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drigel
That works in terms of the Legendarium, but it doesn't account for Tolkien's unique creation of the Elves, which don't correspond to anything in the traditional accounts of Fairies. It may be that Tolkien has allowed the traditional version in to his mythology in the way you suggest, but only as a misinterpretation by later peoples. He's basicaloly saying the traditions are wrong - which kind of implies that he didn't value them all that highly. But that goes against his praise of fairystories in OFS.
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