Posted: April 16, 2000 at 14:43:56: by DGG
: : : Tolkien said in one letter that these races were usually
: : : hostile to one another -- but he never substantiated that in
: : : his stories. Most of his accounts of Elf-dwarf relations
: : : show their friendships and alliances, which sometimes lasted
: : : for thousands of years. There was only ever one (documented)
: : : war between Elves and Dwarves, and that was a localized
: : : event, which one group of Dwarves openly opposed.
: :
: : Umm.. I am citing The Hobbit:: : "Dwarves don't get on well with them (Elves). Even decent
: : enough dwarves like Thorin and his friends think them
: : foolish..." : THE HOBBIT also concludes with friendship between the Wood-elves, Durin's Folk, and the Men of Dale and Esgaroth. : Like I said, the stories don't back up his statements. And the particular passage you refer to above DOES have silly Elves in it. "That is a very foolish thing to think" (Tolkien's words, not mine - no offense
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