Post by Andorinha on Jan 17, 2009 11:09:12 GMT -6
The Sil ARCHIVE: Week Two - Elven Genealogy
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From: DaleAnn
Sent: 4/20/2002 3:13 AM
Please, do not start the discussion until Sunday.
O.k. I’ve said that learning the Elven genealogy is important. It is! So let’s use this space to make sure everyone has it sorted out. If you have questions, or want to check your assumptions, post them here. If anyone wants to make an attempt at explaining the elven kindred, go for it!
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From: Nilanna
Sent: 4/20/2002 10:52 AM
I'm not starting the discussion, I'm just saying that I'm so glad we're doing this. I'd love to finally figure out which elves are Avari, which are Sindar or Nandorian, and so on. I'd love it if we could somehow create a detailed family tree with that information, for reference.
Nilanna
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From: Azurite
Sent: 4/21/2002 3:47 PM
In "A Tolkien Bestiary" there are two charts at the back, one for the Races of Elves and one for the Races of Men. I find it very useful and have been referring to it often.
namaste,
Azurite
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From: Nilanna
Sent: 4/21/2002 5:09 PM
I just looked up A Tolkien Beastiary at Amazon.com, and found this review, by Michael Martinez:
David Day is one of the more imaginative Tolkien annotators ever to be published. His work is completely without merit from a scholarly point of view because he makes up his facts and includes many misleading details. He is constantly hammered by Tolkien researchers on the Internet.
What he brings to the realm of Middle-earth commentary is an imaginative retelling of Tolkien's mythology. It's unique, if not legitimate. He lacks Tolkien's style and depth, but many people have enjoyed Day's books through the years despite their inaccuracy.
These books make good conversationalist pieces, but the reader should beware. They won't teach you much about Tolkien's world and what little they have to offer in the way of accurate information is washed away by the unauthorized additions and changes.
I know a little about Mr. Martinez, and I believe he knows what he's talking about. Is it possible to verify the information in the charts?
Nilanna
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From: Nufaciel
Sent: 4/22/2002 8:25 AM
Hmmm. I have the Tolkien Bestiary (though I never use it, as I know that it should not really be used). Let me see what I can figure out. I never really thought about the tables in the back. If anyone else knows, let us know.
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From: Azurite
Sent: 4/22/2002 8:28 AM
Nilanna asks if it's possible to verify the information in David Day's charts of elves, and I'd say sure, it's all in the Silmarillion, if not so neatly laid out, and in other sources besides. I was just naming one that was 'to hand' and which I'd found useful. Which is to say, I haven't noticed inaccuracies yet, but I haven't read that far, and I'm still struggling to keep things straight. I found a few odd interpretations, but not actual inaccuracies.
Where are the websites/lists that talk about Day's work?
namaste,
Azurite
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From: Nilanna
Sent: 4/22/2002 8:48 AM
The Beastiary review I read was on Amazon.com. I know Michael Martinez from his witty Tolkien columns and other reviews--for example, he was one of the few people on Amazon who criticized the Atlas of Middle Earth. When I first read his Atlas review, I thought he was just being too anal, but after I bought the Atlas, I understood and agreed with his points.
Is there any way you can share some of the information on this chart, Elizabeth?
Nilanna
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From: Azurite
Sent: 4/22/2002 9:06 AM
Nilanna: I could scan or type out Day's chart, I think. I'll try to do that in the next few days.
I'm interested in the comments Martinez makes on both the Day book and the Atlas. Have you read the Atlas? What was your impression?
I read the Atlas because someone had said that it made a good chronological and mythic introduction to the setting of the movie. (Not that I hadn't read "The Lord of the Rings" a number of times already, and I didn't feel the need of an introduction, but it sounded like a good approach.) As it turned out, I found that reading it just confused me further: I was hopeless in working out which group of elves was which and who was who, or even who was an elf and who was not, let along having any idea of the chronology. Okay, I said to myself, read "The Silmarillion" and then come back.
namaste,
Azurite
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From: Soleil
Sent: 4/22/2002 10:02 AM
Hi Azurite...
If you are successful in your endeavour, could you please upload it to the Misc file in 'Documents"? I opened Tolkien for the first time 6 months ago and am walking beside you in the "who's who" line! I've attempted to make my own chart and my head is spinning! I would certainly appreciate your sharing.
