[Mithalwen]

But that was actual magic, and Luthien, much as I detest her, is not a typical elf: her mother was a Maia and her name meant Enchantress. Tolkien's names of major characters tend to be factual rather than aspirational.. I think elves would regard Luthien's shapeshifting etc as magic, for want of a better word whereaa the Loriennelves don't see their rope in that light. It is just a higher t3chnology. For example I have just seen the trailer of the film Rush. The flame retardent materials that have come in since Nikki Lauda's horrific injuries would have seemed magical not many years earlier.