Welcome, Elizabeth!

[Markus]

Ingvar is no other than Freyr. "In Ljusalfheim he's king of elves."

(And Tolkien's elves are definitely derived from the Nordic alves, no doubt about that.)

Cheers!

Markus

[Ereshkigal]

Be very welcome Elizabeth, and hope you enjoy your stay  

[ViruS]

Ingvar is no other than Freyr. "In Ljusalfheim he's king of elves."

(And Tolkien's elves are definitely derived from the Nordic alves, no doubt about that.)

Cheers!

Markus

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hehehe Markus you will never be my king becouse i am my own king (Elf here)
 Maybe just king of the ladyes

[Elizabeth]

So I was close with my guess. And I'm sure Tolkien's Elves resemble Nordic ones very much, but the English mythology also inspired him quite a lot...

Thank you, Eresh. I'm already enjoying myself  

Namarie!

[Markus]

Hi folks.

hehehe Markus you will never be my king becouse i am my own king (Elf here)

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Don't worry! Freyr Skirr rules over the pretty elves only.

. And I'm sure Tolkien's Elves resemble Nordic ones very much, but the English mythology also inspired him quite a lot...

Yeah, but where does English mythology have its roots?

Cheers!

Markus

[ViruS]

Hi folks.
Don't worry! Freyr Skirr rules over the pretty elves only.

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Cheers!

Markus

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Hehe i am an black warrior elf i am ugly    :rolleyes: .. You can rule the ladies but not the warrior elfs
 
  Cheers !

[Elizabeth]

Seems like Markus just proclaimed himself King of Elves. Hmmm... I don't think Thranduil and Elrond are going to be very happy.

OK, I adimt, Englishmen took mythology lessons from the Northmen, but you can't say the same thing about ... Africans.
Tolkien didn't inspire himself only from English, Irish, Celtic and Germanic mythology!

Namarie!

[TheOFFman]

I am Forgotten Realms elf!

[Markus]

Don't worry, Elizabeth,

being King of Elves is only a side-job of Freyr. He doesn't meddle with their affairs too much, and I never heard of him demanding taxes or such. His main job is to take care of plant growth, peace and secret wisdom - which makes him my favourite god from the North.

Cheers!

Markus

[Elizabeth]

Hmm... Agree, Markus, but still, Thranduil's nooot gonna like this. Elrond is too busy having fun in Imladris, though. I'm caught in the middle  

TheOFFman, are you talking about Tol Eressea, maybe?

Namarie! (this means "Bye bye!" in Elvish. Forgot to translate   )

[TheOFFman]

I don't know what Tol Eressea is! Explain yourself girl!

[Elizabeth]

I don't know what Tol Eressea is! Explain yourself girl!

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Of course you don't! You weren't supposed to

The story goes like this: Tol Eressea is a large island which the Valar Ulmo (Lord of the Waters) somehow uprooted and transformed into a floating island and then used as a ship. With this ship he transported the Vanyar and Noldor Elves (two kinds of Elves) from Middle Earth to the Undying Lands (where the rest of the Valars, say, Gods lived), and then returned to Middle Earth to transport the Teleri Elves as well.
But in the meanwhile, the Teleri "fell in love" with Sea, so a Maiar (an inferior kind of Valar), Osse (Master of the Waves), convinced Ulmo to re-anchor the island
into the Bay of Eldamar.
Tol Eressea means "Lonely Island".

This is the short version