Re: Modern day elves

On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:53:25 -0700, Howard Brazee <howard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>On 3/3/08 David DeLaney wrote:
>> > Traditional elves were very fa****on conscious.  They copied the 
>> fa****ons 
>> > >  of the rich humans of their time.
>> 
>> Er ... which tradition, exactly? There's several. (Some of which 
>> existed before
>> there were humans at all.)
>
>Which traditions existed before there were humans at all?

In the mythology of the tradition, not in The Real World - sorry if I
wrote
that confusingly. The most widely-known one would be Tolkien's, but there
are others out there, such as Moorcock's and the standard D&D background
(which is cribbed from a whole slew of fantasy). 'Elder races' are not
uncommon - though few take it as far, or have as many still wandering
around,
as Erikson does. Aren't Brust's Dragaera supposed to predate the arrival
of
"Easterners" (who to us would be the humans, though the Dragaerans call
themselves human) as well?

Dave
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