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Elven words for stars

This is a collection of elven words related to the moon including poetic and archaic words.

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Rána and Isil are the two most common Quenya names for the moon. Rána means “Wayward” and derives from an archaic word for wandering or straying off course. Isil derives from thil meaning to shine white or silver.

Ránuringwi is an archaic Quenya word for sun and moon.

Isilmë means moonlight in Quenya.

Gilm is an older Sindarin word for moonlight, derived from gili meaning pale shining

Raun, a cognate of Rána, is used most commonly in Sindarin however Ithil, also derived from thil, is used poetically

Istil is the name of the moon in Ilkorin, the Sindarin language of Doriath.

Ceuran means new moon in Quenya. This word has two cognates; cýron in Sindarin and ciuran in Telerin.

Cúran is an older Sindarin word for crescent moon 🌙 from cú meaning arch or crescent and rhan, the older form of raun.

Cú or Kú by itself was used to mean the crescent moon in Quenya

Though Silpilon was the name of the white tree of Tirion, in older Quenya, Silpilon meant red or cherry moon, possibly a reference to the phenomenon of a blood moon or lunar eclipse.

Rincu is an archaic Quenya word for the shape of the moon, derived from rini meaning circle

The Lindar are already accustomed to using Quenya as a lingua franca within Valinor, and Elwing must know Exilic Quenya as a ruler of Sirion, but there's been some drift between the two languages over the past five hundred years or so. They both struggle to understand each other in their non-native languages, and not even in quite the same strain of Quenya, which makes the mutual effort of Elwing (speaking in her husband's language; the language of kinslayers) and the Lindar (confronted with all the change they've ignored) to struggle through that communication barrier an act of determination on Elwing's part and compassion from the Lindar.

DAY FIVE: Relationships Aspec people can have many different kinds of relationships, including romantic and sexual ones— but some kinds of relationships are more unique and common to the aspec communities, such as queerplatonic ones. Today is a day for exploring all these different kinds of relationships! There are several relationships in Tolkien’s works that could easily be read as queerplatonic, including Frodo + Sam, and Legolas + Gimli. Alternative prompt: Many of the terms for aspec identity come from root words of Latin, can you postulate translations for aspec terminology in any of Tolkien’s languages?

These prompts are optional, and we are open to any aspec content whether or not you stick to our suggestions!

Ooooh excellent question! I love all of what y’all are asking me! 💖

I believe that elves absolutely feel physical attraction as well as sexual attraction!

A good example of the physical AND sexual attraction is Luthien was extremely beautiful and Daeron was in love with her. Celegorm was even so incredibly taken by Luthien he wanted her hand in marriage for himself and as a power play over Thingol. (Hint hint on what makes the marriage thing happen again.)

Yet she was in love with neither and her heart belonged to Beren.

So they aren’t oblivious and blind to any elf that they’d feel was beautiful or handsome. Elves pride themselves on their beauty and being beautiful! The longer your hair with an added bonus of a stunning voice and you are more attractive than an elf with a more average voice.

I PERSONALLY don’t think elves necessarily begin to feel sexual attraction for other elves until they believe they’ve found their one or have fallen in love. Which as Tolkien has gone to show that even elves who think are their ones and fall in love and it might not turn out to be their one.

They’d also have to feel some kind of sexual attraction for one another when they marry for them to have sex. Tolkien does indeed note that they take great pleasure and joy in it. It’s just as they reproduce they lose interest in sex.