Elven Technology - how did they do it?

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: the races and 'magic'

&quot;Hmmmmm concerning the dwarves however, it occured to me that when the Naugrim first encountered the Sindar, they already had a love of the earth and its metals and gems. But it was later mentioned that the Naugrim praised the gems of the Noldor the most. And seeing as how Caranthir came into contact with the dwarves, perhaps the dwarves learned everything about &quot;enchanted&quot; items from the elves, mainly the Noldor I would suspect, who came from Valinor.&quot;

The Dwarves already had great skill in the lore of the earth and its metals and gems before they met the Sindar. The Dwarves probably learned different techniques and ideas, but I do not think you could say that they were taught everything by the Elves.

&quot;Also, in the elf-lords topic, it was stated that elves from Valinor had a greater power (was that the term??) than of others. So then maybe the elves learned alot (if not all) of their 'abilities' from living in Valinor. Just a thought&quot;

Maybe in Valinor they had time to be taught, and also learn their own 'natural' abilities.

I do know what you mean, but I do not think we should give credit to the Elves for everything.

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