[the phantom]

Most hamsters I've met were terribly evil (they're furballs that bite).

While we're talking about the embalming aspect of the elves (and how it's a bit impure and dark), I thought I'd mention that Galadriel goes overboard with the idea much more than the other wielders appear to.

In her realm time appears to stop. When it was compared to Rivendell in LOTR (can't remember the exact quote), whoever it was says that in Rivendell it's more as if there's the memory of things past. In Lothlorien, things past were frozen (embalmed).

Also, since Galadriel's days in Valinor she'd always been very power hungry and desired realms to rule and order as she wished. This is apparant in her use of Nenya. And she's not terribly humble either. She seems to love using her mind powers and telling people what she can do. She also seriously believed that she could take the ring and overthrow Sauron (something that Tolkien doubted in his letters).

As a matter of fact, Tolkien said that if she could do it, then all the other bearers of the elven rings could, "especially Elrond". So she wasn't the best suited for overthrowing Sauron, but she appeared to be tempted the most.

She's not evil, but she's certainly not perfect.