Thanks,
Soleil
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From: Azurite Sent: 4/22/2002 11:31 AM
Soleil, I'll do it just as soon as possible - and maybe learn it a little better in the process. Having mastered the names of the Valar (using 'mastered' in a rather loose sense!) I found myself muttering over lunch, "Finwe king of the Noldor was the father of Feanor, Fingolfin and Finarfin." So far so good.
And thanks for explaining where the land of 100,000 lakes is. Sounds lovely! (Finwe of the 100,000 lakes?) Winnipeg is probably the closest I've been to them.
namaste,
Azurite
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From: megn1
Sent: 4/22/2002 8:42 PM
All right, I'm back. I wanted to do this last week, but ran out of time. Here is my attempt to explain the sundering of the elves:
The fundamental division among the elves is based in their response to the invitation of the Valar... pausing for a moment to consider the profound implications of that thought...
Those who said "yes" are the Eldar.
Those who said "no" are the "Avari," the unwilling.
We never hear from them again. They fade into some unknown oblivion.
(I'm assuming that the elves of Mirkwood are descendent of the Teleri who never crossed the Misty Mountains. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.)
The Eldar set out on the journey. They were in three groups: Vanyar, Noldor, and Teleri.
The Vanyar all went to Valinor, and never did another interesting thing. Forget them.
The Noldor all went to Valinor, and did LOTS of interesting things. More about them later.
The Teleri are the ones who concern us here. They got split up on the journey from the east to Valinor.
SOME of the Teleri went to Valinor. All the Teleri love water, so they made their home near the sea. They built beautiful ships. (This is important).
Those who went to Valinor were led by Olwe.
Olwe's brother, Elwe, stayed behind in Middle Earth somewhat accidentally. He met Melian, the Maiar, in the woods and fell in love. Because he had been to Valinor (on the show-and-tell trip), and because he was married to Melian, he became a great lord in Middle Earth. He goes by the name of Thingol for the rest of the book. He is VERY important, and it is significant that he is the brother of Olwe (leader of the Teleri in Valinor).
Elwe/Thingol is the leader of the Sindar - the branch of the Teleri who remained behind in the part of Middle Earth known as Beleriand. Beleriand is that part of Middle Earth which you've never seen before, since it doesn't exist by the time of the third age - it's west of everything we know. It's the area covered by the map in Sil.
Some of the Teleri stopped on the journey before crossing the Misty Mountains. They are known as the Nandor. They don't come into the story of Sil much, except for those who eventually come into Beleriand. They are the Laiquendi, and are led (confusingly) by and elf named Denethor.
Hope this helps!
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From: Karo6
Sent: 4/23/2002 4:51 AM
Nice job, Megn1 -- Tolkien left the various Elvin divisions in a rather confusing state as the final version of the Silmarillion contains the melded material of several earlier, alternative versions of nomenclature. In one line he was playing with divisions of "Light," "Grey," and "Dark" Elves; in another he used "Fair," "Deep," "Sea," and "Forest" Elves. In his later ruminations he decided upon the major divisions of Calaquendi and Moriquendi and then fit bits and pieces of his earlier schemes under these two overarching categories -- makes things very confusing when he then tosses in "Green Elves" - Laiquendi, Sindar, Lindar, Teleri, Noldor and Vanyar epithets as well as the Umanyar and Avari terms.
The Avari, from my understanding are simply subsumed into the other groups and do not consistently become a separate division of the Elves with a distinct history. So in one sense they do meet with "oblivion" as they merge with the other Elves of the Teleri and Noldor.
Concerning the lack of "activity" by the Vanyar: LOL, do not forget fair Indis of the Vanyar! She was the second wife of Finwe and from her "activities" with the Noldor a strain of "Golden Hair" enters the High Elven lines of Middle Earth via her sons, Fingolfin, and Finarfin. From Finarfin were sprung the golden-haired Finrod and Galadriel, both of whom played very active Middle Earth roles indeed!
Not sure just where, but I think someone mentioned Feanor as being golden-haired? In the Silmarillion Tolkien lists him as raven-haired on p. 68 to further distinguish the two separate lines of Finwe's children.
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From: Nufaciel
Sent: 4/23/2002 8:17 AM
I was looking at the Tolkien Bestiary, and some of the things in the line don't make sense. Like, for one thing, it has the Silvan Elves being as part of the Avari. Now, Legolas descends from a line of Silvan elves, and Legolas is of the Eldar. Nothing is known of the Avari elves, or of their languages, so it does not make sense, because much is known of the Elves of Mirkwood, and the Avari stayed in the east.
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From: megn1
Sent: 4/23/2002 11:55 AM
First-time readers of Sil who are already overwhelmed should ignore this post.
