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Old 06-19-2013, 04:59 PM   #1
PaigeStormblood
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Elven "Magic" Abilties?

Hello everyone Im so glad to be apart of this forum.

Now I was debating wither I should just post this in magic in Middle-earth but since this question was more specified mabye a new thread. Feel free to more it though if you believ it would be better suited in the fore mentioned thread.

Okay down to business. One thing that has always intriged me about Tolkiens world is magic and the overall mechanics of it.

Now with the elves Tolkien told their "magic" was suited to art, delivered from the many human limitations:more effortless, quicker, more complete etc. The object is art not power, sub-creation, not domination.

Now I'm curious going by this description what abilities do the elves have to them when working their supernatural powers?

A few abilties we know of are:
-Shapeshifting :As shown by Luthien, this ability aslo extends to other races i.e Beorn and the beornlings.
-The Mirror of Galadriel: The ability to shape water into something beyond the ordinary.
-Break down Fortress Walls: Obviously some supernatural power was used here by Galadriel.
-Illusion by song: Finrod hides his identity form Sauron.
-The Water Horses: As shown by Elrond.
-Communicate Telepathically
-The Palantiri
-Future Sight

Now going by this what other super natural abilites could individual elves possess? Can some communicate with animals? Speed up plant growth? Shape water, earth, plant and air into various forms? Destroy evil structures (Pending enough power)? Heal wounds in the same way faith healing is done. I.e placing hands over the wound site whilst using supernatural powers to slowly heal the wound. Levitation?
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