Timeline for Who or what is the oldest sentient being in Tolkien's lore?
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| Aug 16, 2018 at 0:58 | comment | added | Pryftan | (1) Glorfindel IS the same Elf that fell during the fall of Gondolin. (2) Tom is absolutely not Eru (he was outside the legendarium originally). | |
| Nov 18, 2016 at 12:34 | history | post merged (destination) | |||
| Feb 18, 2014 at 20:46 | comment | added | user8719 | "Eldest of the Istari" most likely just means the first Maia chosen to be an Istar - which the Istari essay in UT indicates was Curumo/Saruman. | |
| Feb 18, 2014 at 18:14 | comment | added | Mike Scott | Bombadil was known by the elves as Iarwain Ben-adar, "Oldest and Fatherless". The clue is in the name. | |
| Feb 18, 2014 at 17:40 | comment | added | Plutor | The First Age and the Years of the Trees coincided somewhat -- the First Age began when the elves awoke. But, yes, 7,500 years is a minimum. | |
| Feb 18, 2014 at 16:30 | comment | added | Daniel Roseman | I think you've massively underestimated Círdan's age here. There were 400 "Years of the Trees" between the beginning of the Great Journey and the first rising of the Sun, and then 7000 years until the War of the Ring. But the Years of the Trees were at least 10 times, and possibly 100 times, as long as normal years, making that duration at least 4000 years. | |
| Feb 18, 2014 at 15:54 | comment | added | Envite | Curunir being the eldest may not be related to its age as a Maia, but to its coming to Middle Earth. Probably all Maiar were created at the same time. | |
| Feb 18, 2014 at 15:46 | history | edited | Plutor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Glorfindel
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| Feb 18, 2014 at 15:39 | history | edited | Plutor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Bombadil, Cirdan
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| Feb 18, 2014 at 15:33 | history | answered | Plutor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |