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By "not going to heaven" I meant they don't go to where people go after death, which is presented as "gift of Iluvatar". Regarding "elves returning from death"
by ajuc 12y ago
By "not going to heaven" I meant they don't go to where people go after death, which is presented as "gift of Iluvatar".
Regarding "elves returning from death" - it was stated in Silmarillion that they can go from Mandos halls back to life and that it happened many times, not just once. Most of them returned to Aman, but some did to Middleearth.
- nickik 12y ago> Regarding "elves returning from death" Could you tell me where this is written?
- ajuc 12y agoI don't remember the exact place, but I remember reading it, and I've only read silmarillion, Hobbit and LOTR, so it must have been in Silmarillion. I googled for a while, the best thing I found is this: http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/papers/Amaranth/DeathinTolkien.htm http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/papers/Amaranth/De... > Thus, Eru found a means to amend the situation. After a time of waiting in Mandos's halls, the Elvish fëa may, if it chooses, be reincarnated in a hröa identical to the one in which the fëa was formerly housed. The Valar were given permission and power by Eru to see to the construction of a new hröa for the 'houseless' fëa, and they can judge that a fëa may not be reimbodied, or at least not yet, in certain situations. Normally, the reincarnated Elf remains in Aman. Only in special cases is the Elf sent back to Middle-earth, generally because he has some task yet to complete there