Ever since the movie of the book Fellowship of the Ring came out, there seem to be two popular ideas about Elves’ sex lives. Either they are radiantly asexual, or they are all screwing each other madly, along with any dwarves, hobbits, and men who happen along.
How do elves reproduce?
Is it hard for elves to reproduce?
Do elves get pregnant?
Elves, at least the Eldar, have a pregnancy that lasts about a year. By the age of 1, elves can speak, walk and dance. Puberty and full height are attained at around their fiftieth to one hundredth year, when they stop aging physically.
Can humans and elves breed?
Elves and humans have held the Armlet of Strength and half-elves are capable of interbreeding with both elves and humans and continuing to produce fertile children. Interestingly, half-elves can also breed with other half-elves and have created a fairly stable half-elf race.
How long is an elf pregnancy?
Elves follow mammalian reproduction, with a gestation period of 8 months.
What is a male elf called?
Being a child of the Victorian age, he assumes male as the default: male elves are always referred to as just ‘the Elf‘, while female elves are distinguished as ‘the Elf-lady’ (Galadriel) or ‘an Elven-maid’ (Nimrodel).
Are all elves white?
Tolkien never describes his Elves as white skinned. There’s no reason to believe that all Elves had pale skin, and even if all Elves had pale skin not all people with pale skin are white. It is okay to imagine Elves however you imagine them.
How do elves have babies?
Elves view the sexual act as special and intimate, for it leads to the birth of children. Elves cannot be forced to have sex; before that they will lose the will to endure and go to Mandos. Elves have few children, and there are long intervals between each child.
Do elves only fall in love once?
By their very nature, they are “seldom swayed by the desires of the body” or influenced by lust. They marry only once for it was ruled by Manwë that, “‘since the Elves are by nature permanent in life within Arda, so also is their unmarred marriage.
Is an elf male or female?
In Tolkien’s levish lexicon, Ellon means “elf-man”, and Elleth “elf-woman”. In that tale, male elves are often called simply “the men”. Thanks for the answer, +1 and much obliged.
Can elves breed with humans?
Elves and humans have held the Armlet of Strength and half-elves are capable of interbreeding with both elves and humans and continuing to produce fertile children. Interestingly, half-elves can also breed with other half-elves and have created a fairly stable half-elf race.
Can elves get pregnant?
Elves reach sexual maturity at 80-100 years of age and live for 600-800 years. Elves do not suffer infirmity until the very end of their lifespan. Elven reproduction is human-like. Human-Elven hybrids are possible, even somewhat common (~5% of the population in some areas).
Do elves really exist?
From a scientific viewpoint, elves are not considered objectively real. However, elves have in many times and places been believed to be real beings.
What is the black elf?
Dark elf may refer to: Dökkálfar or dark elves, a type of elf in Norse mythology.
Are Elves beautiful?
The Elves were the fairest creatures in Arda, a far more beautiful race than Men, and generally tall (seldom less than six feet for elf women, no less than six and a half feet for elfmen). Among them, those who had gone to Valinor were the fairest and had the greatest skill of body.
What happens when an elf dies?
When elves die, their spirits travel to the Halls, where they rest for a time as disembodied shades. Most of them are then returned to corporeal form and rejoin all the other elves living in Valinor.
How old is an elf in human years?
An elf typically claims adulthood and an adult name around the age of 100 and can live to be 750 years old. What this says to me is that if you want an elf that looks like a 20 year old human and acts like a 20 year old human, you play a 20 year old elf.
At what age do elves stop aging?
Elves, at least the Eldar, have a pregnancy that lasts about a year. By the age of 1, elves can speak, walk and dance. Puberty and full height are attained at around their fiftieth to one hundredth year, when they stop aging physically.
Do elves age slowly?
Elves: Similar to dwarves, elves age more slowly than men in their youth, and then once they reach maturity they stop aging. The rate for elves is much slower even than dwarves. Tolkien says that a 20 year old elf appears to be 7 years old.
Can elves have babies?
Elves typically have four children or fewer. Fëanor and Nerdanel, who had seven sons, were a notable exception. Whenever the Eldar married, whether in youth or in later life, their children were produced within a relatively short time after their wedding.