Source of Magic

[JeffF.]

The Elves were considered by men to be magical beings though the Elves seemed not to understand what men or hobbits meant by 'magic.'

The Elf blades that glowed in the presense of evil would be an example of their power as well as the special powers endowed to some weapons over most arms. Perhaps the Elves who saw the Light of the Trees in Aman were endowed with special powers that seemed magical to others. The Dark Elves seemed not to have this though the Dark Elf Eol must have learned something that allowed him to enpower the two black blades he forged, one of which was Glaurang's Bane.