This is something I have often wondered, too. And having access only to
The Hobbit,
LotR, and the
Sil, it's not something I've been able to rightly answer! I hope it's okay to continue this discusson . . .
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Originally Posted by Aiwendil
The spirit of an Elf, he supposed, retains an exact memory of its body even after death. The Valar, then, are capable of creating a new body for the spirit, identical to the old.
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So, does this mean that
all Elves are reincarnated? The way you worded this makes it sound like the Valar only do this
some of the time! And if so, are they reincarned into Valinore? What happens after The Undying Lands fill with reincarned Elves? Does anyone know this, or is it just something Tolkien never touched on?