From Nufaciel:
"Now, Legolas descends from a line of Silvan elves, and Legolas is of the Eldar."
Well now, that's the question, isn't it? Are the elves of Mirkwood (and therefore Legolas) part of the Eldar? You say he is. Is that an assumption, or do you get that information from somewhere?
Karo6 says that the Avari (those who didn't join the journey) were absorbed into the Teleri who remained behind and the Noldor who returned. Again, is that an assumption, or do you find that in Tolkien's writings?
I'm curious. I have only read LOTR (with appendices) and Sil - many times. I don't believe these works answer this question. But Karo6 and others have read more than I. Help me out!
Part of my problem comes from the unrelated question of Imrahil and his "elven blood." The standard answer to that dilemma is that the elves in question were not of the Eldar. That means some Avari are still wandering around in M.E. (or at least were). Are the elves of Mirkwood among them?
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From: Karo6
Sent: 4/23/2002 1:04 PM
Elven scheme:
As I understand the sources there are overlapping titles for the various sub-groups of the Elves:
Light-elves = Vanyar: They become "Eldar"* by answering the Call of the Valar. They also reach Valinor and therefore become Calaquendi as well as Eldar.
Deep-elves = Noldor: become Eldar by answering the Call of the Valar. They reach Valinor and so likewise become members of the Calaquendi.
Sea-elves = Teleri: All become Eldar because they answer the Call of the Valar. But only some of the Teleri actually complete the trip to Valinor. Those of the Teleri who do reach the Undying Lands become members of the Calaquendi. Those of the Teleri who do not reach Valinor, but stay behind looking for their lost Lord Elwe, remain Eldar (they did "answer" the Call) but they also remain Moriquendi, Dark-elves as they never saw the Light of the Valar IN Valinor. Tolkien also gives these Teleri who stayed in Middle Earth a special title, the Sindar, Elves of the Twilight, or Grey Elves.
Wood-elves, Silvan Elves: Those among them who simply "Refuse" to heed the Call of the Valar remain in Middle Earth as the "Unwilling" Elves, the Avari. They do not become Eldar, do not become Calaquendi, but do remain as Moriquendi, Dark-elves.
I am not certain on this next point, but I think that the Green Elves of Ossiriand were largely of Wood-elf, Avari stock under Eldar leaders.
Nufaciel:
I wonder if David Day's "Bestiary" citation here was using the scheme of Elven kindreds laid out in the "Hobbit," page 178 hardback:
"The feasting people were Wood-elves, of course. These are not wicked folk. If they have a fault it is distrust of strangers. Though their magic was strong, even in those days they were wary. They differed from the High Elves of the West, and were more dangerous and less wise. For most of them (together with their scattered relations in the hills and mountains) were descended from the ancient tribes that never went to Faerie in the West. There the Light-elves, and the Deep-elves and the Sea-elves went and lived for ages, and grew fairer and wiser and more learned, and invented their magic and their cunning craft ... before coming back into the Wide World. In the Wide World the Wood-elves lingered in the twilight of our Sun and Moon, but loved best the stars; they wandered in the great forests that grew tall in lands that are now lost."
From this data one can see that most of the Silvan, Wood-elves were Avari and that they did not stay in the east of Middle Earth around the "Lake of First Quickenings," Cuivienen, but travelled about the forests of Middle Earth while one section of the Eldar* (the Vanyar = Light-elves, Noldor = Deep elves and some of the Teleri = Sea-elves) went to Tol Eressea, Alqualonde, and Valinor itself.
I assume that the Avari among the Silvan Elves mingled with the Moriquendi among the Teleri and were to be found in the great forests of Beleriand (as well as more easterly woods) at the time that the Calaquendi Eldar (Noldor and Teleri) returned to Middle Earth, with the first risings of the new-made Sun and Moon.
The Eldaran Elves, especially Calaquendi Eldar, frequently became the leaders of the Moriquendi Elves, and this is how Celeborn and Galadriel became the heads of the Elves of Lothlorien, and I presume that Thranduil, a Calaquendi Eldar, joined the Avari, Moriquendi, Wood-elves who settled around Greenwood the Great, later Mirkwood, and became their King.
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*Eldar is here used in its secondary meaning, those Elves who "Answered" the Call of the Valar, whether or not they actually finished the trek to Valinor. Originally ALL the Elves were called "Eldar" by the Valar. But the Elves themselves changed the original meaning, limiting the term "Eldar" to just those who "Answered" the Call, excluding therefore the Avari, who seem to have been primarily Wood-elves.
