Silvan Elves - physical appearance

[lissas_elves]

Appearance, behaviour, clothing and other aspects of Silvan life

Sources:
TH - The Hobbit,
FOTR - The Fellowship of the Ring, chapter Lothlórien: Pages refer to HarperCollins 50th Anniversary Edition.
UT - Unfinished Tales: HarperCollins 2006 edition.

My comments in Italics.

Summary:
The Silvans were a shy and suspicious people; they did not as a rule

Comments

[wiseheart]

All your links work like a charm, so no worries!

[lissas_elves]

Thank you so much for checking, Soledad!

[chaotic_binky]

Very interesting - it must have taken you a while to put together.

Hugs Binky xxxx

[lissas_elves]

lol - I'm afraid it most be terribly boring for everybody else than Wood-elves nerds such as me.

Belatedly, I realized I should have pre-dated the four post and just left the top post on 8 June; would have cut down on the spamming. Sorry. :-)

[chaotic_binky]

It did not look like spamming to me and research is always very welcome.

Happy Birthday!

Hugs Binky xxxxx

[lissas_elves]

lol - thank you Binky!

And thank you for the lovely card. *g*

Hugs,
Lissa

[lissea]

You've put a lot of work into this. It's good info, and I'm glad to get it. If one reads sil it is easy to get the impression that the Noldor were a superior creation, which they were. But wood elves have lots of great attributes and are worthy subjects to write. Thank you for doing such great research.

[lissas_elves]

Thanks, Lissea! :-)

It'd be great if these posts could be of use to others and save them a little time when searching for 'that quote about Wood-elves and living things'. I tended to have all sorts of notes on scattered pages, inserted in HoME, or in a Word-file which was 50 pages long when I decided to put much of the stuff here and divide it into sections. (Afraid I haven't been keeping up at all, but thought about updating it only yesterday. )

[idhressel]

Hi!
I'm in the process of writing some fan fic on Silvan Elves and this has been a real help!
Thank you for such an interesting and comprehensive piece of writing, it's great to have all these quotes in one place so I don't have to keep looking through my books.
Thanks again,
Idhressel xxx

[lissas_elves]

Hi Idhressel :-)

I'm so pleased you found those notes useful! Tolkien could have told us a bit more about the Silvans, but as it is, we have to cling to what little there is. Afraid the notes need updating with more HoME stuff. I'll try to get around to that... soonish.

Can I say that it's really great to hear that you're writing about the Wood-elves? Somehow it seems they are 'out of fashion' at the moment, but to me, they're the 'real' Elves, the ones who stayed and suffered through the years of Melkor's dominion while the Vanyar and Noldor and most of the Teleri sat safely tucked away in Aman. In my eyes, that really ought to earn them a little more respect.

Ehem... sorry for rambling!

What I wanted to say: Would you mind if I Friended you?

Lissa

[idhressel]

Hi Lissa,
I'd love to be your Friend! It's great to find another person who loves the Elves (especially the Silvans!!!) as much as I do.
For me, the Silvans are really important and interest me most, as I am basing my story on the Silvans in Mirkwood during the third age.
Love your journal!
Idhressel xxx

[lissas_elves]

Thank you so much for your kind words, Idhressel. :-)

It's great that we agree about the Silvans. I hope you'll have a wonderful time researching and writing your story!

I don't know how much fanfic you've read, but would like to mention that Jael write some wonderful stories about the Mirkwood-elves, mostly dramas or family, but also some romances (I'm not sure which genre you prefer).