Wondering about the Elves...

[Bruce MacCulloch]

There have been 3 unions of elves and men that we know of; Beren and Luthien, Tuor and Idril, and Aragorn and Arwen.

Actually, there is one other instance specifically mentioned by Tolkien: Imrazor the Numenorean, who dwelt in Belfalas, and the Elven-lady Mithrellas, one of the companions of Nimrodel. They were the ancestors of the Princes of Dol Amroth. Remember Legolas's conversation in The Return of the King with Imrahil.

"Hail, lord!" he said. "It is long since the people of Nimrodel left the woodlands of Lorien, and yet still one may see that not all sailed from Amroth's haven west over water."
"So it is said in the lore of my land," said the Prince ...

[ February 16, 2002: Message edited by: Bruce MacCulloch ]