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From: DaleAnn
Sent: 4/20/2002 3:13 AM
Please, do not start the discussion until Sunday.
O.k. I’ve said that learning the Elven genealogy is important. It is! So let’s use this space to make sure everyone has it sorted out. If you have questions, or want to check your assumptions, post them here. If anyone wants to make an attempt at explaining the elven kindred, go for it!
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From: Nilanna
Sent: 4/20/2002 10:52 AM
I'm not starting the discussion, I'm just saying that I'm so glad we're doing this. I'd love to finally figure out which elves are Avari, which are Sindar or Nandorian, and so on. I'd love it if we could somehow create a detailed family tree with that information, for reference.
Nilanna
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From: Azurite
Sent: 4/21/2002 3:47 PM
In "A Tolkien Bestiary" there are two charts at the back, one for the Races of Elves and one for the Races of Men. I find it very useful and have been referring to it often.
namaste,
Azurite
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From: Nilanna
Sent: 4/21/2002 5:09 PM
I just looked up A Tolkien Beastiary at Amazon.com, and found this review, by Michael Martinez:
David Day is one of the more imaginative Tolkien annotators ever to be published. His work is completely without merit from a scholarly point of view because he makes up his facts and includes many misleading details. He is constantly hammered by Tolkien researchers on the Internet.
What he brings to the realm of Middle-earth commentary is an imaginative retelling of Tolkien's mythology. It's unique, if not legitimate. He lacks Tolkien's style and depth, but many people have enjoyed Day's books through the years despite their inaccuracy.
These books make good conversationalist pieces, but the reader should beware. They won't teach you much about Tolkien's world and what little they have to offer in the way of accurate information is washed away by the unauthorized additions and changes.
I know a little about Mr. Martinez, and I believe he knows what he's talking about. Is it possible to verify the information in the charts?
Nilanna
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From: Nufaciel
Sent: 4/22/2002 8:25 AM
Hmmm. I have the Tolkien Bestiary (though I never use it, as I know that it should not really be used). Let me see what I can figure out. I never really thought about the tables in the back. If anyone else knows, let us know.
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From: Azurite
Sent: 4/22/2002 8:28 AM
Nilanna asks if it's possible to verify the information in David Day's charts of elves, and I'd say sure, it's all in the Silmarillion, if not so neatly laid out, and in other sources besides. I was just naming one that was 'to hand' and which I'd found useful. Which is to say, I haven't noticed inaccuracies yet, but I haven't read that far, and I'm still struggling to keep things straight. I found a few odd interpretations, but not actual inaccuracies.
Where are the websites/lists that talk about Day's work?
namaste,
Azurite
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From: Nilanna
Sent: 4/22/2002 8:48 AM
The Beastiary review I read was on Amazon.com. I know Michael Martinez from his witty Tolkien columns and other reviews--for example, he was one of the few people on Amazon who criticized the Atlas of Middle Earth. When I first read his Atlas review, I thought he was just being too anal, but after I bought the Atlas, I understood and agreed with his points.
Is there any way you can share some of the information on this chart, Elizabeth?
Nilanna
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From: Azurite
Sent: 4/22/2002 9:06 AM
Nilanna: I could scan or type out Day's chart, I think. I'll try to do that in the next few days.
I'm interested in the comments Martinez makes on both the Day book and the Atlas. Have you read the Atlas? What was your impression?
I read the Atlas because someone had said that it made a good chronological and mythic introduction to the setting of the movie. (Not that I hadn't read "The Lord of the Rings" a number of times already, and I didn't feel the need of an introduction, but it sounded like a good approach.) As it turned out, I found that reading it just confused me further: I was hopeless in working out which group of elves was which and who was who, or even who was an elf and who was not, let along having any idea of the chronology. Okay, I said to myself, read "The Silmarillion" and then come back.
namaste,
Azurite
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From: Soleil
Sent: 4/22/2002 10:02 AM
Hi Azurite...
If you are successful in your endeavour, could you please upload it to the Misc file in 'Documents"? I opened Tolkien for the first time 6 months ago and am walking beside you in the "who's who" line! I've attempted to make my own chart and my head is spinning! I would certainly appreciate your sharing.
Thanks,
Soleil
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From: Azurite Sent: 4/22/2002 11:31 AM
Soleil, I'll do it just as soon as possible - and maybe learn it a little better in the process. Having mastered the names of the Valar (using 'mastered' in a rather loose sense!) I found myself muttering over lunch, "Finwe king of the Noldor was the father of Feanor, Fingolfin and Finarfin." So far so good.
