Do elves have children Lord of the Rings?

Elves typically have four children or fewer. Fëanor and Nerdanel, who had seven sons, were a notable exception. Whenever the Eldar married, whether in youth or in later life, their children were produced within a relatively short time after their wedding.
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Can elves have babies Lord of the Rings?

Can Elves Have Babies in The Lord of the Rings? Yes, Elves can have babies! Tolkien himself addresses this in an essay called “Laws and Customs Among the Eldar”.
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Do elves get pregnant?

Perhaps Elves gestate for years... even centuries. And if you're already pregnant, you can't get pregnant again. So even a particularly fecund Elf is only going to have one, maybe two children. (I would assume menopause kicks in for Elves sometime around the half-millennia mark.)
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Why are there no elven children in Lord of the Rings?

Given a population as small as that of Elvenkind in Middle Earth, and that kind of space between childbirths, it is entirely possible that there weren't any Elf children during the time of LOTR and the Hobbit. Everyone had either grown up already, or not been born yet.
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At what age do elves have kids?

100 to 200 years

Though an elf reaches mental and physical maturity at the age of 25, very few elves become parents until much later in life. Elves rarely feel that they're ready to settle down and begin families before they're at least 100 years old, and most stop having children soon after reaching the age of 200.
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How long are elves pregnant for?

Elves' pregnancy lasts for two years. Most elf-maidens don't make it through 2 years thus less children. Twins are more common in Elves than in humans.
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How long are Tolkien elves pregnant?

Elves, at least the Eldar, have a pregnancy that lasts about a year. By the age of 1, elves can speak, walk and dance.
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How many children do elves have LOTR?

Elves typically have four children or fewer. Fëanor and Nerdanel, who had seven sons, were a notable exception. Whenever the Eldar married, whether in youth or in later life, their children were produced within a relatively short time after their wedding.
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Can elves on the shelf have babies?

To answer the burning question, no, Elf on the Shelf can't have babies.
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Was Arwen the last elf born?

[edit] Arwen, the Lastborn of the Elves

Arwen was the last Elf born in Middle-earth. Cause: This concept derives from being the youngest Elf whose birth is mentioned in the Tale of Years, and perhaps from publicity for the films.
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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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Can elves breed with humans?

Elves and humans have held the Armlet of Strength and half-elves are capable of interbreeding with both elves and humans and continuing to produce fertile children. Interestingly, half-elves can also breed with other half-elves and have created a fairly stable half-elf race.
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Why did elves have so few children?

Contrary to popular belief (and outward appearance, from a human perspective), Elves do age; and as they get older, they get less interested in procreation. Having children is exhausting.
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Is Aragorn half-elf?

Aragorn isn't a half-elf, he's a tiny fraction of an elf. Elros, who was a half-elf (actually 9/16), was his very remote ancestor. But more importantly, the heirs of Elros were not given the choice to be elven or human, although the Valar did grant them unusually long life-spans.
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Do elf babies grow?

Eventually your Elf baby might grow up. For example, you have a baby Elf for one year and the next year that Elf baby arrives as a second Elf. Follow these Elf on the Shelf Ideas for Multiple Elves if your baby grows up.
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Do elves only fall in love once?

Elves marry only once (with only one known, very special, exception), but there's no rule about them loving only once. For example, Finwe loved Miriel, and then he loved Indis.
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Can u touch an elf mate?

As an avid elf fan, you already know the number one rule about having a Scout Elf: no touching! This helps Scout Elves keep their Christmas magic so they can complete their important Christmas duties.
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What is the lifespan of an elf in LOTR?

Elves, like Men, are Children of Eru Ilúvatar and thus are very similar to Men. Unlike Men, however, they are immortal, in that their bodies do not age once they have reached maturity, so that they do not seem to become elderly or die of old age.
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How do Orcs reproduce?

In The Book of Lost Tales, it is said that Orcs were "bred from the heats and slimes of the earth" through the sorcery of Morgoth. Again, Tolkien later changed this, as Morgoth could not create life on his own. This led to the most popular theory that Orcs were created from corrupted Elves.
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Are Half Elves sterile?

For elves and humans to be different species they must not produce fertile offspring. We know that half-elves are quite common but they can be interperated as hybrids, similar to mules or ligers, which are infertile.
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Why can't elves have babies?

Though elves live extraordinarily long lives, they can only reproduce when they're young. Many believe that this is the reason elves are so easily dominated by the other races: they simply can't produce a large enough population to compete. Humans have too many babies.
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What do you call a baby elf?

a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of one they had stolen.
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Is Legolas a half-elf?

Character. Although he lived among them, Legolas was not fully of the Silvan Elves. As a son of the Elven-king Thranduil, who had originally come from Doriath, Legolas was at least half Sindar; his mother's identity is completely unknown.
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Are hobbits hybrids?

Recent paleontological research indicates that there was substantial cross-breeding between our species and Neanderthals as well as with the recently discovered Denisovans. There's even a group of very small, relatively recent hominids classified as Homo floresiensis and nicknamed hobbits.
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What is a half-elf half human called?

Half-elves (also called Cha'Tel'Quessir in elven) were humanoids born through the union of an elf and a human. Whether a half-elf was raised by their human parent or their elven parent, they often felt isolated and alone.
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