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Given that description we're not looking at a large population. I see no reason to believe these were purely women and children who succoured Turin. They'll both get the job done. I am sure in the description of 'The Fall of Gondolin' in the Book of Lost Tales, the only description of Gondolin's fall we have, that there are clear references to peoples who are not soldiers, and again, I don't believe can be interpreted purely as women and children. According to that definition, the First Age 'proper' followed the and lasted only c. One final principle is that, as far as even vaguely possible, I will attempt to connect numbers given with other numbers given here, so I'm calculating all these numbers from at least something rather than just purely making up something that sounds plausible.
There is one amendment to your calculation I would like to suggest. Both take place in the 'west' of Arda, and Beleriand where most of The Silmarillion takes place is destroyed. Considering the fact that the distances and, hence, time involved in getting from Gondolin the battlefield at Anfauglith were small, the disruption of economic activity should not have been too much of an issue. The other Noldorin Kingdom was that of Feanor's Sons in the East. I am the final level of evolution: Luke Skywalker crossed with Captain America, of the Middle Earth nerd world. Your best bet is to stitch together a number of maps.
I believe the map is asynchronous, showing aspects of the world together that never co-existed within the works. These are described as a secretive woodland people who lived a quiet dispersed life, without towns or cities. Taking all these figures together we have a total Elven population in Beleriand of around 1. Concerning Gondolin you can see that the houses of that city were not made only for war but they also had specifics jobs, such as in the house of Rog where the majority of them were blacksmiths. I read the 'Lost Tales' for webpage light bedtime reading.
Can we point to places on the map that exist in both epics? Certainly in unpublished writings on the fall of Gondolin and the fall of Hithlum there are clear references to adult males who were not part of the Army. But that might only have come into existence after the fall of Numenor This map is pretty inaccurate, unfortunately — Beleriand lay directly west of Eriador, not north-west as depicted here. Or, alternatively, the original figures were a factor of 1. Possible beginnings of the First Age must have been the creation of itself; the creation of the which also kept ; or the. It is considered the second battle in the , after one that took place during the Years of the Trees. The Lands of and were known quite well in the southern kingdom of since they once were provinces of it´s dominion, the Lands further to the east and south were known as the Wild Lands east and South, Tribal areas often under the sway of the dark Lord or inhabited by wild rebellious tribes loyal to none but themselves. That finishes my tramp through the populations of Elves in the Elder Days.
Apart from its historical interest, it's also important as a point of reference between the two maps, allowing us to work out exactly how the coastlines of the and fitted together. In the , this had been the , where son of had his fortress. In other words, 60,000 Sindar for a total of roughly 130,000 Elves. The Ñoldor eventually mustered a defense, but their losses were severe. Now, if after that you're still with me, let's get on. Insightful and illuminating this wonderful map is a must-have for all Tolkien fans and enthusiasts of his work. This 'war of the ' left devastated: '.
Of course his stories concentrate on the warriors and heroes, and barely mention ordinary peaceful life, but I don't think that is any reason to assume there wasn't any. Then the correct figure for its total population would be ~40,000 and the overall Elven population of Beleriand would be somewhere around 400-450 thousand. Feanor's folk appeared to be relatively small in number, but containing a lot of the younger, brasher, more foolhardy Elves that would have been attracted to Feanor's assertive, aggressive style, and hence militarily able to punch more above its weight. Best known are his raw sketches published in The Shaping of Middle-Earth which give us a clue how he imagined the entire continent and indeed also , and , other three major landmasses to look like. Middle-Earth was also known to be the Home of a number of lesser or and enigmatic peoples as the and a countless number of or Plants and Animals.
In LotR all the references given to the size of the moon in the sky accurately match how the phases of the moon would in real life change over the time described as passing in the book. Unfortunately, to my knowledge there is not enough information to correctly estimate the level of productivity of Elven economies in the First Age Beleriand, so we're basically at a loss here. Tuor was fostered by the Elves of Androth. But how can I use the mask and wand webpage tool? You had the money, and now you don't. It's also just not credible to assume that all male adults would be soldiers, for reasons of logistics, training, equipment and social organisation. Really, the trackpad is my biggest point of interaction with my laptop on a daily basis. This river, it is said, was even the river which was after called Anduin the Great, and was ever the frontier of the west-lands of Middle-earth.
How about going to a black cashier instead of a white one? There is no fuzzy outline to work with. Except for a few rough Sketches and Drawings. Medieval merchants and craftsmen were not warriors in their daily life, yet they took to arms whenever necessary. For example, references to medieval styles armies: hosts and major battles won't refer to a few hundred people, or tens of millions. But you did it thinking elves are like men, they do not reproduce themselves as the same number men do, and also you must see that when in battle such as nirnaeth all eldar adults go in to battle, then when you count full-grown elf male out of an army thats not quite correct and you would be increasing the population. And finally, RotK Appendix A discusses the origins of the Barrow-downs and their relationship to the First Age: It is said that the mounds of Tyrn Gorthad, as the Barrowdowns were called of old, are very ancient, and that many were built in the days of the old world of the First Age by the forefathers of the Edain, before they crossed the Blue Mountains into Beleriand, of which Lindon is all that now remains.
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