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

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:46, you wrote:
> --- Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...>
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> wrote:
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> Agree. Perhaps something on the way to nature
> spiritdom...
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> 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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