Re: Elliott's peoples

Sally Caves scripsit:

> He even modified the spelling (i.e., not "dwarfish," not
> "elfish," which connote diminution and frivolity).
For the record, I think the spelling "elvish" predates JRRT, though
"dwarvish" does seem to be his own (unconscious) invention.

> So what exactly do you
> mean by "Elvish"?   Are your people immortal?  Are they different from
> humans in some way?
And are they, like JRRT's elves, reincarnated in their descendants?

--
John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all.  There
are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language
that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
        --_The Hobbit_

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