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Originally Posted by Estelyn Telcontar
perhaps Elves would make "sand angels" on the shores of the Grey Havens before leaving Middle-Earth?
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Here again I might be thinking too exclusively in terms of late Silm elves rather than early Legendarium elves, but I suspect that elves would not build sand angels, nor in fact sand castles, as the prospect of seeing them washed away by the tide would be too much for elves to bear, unless they were deeply into mortification, which could of course be a possibility. Do they willfully deny themselves the custard?
EDIT: cross posting with
SpM.
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Originally Posted by SpM
That tells us four things:
1. This is an ability of Elves generally, not just Legolas.
2. It involves running lightly.
3. It involves being nimble.
4. His feet did make some imprint in the snow, but not much.
I draw from this that Elves, being lithe and nimble, were able to redistribute their weight so that they ran lightly, reducing the weight placed on the surface and leaving only a light impact. My guess is that this would require a conscious effort, since there might be occasions when they would wish to step more heavily.
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Excuse me, but there is a fifth point, one which I posited up above:
that elven slippers are made from the same material as their cloaks and herein lies their gravity-defying capability.