"I don't believe they ever existed. They're a myth that probably originated when members of a population encountered people with a different phenotype for the first time. The response has been seen more recently with tribes that thought they were meeting gods or demons when they encountered white people for the first time"
Ummm... those "people of a different phenotype" were elves, or more precisely (in Denmark) the Alfar. Probably indigenous hunter-gatherers, like the faeries of the British isles; quite possibly with more Neanderthal genes than was common among the other populations. The fact that a bunch of tales were made up about them by later peoples doesn't indicate that they never existed.
With the pregnancy thing - I'm not convinced that my 'brother' Crist-Erui ever realized this body was pregnant, or that the baby came from this same body he lives in. He freaked out big-time the first time he felt her move, and wouldn't take form ('front') until after she was born. So maybe the same with the person you describe? Hard to say.
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Date: 2006-03-30 08:07 am (UTC)Ummm... those "people of a different phenotype" were elves, or more precisely (in Denmark) the Alfar. Probably indigenous hunter-gatherers, like the faeries of the British isles; quite possibly with more Neanderthal genes than was common among the other populations. The fact that a bunch of tales were made up about them by later peoples doesn't indicate that they never existed.
With the pregnancy thing - I'm not convinced that my 'brother' Crist-Erui ever realized this body was pregnant, or that the baby came from this same body he lives in. He freaked out big-time the first time he felt her move, and wouldn't take form ('front') until after she was born. So maybe the same with the person you describe? Hard to say.