Do Elves have Magic? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

greywind · 07-13-2002, 04:41 AM

I think elves had magic in the meaning "light". They had the power to chase away "dark" magic, at least the lesser dark. There was light in their faces and eyes, especially in thoses who went to Aman and not yet where weary of the sorrows and griefs of Middle-earth.

What this "light" and "dark" magic was, i cannot possible tell! This is fantasy world, and i do not think similar things appears in real life, unless you really want it to accour.

But the "dark magic" (like the ringwraiths had...) caused terrible fear, the elvish kind must be opposite! And it certainly is!

"The devises of the Enemy" is not what i here mean by "dark magic"... it seems to me that evil also had two kinds of magic, both "sorcery" and "put fear".

07-13-2002, 04:41 AM	#7
greywind Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 22	I think elves had magic in the meaning "light". They had the power to chase away "dark" magic, at least the lesser dark. There was light in their faces and eyes, especially in thoses who went to Aman and not yet where weary of the sorrows and griefs of Middle-earth. What this "light" and "dark" magic was, i cannot possible tell! This is fantasy world, and i do not think similar things appears in real life, unless you really want it to accour. But the "dark magic" (like the ringwraiths had...) caused terrible fear, the elvish kind must be opposite! And it certainly is! "The devises of the Enemy" is not what i here mean by "dark magic"... it seems to me that evil also had two kinds of magic, both "sorcery" and "put fear".