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Fun facts about Tolkien elves:
Sex is marriage to them. There’s almost no such thing as premarital sexual in their culture, because it’s considered the same thing. Rarely do elves pursue disinterested partners, an act only associated with a desire for power
Sex is marriage to them. There’s almost no such thing as premarital sexual in their culture, because it’s considered the same thing. Rarely do elves pursue disinterested partners, an act only associated with a desire for power
Elves are pregnant for a whole year. The celebrate the day of their “begetting”, not their birthday. They physically age slowly but mentally age quickly- so you’d have a 20 year old elf who looks 7 but has the wisdom of a 50 year old.
Elf children can sing, speak, walk, and dance by their first year of life. Puberty is done by the age of 50 when they usually reach adult height. They are not considered fully grown until they are 100.
Many elves choose each other in their youth, long before they are even betrothed and betrothal lasts a year generally, which requires both families to approve. However the only requirement for marriage is to speak Eru’s name and consummate it-
-so elves can bypass the whole tradition though this is frowned upon. It is usually unheard of for an elf to remarry after their spouse has passed (as they’ll be together again in the undying lands anyway) but Finwë was an exception and took a second wife
I also think it’s fascinating that it’s insinuated many elves choose partners so young, because Arwen was 2000 ish when she finally fell in love with Aragorn. Do you think Elrond was like “when will you find a nice elf man and settle down???”
I have so many typos but WHATEVER UGH
