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Tolkien's elves have a very strong innate ability to resist what you might call "corruption" of the body and mind. They are basically minor demigods. http://www.istad.org/tolkien/nestad.html http://www.istad.org/tolkien/nestad.html http://www.istad.org/tolkien/healingStudy.html http://www.istad.org/tolkien/healingStudy.html