Posted: November 02, 1999 at 08:31:25: by shadowfax
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: : Did Galadriel have any children? Sounds like a stupid question to me because she was one of the first of the Noldor to come to Middle-earth and must have been married to Celeborn for an awfully long time. I cannot, though, for the life of me remember if any of her children (if she has any) are named or descibed.: : If she doesn't have any then I must venture to ask this: I don't really know too much about Roman Catholic values but is it possible that Tolkien made her childless to keep her "pure", so to speak, in a sense, if you know what I mean??? : she did. at least one, possibly more. the certain one, according to the geneologies, is celebrian (who later married elrond, i believe). also a possibility, according to one story (given in unfinished tales), is that amroth was also born of galadriel and celeborn, but since other versions contradict this, it's not stated as a fact. Does anybody have any idea, why, despite the very long lives of the Elves, they did not have numerous children. Could it be that there is a connection to the reincarnation principle, wherby Elves could be born again, and maybe, if there weren't any souls around wiating to be reincarnated, there simply weren't any births?
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