Misc. Questions

[daeron]

4 The passage below gives me the impression that the children of Finarfin were skilled in magic & enchantment.

Galadriel tells Sam there is no magic as the hobbits (or we) call it. Its only the arts which are not understood by the lesser folk that makes it seem like magic. May be it was Finrod's skill in disguises which Tolkien was refering to as 'arts'. It makes one wonder though whether there really was magic (as we see it) in Tolkien's works or is it just 'arts' misunderstood.