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Old 02-14-2001, 12:50 AM   #10
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Re: Were Elves vegetarian?

There was at least one other confirmed vegetarian:<blockquote>Quote:<hr> Thereafter for four years more Beren wandered still upon Dorthonion, a solitary outlaw; but he became the friend of birds and beasts, and they aided him, and did not betray him, and from that time forth he ate no flesh nor slew any living thing that was not in the service of Morgoth. <hr></blockquote>I should credit Sharkū, who I think posed a question along these lines in the quiz room once upon a time. I eventually found the answer, but not until after he had left on the &quot;sabbatical&quot; from which he recently returned. That quote makes me picture Beren as a character in some kind of Rankin/Bass animated special, with birds on his shoulders and deer, squirrels, and bunnies hopping along behind him.

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