Question: what happens when an elf dies in lotr

title: Elf (Middle-earth)
text: Spirits of dead Elves go to the Halls of Mandos in Valinor . After a certain period of time and rest that serves as `` cleansing '' , their spirits are clothed in bodies identical to their old ones . However , they almost never go back to Middle - earth and remain in Valinor instead . An exception was Glorfindel in The Lord of the Rings ; as shown in later books , Tolkien decided he was a `` reborn '' hero from The Silmarillion rather than an individual with the same name . A rare and more unusual example of an Elf coming back from the Halls of Mandos is found in the tale of Beren and Lúthien , as Lúthien was the other Elf to be sent back to Middle - earth -- as a mortal , however . Tolkien 's Elvish words for `` spirit '' and `` body '' were fëa ( plural fëar ) and hröa ( plural hröar ) respectively . 

Answer: answer: Spirits of dead Elves go to the Halls of Mandos in Valinor.  After a certain period of time and rest that serves as "cleansing," their spirits are clothed in bodies identical to their old ones.   However, they almost never go back to Middle-earth and remain in Valinor instead.  A rare and more unusual example of an Elf coming back from the Halls of Mandos is found in the tale of Beren and Lúthien, as Lúthien was the other Elf to be sent back to Middle-earth -- as a mortal, however.
answer: Spirits of dead Elves go to the Halls of Mandos in Valinor. After a certain period of time and rest that serves as "cleansing," their spirits are clothed in bodies identical to their old ones. However, they almost never go back to Middle-earth and remain in Valinor instead.