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Old 03-09-2013, 12:24 AM   #6
Belegorn
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Beauty among the Elves tends to be inherently a given. Galadriel and Luthien it would seem would be in the upper tier and Feanor was said to possess this quality in abundance as well. It is mentioned that his wife was not the best looking among the Elves and the suprise among his people that he would choose to wed her. I agree that Feanor was the most artistically gifted among the Elves and inherited much from his mother and father. It's said she made with her weaving skills things concering the deeds of her people in ME that seemed so real that they were mistaken for real Elves. Skills aside, it also seems that Feanor also possessed other gifts in abundance as well, that is, whatever powers Elves would possess which we would like to measure as regards to if this one Elf is stronger than that Elf.

Certainly one would question this when looking at some of the deeds of the Elves in ME like Fingolfin's battle with Melkor, or Glorfindel and Ecthelion taking out Balrogs, or Luthien and Felagund battling Sauron or even Gil-Galad defeating Sauron in combat. I would think that if given the opportunity Feanor would have the potential to match any of these feats. All I do know is that his small band destroyed the army Melkor planned to use to overrun Beleriand, and that when he was defeated he and a small company of his Elves were surrounded by Orcs and Balrogs and Gothmog in the end struck him down. From this all one can glean is that Elves are more durable than Men when it comes to taking punishment and that Feanor was grossly outnumbered especially with the Balrogs there.

However, with Galadriel it is mentioned that her gifts or endowments were basically the equal of Feanor. Though they are referred to as unlike endowments, whatever that means. She it seems would be the 2nd among Elf-kind behind Feanor when it comes to inherent potential and abilities.
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