with Olwe being Elwe’s brother. The first six elves are never mentioned again, which is extremely bizarre considering their significance.

Cirdan is a pretty important elf: he ruled the Grey Havens-the main port from which elves sailed to Aman, and owned the ring Narya for a while. Mahtan learned metalworking from Aule himself, and was the one who taught Feanor. Consider also that Nerdanel-Mahtan’s daughter-was able to create statues “indistinguishable from life”, and managed to bear a record setting seven children-sired by Feanor, no less-without dying.

Cirdan could very well be Enel, with Mahtan being Tata. Nerdanel’s unamed mother would be Tatie.

That accounts the for first Noldor and the first Teleri, leaving only the first Vanyar. What happened to Imin and Iminye?

It’s fully possible that they stayed in Aman, and chose to avoid the limelight. It’s also possible that they were among the elves who, for whatever reason, never journeyed to Aman.

I am legally obligated to ask: could Tom Bombadil-“oldest and fatherless”-be Imin the first elf; with Goldberry-“the River Woman’s daughter”-being Iminye, who awoke by the waters of Cuivienin?

Could it be that the first two elves in existence were also the first orcs?