Are there different pronouns used to refer to the sex of members of nonhuman fantasy races? There are plenty of references in Tolkien to "elf women" and "dwarf women." Why not a Hylian man?
I believe like how a male donkey is a Jack and a female donkey is a Jenny, or a Cow and a Bull for cattle, elves have the same duality. It's bussy for male elves, and slav for female elves.
After all, there exists countless pictures of female elves captioned "Elf slav, what do?", and male elves constantly are referenced with "bussy".
I suppose the distinction is sentience. Humans are the only conscious, self-aware species that we're aware of in the real world, and so we use different language to refer to sex in species that are not self-aware, but by convention when dealing with fictional races of humanoid sentients in sci-fi or fantasy, which are usually also sexually dimorphic, there is a convention of using the same pronouns we use for humans.
Are there different pronouns used to refer to the sex of members of nonhuman fantasy races? There are plenty of references in Tolkien to "elf women" and "dwarf women." Why not a Hylian man?
Elf/Elfess?
I believe like how a male donkey is a Jack and a female donkey is a Jenny, or a Cow and a Bull for cattle, elves have the same duality. It's bussy for male elves, and slav for female elves.
After all, there exists countless pictures of female elves captioned "Elf slav, what do?", and male elves constantly are referenced with "bussy".
I suppose the distinction is sentience. Humans are the only conscious, self-aware species that we're aware of in the real world, and so we use different language to refer to sex in species that are not self-aware, but by convention when dealing with fictional races of humanoid sentients in sci-fi or fantasy, which are usually also sexually dimorphic, there is a convention of using the same pronouns we use for humans.