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Re: OT: elves and jinn (was Re: [...] THE WORLD OF THE JINN)

From:Wesley Parish <wes.parish@...>
Date:Saturday, October 18, 2003, 7:06
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:46, you wrote:
> --- Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> > > wrote:
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> Agree. Perhaps something on the way to nature > spiritdom... > > Also, I am curious. Why do you call your Elves > "Elves" if they are normal humans?
That's one of the things that infuriates me about "Assembly-Line Fantasy" such as one endures in the Dragonlance books, etc. The Elves in the LOTR are so much more than human in many respects it can come as a shock to realize that a mere mortal, Beren, marries one of their greatest, Luthien, daughter of the Maiar (Nature Spirit - subgoddess) Melian, and the Elven King Elu Thingol. Occasionally one finds an author who at least attempts to understand, and they also are pleasures to read - Ursula Le Guin springs to mind, also Gene Wolfe, and a few others. Wesley Parish
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