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Ania
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 Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 5:42 pm Post subject: Average number of Elvish children? |
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I've been wondering about this for a while and have been contemplating the creation of a fic that follows the lives of several siblings in the same family, I know that Feanor had several, but would it be unusual to create a large family with a large number of sons and daughters (namely  ? |
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SpaceWeavil
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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As far as I know (without looking up Morgoth's Ring) elven child bearing took a lot out of the mother, therefore elven families didn't tend to have particularly large numbers of children. I'm sure in LACE it says no one had beat Feanor's record of 7.
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Yavanie
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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I can't remember where (I've been reading Sil, Morgoth's Ring and Unfinished Tales in bits and pieces all in the same week) but yeah, I think Feanor by far takes the cake on number of offspring at 7, bet he was trying for a girl!!!LOL. anyway, I think it was normal for an elven couple to have one or two children and three, though unusual, was not terribly odd - the Lorien Brothers, Elrond's children.
Anyway, perhaps you could follow two very close siblings and their few offspring who could be close cousins - close as in they grew up together and do lots of stuff together. Not exactly siblings but same family. (my two cents).
As for childbearing taking a lot out of the mother - that's not limited to the elves!!!! (although it seems to be the actual rearing not so much the bearing that's got me wiped out!! (three boys, yeah we were trying for the girl!)
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Thuriniel
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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Funny thing is that they didn't have a lot of kids ... but twins seem to be quite common among Elves ... get two for the effort of one thing  ?
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inglor
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| Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 3:36 am Post subject: |
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Feanor 7 (Spirit of Fire indeed...)
Finwe 3.(depeding on interpretation, 5)
Fingolfin 3(4)
Finarfin 5(4)
Orodreth:1(2)
Angrod 0(1)
Galadriel:1(2)
Luthien: 1
Idril 1
Turgon 1
Fingon 1(0)
Curufin 1
Olwe 1
Aredhel 1
Elmo 2
Thingol 1
Elrond 3
It seems that larger families were a Valinorian thing
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Ania
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| Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks guys, will have to be inventive and give it some thought! Thanks for replies as always! |
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