Originally Posted by pdurrant
Elves do not die and leave the world, as humans do, but go to Mandos's halls of waiting, until they are reborn into the world again. The second Glorfindel is the reincarnation of the first Glorfindel.
It is why the elves are so distressed by Luthien's choice - she chooses to join her fate to Beren's, and is permitted to die and leave the world, never to return.
At least, that's how I remember things.
Oh - and now I remember that I win, too.
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