Elves' Ears - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Fordim Hedgethistle · 01-05-2005, 05:09 PM

So, what's the deal? Do Elves have pointy ears or not?

I can't recall a single sentence anywhere in Tolkien about pointy ears, but they're always painted that way, in movies that way, and described that way in fanfics and RPGs.

So what am I missing? Does Tolkien describe their pointy-ears and I've just missed it all these years?

For my money, I would prefer if they don't have pointy ears as that would solve a big problem for the Half-Elven: did Elros have pointy-ears that turned normal? Did Arwen? Did Elrond's ears get pointy?

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01-05-2005, 05:09 PM	#1
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	Elves' Ears So, what's the deal? Do Elves have pointy ears or not? I can't recall a single sentence anywhere in Tolkien about pointy ears, but they're always painted that way, in movies that way, and described that way in fanfics and RPGs. So what am I missing? Does Tolkien describe their pointy-ears and I've just missed it all these years? For my money, I would prefer if they don't have pointy ears as that would solve a big problem for the Half-Elven: did Elros have pointy-ears that turned normal? Did Arwen? Did Elrond's ears get pointy? __________________ Scribbling scrabbling.