Elves had to farm and hunt and raise livestock, wash and sew, cook and clean, and generally labour just like everyone else.
Among the Noldor the farming was usually (though not always) women's work as was the baking of bread though the prepartion of other foods was generally reserved to men. The men were more often the smiths and wrights, composers and inventors, foresters and hunters, while the women usually were the seamtresses and muscians. Among the Eldar more generally those arts associated with healing and the care of the body tended to be the province of women while the arts of war were usually in the care of men.
[ June 07, 2003: Message edited by: Tar Elenion ]
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