The Aging of Elves - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lalwendë · 07-03-2005, 03:15 PM

It's also worth bearing in mind that having children seems to have taken a toll on Elven women - this is/was being discussed in another thread Luthien and Galadriel - and so it could well have been that Celebrian went through a fair amount of struggle in bearing twins!

What interests me is that if it was a custom to marry at a young age, would characters such as Arwen have been seen as 'on the shelf'

as it's so delightfully put these days? There seem to be a fair few characters who this would apply to, including Legolas, so was it a case of the higher status Elves having to wait longer until a partner who was 'approved of' was found?

07-03-2005, 03:15 PM	#11
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	It's also worth bearing in mind that having children seems to have taken a toll on Elven women - this is/was being discussed in another thread Luthien and Galadriel - and so it could well have been that Celebrian went through a fair amount of struggle in bearing twins! What interests me is that if it was a custom to marry at a young age, would characters such as Arwen have been seen as 'on the shelf' as it's so delightfully put these days? There seem to be a fair few characters who this would apply to, including Legolas, so was it a case of the higher status Elves having to wait longer until a partner who was 'approved of' was found? __________________ Gordon's alive!