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minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 months agoWell, Melian was also Maia, and was Luthien’s mother, so they at least can have genders.
minus-squareel_abuelo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoUnless that’s just the nearest analog they had to describe the relationship?
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoWell, she married the elf-king, and had a daughter with him. Don’t know what would be more direct.
minus-squareel_abuelo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoSo that tells us they can at least take the required form, but doesn’t tell us they are necessarily fixed to it? I know nothing about this lore so I’m really just fishing for someone with more knowledge to give definitive answers based on the literature.
Well, Melian was also Maia, and was Luthien’s mother, so they at least can have genders.
Unless that’s just the nearest analog they had to describe the relationship?
Well, she married the elf-king, and had a daughter with him. Don’t know what would be more direct.
So that tells us they can at least take the required form, but doesn’t tell us they are necessarily fixed to it?
I know nothing about this lore so I’m really just fishing for someone with more knowledge to give definitive answers based on the literature.