The Awakening of the Elves is an event which took place long before the beginning of the First Age of Middle-earth. According to a legend of the Elves, the first Elves were awakened by Eru Ilúvatar near the bay of Cuiviénen. The first Elf to awake was called Imin ("First"). Next to him lay Iminyë, who would become his wife. Near where Imin woke, awoke Tata ("Second") and Tatië, and Enel ("Third") and Enelyë. For many days the now sixty Elves dwelt by the rivers, and they began to invent poetry and music.