But then thinking about that a bit, I disagreed with myself violently This is always instructive!
One thing I've heard said of Tolkien, and which I tend to agree with, is that he was rather ahead of his time in including *any* female fighters in his tales at all despite the now-noticeable male-centric world.
I'm trying to find the reference unsuccessfully so far, but apparently it was set down somewhere by the Professor that female elves could fight but that it was exceedingly rare. I can't recall if he meant all elves, or just Noldor. But to me, sylvan elves seem less concerned with propriety than the more "civilized" elves, so I'd almost think it more likely that there would be the occasional female elf fighter in Mirkwood.
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Date: 2012-01-30 01:29 am (UTC)This is always instructive!
One thing I've heard said of Tolkien, and which I tend to agree with, is that he was rather ahead of his time in including *any* female fighters in his tales at all despite the now-noticeable male-centric world.
I'm trying to find the reference unsuccessfully so far, but apparently it was set down somewhere by the Professor that female elves could fight but that it was exceedingly rare. I can't recall if he meant all elves, or just Noldor. But to me, sylvan elves seem less concerned with propriety than the more "civilized" elves, so I'd almost think it more likely that there would be the occasional female elf fighter in Mirkwood.