Are elves beautiful?

The Elves were the fairest creatures in Arda, a far more beautiful race than Men, and generally tall (about six feet). Among them, those who had gone to Valinor were the fairest and had the greatest skill of body. Elves had keener senses than Men.
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Are elves pretty?

Elves tend to all be beautiful, but widely representative of all Human 'fads' at once. The face may be round and soft or hard and imperious, but both behold the Elvish beauty. The eyes may be blue or they may be brown, but both are bright with Elvish joy.
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Who is the most beautiful elf?

Lúthien, also known as Tinúviel, was an Elf-maiden of Doriath, the wife of Beren Erchamion, and the most beautiful of all the Children of Ilúvatar to ever live.
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What are elves supposed to look like?

Like fairies, elves were said to be diminutive shape-shifters. (Shakespeare's elves were tiny, winged creatures that lived in, and playfully flitted around, flowers.) English male elves were described as looking like little old men, though elf maidens were invariably young and beautiful.
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Are elves real yes or no?

From a scientific viewpoint, elves are not considered objectively real. However, elves have in many times and places been believed to be real beings.
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Why do elves glow?

The movies did provide the Elves with a glow which seems to have been a means of showing their relative strength & purity of spirit; you notice it with Galadriel in particular. When some of the Elves are asking the Valar to interpose, the glow seems to emanate from their bodies.
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Who is the most beautiful in Middle-earth?

4 Women in Tolkien's Middle-Earth who reflect the beauty of the Virgin Mary
  • Lúthien. While she is a character featured in The Silmarillion, her story does find its way into The Lord of the Rings and is a constant reference in regards to the relationship of Aragorn and Arwen. ...
  • Galadriel. ...
  • Arwen. ...
  • Éowyn.
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Why are the Elves so cool in Lord of the Rings?

However, in Tolkien's world and the mythology he created, elves were seen as the highest beings with the most intelligence and grace. As the first children of the gods, they were given the most wisdom and beauty. While they weren't gods in the sense that the Valar were, they had many of these gifts.
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Do elves get periods?

((EDIT: Although ti's very possible - even likely, that menstruation wasn't actually a monthly cycle. Elves rarely even counted in years (preferring centuries), let alone months.)) So, long story short, I'm pretty confident that elves do menstruate.
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How long are elves pregnant for?

"Elves have a gestation period of approximately nine months, just as humans and other similarly sized creatures do. Once a child is born, his or her parents usually raise the youngster for the first few years, and then foster him or her out to a succession of older relatives until he or she reaches maturity."
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Do elves hate men?

That being said though, most of the Elves still seem to respect Men, even if they did not understand them, and they were given more grace than was given to the Dwarves. This is even more apparent as, by the Second Age, there are no more recorded use of human slurs by the elves.
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What do elves call humans?

Because they awoke at the start of the Years of the Sun, long after the Elves, the elves called them the "afterborn", or in Quenya the Atani, the "Second People". Like Elves, Men first awoke in the East of Middle-earth, spreading all over the continent and developing a variety of cultures and ethnicities.
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What is an elf weakness?

One traditional weakness is vunrability to iron. In some stories Elves can't touch iron, in others it also disrupts their magic. 2.
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Are elves taller than humans?

They differ physically from typical Dungeons & Dragons elves in that they are as tall as humans (5′9″ on average), or even taller. The exception are the Drow, who are of standard D&D elven height. In Faerûn, surface elves call themselves Tel-Quessir which means "The People" in the elven language.
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Are elves good?

So are Elves capable of Evil like some Men are? Clearly, the answer to this question is yes. However, the elves that remain in Middle Earth, from Galadriel to Arwen to Legolas, all seem to be solely good.
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How long do elves live for?

An elf reaches adulthood at about 110 years of age and can live to be more than 700 years old. Player's Handbook, 5e (2014): Elves can live well over 700 years, giving them a broad perspective on events that might trouble the shorter-lived races more deeply.
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What do elves drink?

Just like you, elves cannot survive on food alone! When it comes time to wash down a meal, elves drink a lot of the same beverages as you: a cold glass of milk with their chocolate chip cookies, freshly squeezed orange juice or even North Pole snow melted to make a glass of water.
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Is Galadriel the most beautiful elf?

Tolkien describes Galadriel as "the mightiest and fairest of all the Elves that remained in Middle-earth" (after the death of Gil-galad) and the "greatest of elven women".
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How is Eowyn described?

Description: “Grave and thoughtful was her glance, as she looked on the king with cool pity in her eyes. Very fair was her face, and her long hair was like a river of gold. Slender and tall she was in her white robe girt with silver; but strong she seemed and stern as steel, a daughter of kings.
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Do all Elves have blonde hair?

Based on the descriptions Tolkien actually gave us in the books, there are four possible hair colors for elves: dark brown, blonde/golden, red/russet, and silver.
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Are Elves proud?

Elves can be proud and selfish. Often it is the most skilled and powerful of their number who cause the most anguish and tragedy.
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Why do Elvish blades glow blue?

Each blade carries the same properties of Sting, which includes the useful feature of glowing a dull blue when Orcs are nearby. The reason for this isn't because the three swords are unique, but instead because they are made from special Elven crafting materials, used in many Elvish blades.
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Is Santa real in 2021?

So, is Santa Claus real? Santa Claus is real, of course. The New York Sun even reported it back in 1897! But the current Santa Claus isn't from the North Pole.
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