We don't even know exactly the extent to which Elrond used magic in healing Frodo. Tauriel, of course, isn't present in any of the books, so there's no question of her doing anything and Arwen has a much more passive role in the books (except, to an extent, in the "Tale of Aragorn and Arwen" in Appendix A)-I don't see any sense in which she uses magic either. Other than that, we don't see him do much except follow and fight as he sees best. These are all purely physical characteristics, though there's no magic needed to produce those effects. He certainly has the ability to run quickly over snow without sinking or leaving much of a footprint he is an extraordinarily good archer he can walk a tightrope he can see far distances with extraordinary clarity.
But neither, I think, describes anything that we see Legolas doing. It's not really clear from this description whether, for example, Galadriel's mirror falls under what Tolkien might call "Enchantment" or simply "Magic" proper. It does not matter by whom it is said to be practised, fay or mortal, it remains distinct from the other two it is not an art but a technique its desire is power in this world, domination of things and wills. Magic produces, or pretends to produce, an alteration in the Primary World. Enchantment produces a Secondary World into which both designer and spectator can enter, to the satisfaction of their senses while they are inside but in its purity it is artistic in desire and purpose. Art of the same sort, if more skilled and effortless, the elves can also use, or so the reports seem to show but the more potent and specially elvish craft I will, for lack of a less debatable word, call Enchantment. Art is the human process that produces by the way (it is not its only or ultimate object) Secondary Belief. Magic should be reserved for the operations of the Magician. ( Lord of the Rings, Book III, Chapter 7, "The Mirror of Galadriel")Įlves use a couple of different procedures that Tolkien has different names for: But this, if you will, is the magic of Galadriel. This is what your folk would call magic, I believe though I do not understand clearly what they mean and they seem also to use the same word of the deceits of the Enemy. Magic as it relates to the Elves is a somewhat cloudy subject.
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