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Originally Posted by Bethberry
I think the longer elves lived in Arda, the longer their ears grew. (Just like our noses keep growing as we age.)
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Does this mean that their noses kept growing just like ours do? That conjours up images of Elves with hooters like anteaters, maybe even like Oliphaunts. I would imagine the Elvish plastic surgeons were kept very busy.
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Originally Posted by VanimaEdhel
Anyway, wasn't there something in Tolkien's letters, to answer lmp's question about Elf ears? I seem to remember reading that they were in the shape of "mallorn leaves."
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This what I tend to think, that the Elves' ears tended to reflect the nature around them. Also, I like to think that maybe as they were tied to Arda, some aspects of their physical appearance could have reflected that. Perhaps this would explain why Elves tended towards being tall, to echo the trees?