Thread: The Firstborn??
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Old 03-25-2002, 02:22 AM   #6
Marileangorifurnimaluim
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I've no doubt the Dwarves have a completely different rendition of history! But they did not have the benefit of living in Valinor with the Valar, so the official version of the Elves is probably more accurate. Or at least more complete from the beginning.

I think the firstborn are called that because they were firstborn in the song of Iluvitar and the Ainur. If you think about it, the dwarves were made in the image of the elves, even though they woke to consciousness first. So that makes the elves firstborn either way.

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