How do elves have babies?

The bride's mother gives the groom a jewel to wear. Elves view the sexual act as special and intimate, for it leads to the birth of children. Elves cannot be forced to have sex; before that they will lose the will to endure and go to Mandos. Elves have few children, and there are long intervals between each child.
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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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At what age do elves have babies?

According to the most recent official lore, elves probably bear children mostly between ages 100 and 300.
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How does elf reproduce?

How Do Elves Reproduce In The Lord Of The Rings? Elves have sexual intercourse, just as we do. This, by the way, is why Elves and Men can reproduce and have fertile Half-Elven offspring.
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How do elves on the shelf have babies?

To answer the burning question, no, Elf on the Shelf can't have babies.
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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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Do elf babies grow up?

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.
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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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Are elves asexual?

Ever since the movie of the book Fellowship of the Ring came out, there seem to be two popular ideas about Elves' sex lives. Either they are radiantly asexual, or they are all screwing each other madly, along with any dwarves, hobbits, and men who happen along.
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How do elves get married?

Elves marry for love, or at least with free will from both parties, typically early in life. Monogamy is practised and adultery is unthinkable. By their very nature, they are "seldom swayed by the desires of the body" or influenced by lust.
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How old is a 100 year old elf?

An elf typically claims adulthood and an adult name around the age of 100 and can live to be 750 years old. Elves take their time doing things because of their long life span. So to them 100 years feels like what 20 years feels like to a Human.
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What happens when an elf marries Aman?

So, if an elf were to marry a mortal, their only real choices would be to live forever after their spouse dies, or to find some way to die themselves and spend the rest of time in the Halls of Mandos. Neither of which are especially pleasant, which is why such pairings are so incredibly rare.
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Why did the elves stop having children?

The Elves believe that their child-bearing process draws a heavier physical and spiritual toll on them, compared to what it does to humans. They're understandable reluctant to have a lot of kids, because what's the point in having a dozen kids if doing so might literally kill you?
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Do elves go into heat?

Despite this lifespan, elven women only go into heat once in their lifetimes for around 10 years, during which their biology all but forces them to focus solely on procreating.
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How many kids do elves usually have?

Elves reach sexual maturity at 80-100 years of age and live for 600-800 years. That means when an Elven pair enters reproduction age at 80-100 and cares about their child until it's grown up, during 800 years they can raise at most 7-9 kids, comparable with your 5-7 for humans.
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Are Elves virgins?

Lord of the Rings > Do you think Arwen &/or Aragorn were virgins before they were married? I think so; Elves don't do sex recreationally, only for reproduction. This is addressed in Tolkien's other writings. yes, of course she was!
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Do Elves have multiple partners?

It means that they did so only in the context of loving union. Tolkien decided that Elves could only marry once in their lives, and that for Elves sexual relations and marriage were the same thing.
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Was Aragorn a virgin?

I can tell you one thing for certain, though: Aragorn and Arwen did not have sex before marriage. The mortal view on such things is a little vague, but Tolkien made it very, inescapably clear that the elves did not have premarital sex.
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Can elves have twins?

Can Elves have twins? Yes, not only were the sons of Elrond twins, it ran in their family, Elurid and Elurin were twins they were the brother of Elrond mother. Also Feanor had a set of twins Amras and Amrod.
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How long are dwarves pregnant?

* A dwarven gestation is 48 months – or 4 years. * The minimum age difference between two dwarven siblings would be 50 months (just over 4 years). * Most dwarves are born 9 or 10 years apart from any of their siblings.
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How long are elves pregnant DND?

Elves follow mammalian reproduction, with a gestation period of 8 months.
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What happens if you touch a baby elf?

Children are not allowed to touch them.

Elves are very fragile, and if they are touched by human children they lose their magic and ability to communicate with Santa.
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Can you touch baby elves?

The only rule for children is that they can't touch their elf or else the magic might disappear. Elf babies aren't an official toy from the Elf on the Shelf store, though many are dressed in the red outfits that match the signature elf.
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What is a elf child called?

changeling , also called elf child. In European folk tradition, a deformed or weak-witted offspring of fairies or elves substituted by them surreptitiously for a comely human child. changeling.
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What to do if your child sees you move the elf?

How to Answer When Your Child Asks if You Moved the Elf on the Shelf
  1. Act just as confused as your child. Say something like "I don't know... ...
  2. Be honest with your child. ...
  3. RELATED RESOURCES: Holidays and Elf on The Shelf.
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