Illnesses in Middle-Earth - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Ruoutorin · 02-21-2005, 11:42 AM

Many of the Noldor of Fingolfin's host perished while crossing the Helcaraxe. Although details of their deaths are not provided, one might assume that the treacherous crossing caused some Elves to die from sickness related to being exposed to severe weather conditions.
For myself I have always assumed that the Elves are not subject to sickness because it is told in the Sil that "the Elves die not until the world dies, unless they are slain or waste in grief (and to both these seeming deaths they are subject), neither does age subdue their strength, unless one grow weary of ten thousand centuries. and dying they are gathered to the halls of Mandos in Valinor, whence they may in time return.

02-21-2005, 11:42 AM	#7
Ruoutorin Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16	Many of the Noldor of Fingolfin's host perished while crossing the Helcaraxe. Although details of their deaths are not provided, one might assume that the treacherous crossing caused some Elves to die from sickness related to being exposed to severe weather conditions. For myself I have always assumed that the Elves are not subject to sickness because it is told in the Sil that "the Elves die not until the world dies, unless they are slain or waste in grief (and to both these seeming deaths they are subject), neither does age subdue their strength, unless one grow weary of ten thousand centuries. and dying they are gathered to the halls of Mandos in Valinor, whence they may in time return.