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Тут личные домыслы ни к чему. Некий Профессор из Оксфорда этот вопрос решил задолго до нас:"Elves did not have beards until they entered their third cycle of life. Nerdanel's father was exceptional, being only early in his second"(Это "Etymological Notes on the Ósanwe-kenta", опубликованные в "Виньяр Тенгвар" номер 41. На tolkien.ru есть и в FAQ АнК тоже об этом сказано). Правда совершенно неясно, что это за циклы жизни...
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«And it seems to the fairies and it seems to me who know that town and have often trodden its disfigured ways that autumn and the falling of the leaf is the season of the year when maybe here or there a heart among Men may be open, and an eye perceive how is the world's estate fallen from the laughter and the loveliness of old. Think on Kortirion and be sad - yet is there not hope?» J.R.R. Tolkien
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