This is a great collection of interesting observations about the elves in The Lord of the Rings. There’s so many neat facts and revelations about J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy lore and elves packed in here:
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Further on JRRT and toddlers: In the recently published Nature of Middle-earth, you can see Tolkien playing around with different ideas about elf reproduction. At one point he had female elves being pregnant for ten years, later reduced to one year (just a little longer than humans, IOW). I get the feeling he showed the first version to Edith and she told him, “You are NOT doing that!”
Further on JRRT and toddlers: In the recently published Nature of Middle-earth, you can see Tolkien playing around with different ideas about elf reproduction. At one point he had female elves being pregnant for ten years, later reduced to one year (just a little longer than humans, IOW). I get the feeling he showed the first version to Edith and she told him, “You are NOT doing that!”