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Re: Elliott's peoples

From:Elliott Lash <erelion12@...>
Date:Sunday, March 23, 2003, 17:05
I will answer this when I'm back on my own computer
tomorrow night :)

Elliott


--- Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote:
> Hello, Elliott! I too, like Rob Haden, am > interested in your various > languages and dialects. You answered my survey > publically, so I hope you > won't mind this public question. You were one of > the few to name Tolkien as > a direct source of inspiration for you, so I hope > you can clarify your reply > a little bit. I asked: "How many of you have a > constructed world, and, if > so, does it include some of the races we associate > with Celtic or > Scandinavian mythology? (Elves, Dwarves, medieval > societies of humans, > Faeries or Fays, Selkies? Wizards?)" You answered: > > > Hm, well...I have the Neste who speak most of my > > languages...and they were originally kind of > > 'Elf-like'...but I dont know if that's the case > > anymore. They've changed alot in the past year or > so. > > There's also the occasional dragon. :) > > On your website, you call your languages "Elvish." > What exactly do you, or > anybody, mean by "Elvish"? This word is so > Tolkienesque in its > connotations--a beautiful, mysterious, and immortal > people destined for the > Undying Lands, who are one of a number of races > Tolkien drew from Old Norse > and Celtic. He even modified the spelling (i.e., > not "dwarfish," not > "elfish," which connote diminution and frivolity). > So what exactly do you > mean by "Elvish"? Are your people immortal? Are > they different from > humans in some way? Are there different races in > your world? Who are the > Neste? What do they look like? Why the word > "Elvish"? Tolkien's influence > on conworlds is something I'm trying to figure out. > > Sally Caves > scaves@frontiernet.net > Eskkoat ol ai sendran, rohsan nuehra celyil takrem > bomai nakuo. > "My shadow follows me, putting strange, new roses > into the world."
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