Сильмариллион
Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor
AndcomingtheywerefilledwithawebythegloryandmajestyoftheValar,anddesiredgreatlythelightandsplendouroftheTrees.ThenOromebroughtthembacktoCuivienen,andtheyspokebeforetheirpeople,andcounselledthemtoheedthesummonsoftheValarandremoveintotheWestThenbefellthefirstsunderingoftheElves.ForthekindredofIngwe,andthemostpartofthekindredsofFinweandElwe,wereswayedbythewordsoftheirlords,andwerewillingtodepartandfollowOrome;andthesewereknowneverafterastheEldar,bythenamethatOromegavetotheElvesinthebeginning,intheirowntongue.Butmanyrefusedthesummons,preferringthestarlightandthewidespacesofMiddle-earthtotherumouroftheTrees;andthesearetheAvari,theUnwilling,andtheyweresunderedinthattimefromtheEldar,andmetneveragainuntilmanyageswerepast.
TheEldarpreparednowagreatmarchfromtheirfirsthomesintheeast;andtheywerearrayedinthreehosts.
ThesmallesthostandthefirsttosetforthwasledbyIngwe,themosthighlordofalltheElvishrace.HeenteredintoValinorandsitsatthefeetofthePowers,andallElvesreverehisname;buthecameneverback,norlookedagainuponMiddle-earth.TheVanyarwerehispeople;theyaretheFairElves,thebelovedofManweandVarda,andfewamongMenhavespokenwiththem.
NextcametheNoldor,anameofwisdom,thepeopleofFinwe.TheyaretheDeepElves,thefriendsofAule;andtheyarerenownedinsong,fortheyfoughtandlabouredlongandgrievouslyinthenorthernlandsofold.
Thegreatesthostcamelast,andtheyarenamedtheTeleri,fortheytarriedontheroad,andwerenotwhollyofamindtopassfromthedusktothelightofValinor.
