What is defined as 'sickness'? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

GaladrieloftheOlden · 04-03-2003, 08:45 PM

I would have searced to see whether there was already a thread like this or not, but I wasn't sure of exactly what words I should type in for that....anyway, here's my question: Tolkien says that Elves can die of a broken heart or be killed, but not fall prey to sickness. What did he mean by sickness? Only things like the common cold and flu and pnenoumia? Do things like poisoning count? Because I am not sure whether poisoning or suffocating because of fumes, etc would go into the catergory of being killed or that of being sick because it's really sort of neither, isn't it?

Edit: Now that I look back on that last sentence, it was slightly run-on, wasn't it? [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[ April 03, 2003: Message edited by: GaladrieloftheOlden ]

04-03-2003, 08:45 PM	#1
GaladrieloftheOlden Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Massachusetts - digging up a bottomless hole, searching for something that's not there... Posts: 1,514	What is defined as 'sickness'? I would have searced to see whether there was already a thread like this or not, but I wasn't sure of exactly what words I should type in for that....anyway, here's my question: Tolkien says that Elves can die of a broken heart or be killed, but not fall prey to sickness. What did he mean by sickness? Only things like the common cold and flu and pnenoumia? Do things like poisoning count? Because I am not sure whether poisoning or suffocating because of fumes, etc would go into the catergory of being killed or that of being sick because it's really sort of neither, isn't it? Edit: Now that I look back on that last sentence, it was slightly run-on, wasn't it? [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [ April 03, 2003: Message edited by: GaladrieloftheOlden ] __________________ "Glue... very powerful stuff."