And thanks for explaining where the land of 100,000 lakes is. Sounds lovely! (Finwe of the 100,000 lakes?) Winnipeg is probably the closest I've been to them.
namaste,
Azurite
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From: megn1
Sent: 4/22/2002 8:42 PM
All right, I'm back. I wanted to do this last week, but ran out of time. Here is my attempt to explain the sundering of the elves:
The fundamental division among the elves is based in their response to the invitation of the Valar... pausing for a moment to consider the profound implications of that thought...
Those who said "yes" are the Eldar.
Those who said "no" are the "Avari," the unwilling.
We never hear from them again. They fade into some unknown oblivion.
(I'm assuming that the elves of Mirkwood are descendent of the Teleri who never crossed the Misty Mountains. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.)
The Eldar set out on the journey. They were in three groups: Vanyar, Noldor, and Teleri.
The Vanyar all went to Valinor, and never did another interesting thing. Forget them.
The Noldor all went to Valinor, and did LOTS of interesting things. More about them later.
The Teleri are the ones who concern us here. They got split up on the journey from the east to Valinor.
SOME of the Teleri went to Valinor. All the Teleri love water, so they made their home near the sea. They built beautiful ships. (This is important).
Those who went to Valinor were led by Olwe.
Olwe's brother, Elwe, stayed behind in Middle Earth somewhat accidentally. He met Melian, the Maiar, in the woods and fell in love. Because he had been to Valinor (on the show-and-tell trip), and because he was married to Melian, he became a great lord in Middle Earth. He goes by the name of Thingol for the rest of the book. He is VERY important, and it is significant that he is the brother of Olwe (leader of the Teleri in Valinor).
Elwe/Thingol is the leader of the Sindar - the branch of the Teleri who remained behind in the part of Middle Earth known as Beleriand. Beleriand is that part of Middle Earth which you've never seen before, since it doesn't exist by the time of the third age - it's west of everything we know. It's the area covered by the map in Sil.
Some of the Teleri stopped on the journey before crossing the Misty Mountains. They are known as the Nandor. They don't come into the story of Sil much, except for those who eventually come into Beleriand. They are the Laiquendi, and are led (confusingly) by and elf named Denethor.
Hope this helps!
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From: Karo6
Sent: 4/23/2002 4:51 AM
Nice job, Megn1 -- Tolkien left the various Elvin divisions in a rather confusing state as the final version of the Silmarillion contains the melded material of several earlier, alternative versions of nomenclature. In one line he was playing with divisions of "Light," "Grey," and "Dark" Elves; in another he used "Fair," "Deep," "Sea," and "Forest" Elves. In his later ruminations he decided upon the major divisions of Calaquendi and Moriquendi and then fit bits and pieces of his earlier schemes under these two overarching categories -- makes things very confusing when he then tosses in "Green Elves" - Laiquendi, Sindar, Lindar, Teleri, Noldor and Vanyar epithets as well as the Umanyar and Avari terms.
The Avari, from my understanding are simply subsumed into the other groups and do not consistently become a separate division of the Elves with a distinct history. So in one sense they do meet with "oblivion" as they merge with the other Elves of the Teleri and Noldor.
Concerning the lack of "activity" by the Vanyar: LOL, do not forget fair Indis of the Vanyar! She was the second wife of Finwe and from her "activities" with the Noldor a strain of "Golden Hair" enters the High Elven lines of Middle Earth via her sons, Fingolfin, and Finarfin. From Finarfin were sprung the golden-haired Finrod and Galadriel, both of whom played very active Middle Earth roles indeed!
Not sure just where, but I think someone mentioned Feanor as being golden-haired? In the Silmarillion Tolkien lists him as raven-haired on p. 68 to further distinguish the two separate lines of Finwe's children.
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From: Nufaciel
Sent: 4/23/2002 8:17 AM
I was looking at the Tolkien Bestiary, and some of the things in the line don't make sense. Like, for one thing, it has the Silvan Elves being as part of the Avari. Now, Legolas descends from a line of Silvan elves, and Legolas is of the Eldar. Nothing is known of the Avari elves, or of their languages, so it does not make sense, because much is known of the Elves of Mirkwood, and the Avari stayed in the east.
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From: megn1
Sent: 4/23/2002 11:55 AM
First-time readers of Sil who are already overwhelmed should ignore this post.
