Re: Modern day elves

David DeLaney wrote:

> 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?

As I understand it, they were developed from human stock.


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