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The Silver-shod Muse · 05-07-2002, 03:52 PM

I'm sure all you learned Tolkien scholars know the answer to this one, but I sure don't, and I've been wondering about it so maybe ya'll can help me.

If Arwen is the daughter of Elrond and the granddaughter of Galadriel (correct me if I'm wrong), then there must have been an elf marriage somewhere, right? Which means that at some time Arwen should've been a child.

My question is this: do elves reproduce and develop like humans? You don't read about any elf-children in LotR, but elves must come from somewhere, (eggs perhaps [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] )?

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05-07-2002, 03:52 PM	#1
The Silver-shod Muse Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The shoulder of a poet, TX Posts: 388	Elf-children I'm sure all you learned Tolkien scholars know the answer to this one, but I sure don't, and I've been wondering about it so maybe ya'll can help me. If Arwen is the daughter of Elrond and the granddaughter of Galadriel (correct me if I'm wrong), then there must have been an elf marriage somewhere, right? Which means that at some time Arwen should've been a child. My question is this: do elves reproduce and develop like humans? You don't read about any elf-children in LotR, but elves must come from somewhere, (eggs perhaps [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] )? [ May 07, 2002: Message edited by: The Silver-shod Muse ] __________________ "'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis