Haerangil
Well-Known Member
I can't see that.Elves and humans are one race technically.It is not as if Elves are not homo sapiens.And Mithrellas giving birth to human children is just as the story goes... Imrahil is not a half-elf, yes he and his forebears have some elvish look, an air of nobility, but they are still mortals.Mithrellas gave birth to mortal children.I don't understand why that does deprave her of her motherhood and makes her an incubator.
Now i am trying to understand where you come from and... yes that kind of thinking seems to be logical, if elvish pregnancy does take longer than human, then it still should be this way, even if the children are destined to be mortals.Yet this obviously cannot be, as you pointed out yourself as it does not work. And it does not seem to work this way in the text either as Mithrellas children grow and live as humans.
Now i am trying to understand where you come from and... yes that kind of thinking seems to be logical, if elvish pregnancy does take longer than human, then it still should be this way, even if the children are destined to be mortals.Yet this obviously cannot be, as you pointed out yourself as it does not work. And it does not seem to work this way in the text either as Mithrellas children grow and live as humans.