Re: Non-stereotypical elves was Re: Quick Intro

Go for it!

On Saturday 22 February 2003 09:59 am, you wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:47:53 +1300 Wesley Parish
>
> <wes.parish@...> writes:
> > At last, someone who's put some thought into "Elves".
> >
> > I remind myself of the times I was warned in Papua New Guinea about
> > masalai -
> > forest spirits - who'd eat me if they caught me; and Tolkien's
> > Quenyar are
> > essentially forest spirits with a touch of the Christian Church's
> > Angels
> > about them.
> >
> > A foul-tempered forest spirit with bad breath from eating too many
> > human
> > intruders?  Well, that is a distinct possibility!
>
> quite interesting.  especially since in a conlang based on tolkien's
> elvish languages that i'm thinking about reviving, _masálai_ would mean
> 'wild people', and would derive from PQ _mberék-liê_ ( > _merélei_ >
> masálai).
>
> > Wesley Parish
>
> Robert Wilson
> han_solo55@juno.com
> fanai kabl dala ninl.
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