From Nufaciel:
"Now, Legolas descends from a line of Silvan elves, and Legolas is of the Eldar."
Well now, that's the question, isn't it? Are the elves of Mirkwood (and therefore Legolas) part of the Eldar? You say he is. Is that an assumption, or do you get that information from somewhere?
Karo6 says that the Avari (those who didn't join the journey) were absorbed into the Teleri who remained behind and the Noldor who returned. Again, is that an assumption, or do you find that in Tolkien's writings?
I'm curious. I have only read LOTR (with appendices) and Sil - many times. I don't believe these works answer this question. But Karo6 and others have read more than I. Help me out!
Part of my problem comes from the unrelated question of Imrahil and his "elven blood." The standard answer to that dilemma is that the elves in question were not of the Eldar. That means some Avari are still wandering around in M.E. (or at least were). Are the elves of Mirkwood among them?
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From: Karo6
Sent: 4/23/2002 1:04 PM
Elven scheme:
As I understand the sources there are overlapping titles for the various sub-groups of the Elves:
Light-elves = Vanyar: They become "Eldar"* by answering the Call of the Valar. They also reach Valinor and therefore become Calaquendi as well as Eldar.
Deep-elves = Noldor: become Eldar by answering the Call of the Valar. They reach Valinor and so likewise become members of the Calaquendi.
Sea-elves = Teleri: All become Eldar because they answer the Call of the Valar. But only some of the Teleri actually complete the trip to Valinor. Those of the Teleri who do reach the Undying Lands become members of the Calaquendi. Those of the Teleri who do not reach Valinor, but stay behind looking for their lost Lord Elwe, remain Eldar (they did "answer" the Call) but they also remain Moriquendi, Dark-elves as they never saw the Light of the Valar IN Valinor. Tolkien also gives these Teleri who stayed in Middle Earth a special title, the Sindar, Elves of the Twilight, or Grey Elves.
Wood-elves, Silvan Elves: Those among them who simply "Refuse" to heed the Call of the Valar remain in Middle Earth as the "Unwilling" Elves, the Avari. They do not become Eldar, do not become Calaquendi, but do remain as Moriquendi, Dark-elves.
I am not certain on this next point, but I think that the Green Elves of Ossiriand were largely of Wood-elf, Avari stock under Eldar leaders.
Nufaciel:
I wonder if David Day's "Bestiary" citation here was using the scheme of Elven kindreds laid out in the "Hobbit," page 178 hardback:
"The feasting people were Wood-elves, of course. These are not wicked folk. If they have a fault it is distrust of strangers. Though their magic was strong, even in those days they were wary. They differed from the High Elves of the West, and were more dangerous and less wise. For most of them (together with their scattered relations in the hills and mountains) were descended from the ancient tribes that never went to Faerie in the West. There the Light-elves, and the Deep-elves and the Sea-elves went and lived for ages, and grew fairer and wiser and more learned, and invented their magic and their cunning craft ... before coming back into the Wide World. In the Wide World the Wood-elves lingered in the twilight of our Sun and Moon, but loved best the stars; they wandered in the great forests that grew tall in lands that are now lost."
From this data one can see that most of the Silvan, Wood-elves were Avari and that they did not stay in the east of Middle Earth around the "Lake of First Quickenings," Cuivienen, but travelled about the forests of Middle Earth while one section of the Eldar* (the Vanyar = Light-elves, Noldor = Deep elves and some of the Teleri = Sea-elves) went to Tol Eressea, Alqualonde, and Valinor itself.
I assume that the Avari among the Silvan Elves mingled with the Moriquendi among the Teleri and were to be found in the great forests of Beleriand (as well as more easterly woods) at the time that the Calaquendi Eldar (Noldor and Teleri) returned to Middle Earth, with the first risings of the new-made Sun and Moon.
The Eldaran Elves, especially Calaquendi Eldar, frequently became the leaders of the Moriquendi Elves, and this is how Celeborn and Galadriel became the heads of the Elves of Lothlorien, and I presume that Thranduil, a Calaquendi Eldar, joined the Avari, Moriquendi, Wood-elves who settled around Greenwood the Great, later Mirkwood, and became their King.
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*Eldar is here used in its secondary meaning, those Elves who "Answered" the Call of the Valar, whether or not they actually finished the trek to Valinor. Originally ALL the Elves were called "Eldar" by the Valar. But the Elves themselves changed the original meaning, limiting the term "Eldar" to just those who "Answered" the Call, excluding therefore the Avari, who seem to have been primarily Wood-elves.