![]() The smell of the roast meats was so enchanting…īilbo and the hungry Dwarves have been lured off the path by Thranduil’s Woodland feasting. The Hobbit, of which I have just finished my first re-read since the Jackson adaptation came out (yes, it has been some time), is Ground Zero for omnivorous Elves: It’s just that, combined with modern fantasy stereotypes about Elves in general, you end up with people thinking that Tolkien’s original Elves are also vegetarian. Nothing wrong with this as an adaptation choice, of course. Jackson’s Elves are Spiritually Closer To Nature. ![]() Dwarves are slobby, uncultured meat-eaters, whereas Elves are snobby, cultured, vegetarians. And as fun as it is to imagine the Elves of Rivendell mischievously hiding meat dishes from the Dwarves, the implication of the scene is pretty clear. The dinner they serve up to the Dwarves at Rivendell is noticeably devoid of meat. Nature-loving, refined, and, based off An Unexpected Journey, vegetarian. You see, Jackson’s Elves – tending to be blond – are highly ethereal creatures. Peter Jackson has, alas, created quite the wrong impression about the Quendi… ![]() This holds true for both High Elves and Wood Elves, with one notable cultural exception. There is no evidence of an Elvish meat industry as such – nor do they appear to import (salted) meat products – but they most certainly do hunt, with the game ending up on the dinner table. More specifically, I thought I would put to bed the all-too common notion that Tolkien’s Elves are vegetarian. We may scratch our heads about the food supplies of Angband, but the Elves at least are accounted for when it comes to protein intake). Today, I thought I would tangentially revisit the issue by looking at a certain aspect of Elvish dietary habits (with the subsidiary economic issue of where, exactly, the food in question comes from. It’s still something I intend to get around to pursuing, but it’s very much a matter of finding the right time… It has been some time since I started a look at the Economics of Middle-earth.
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