In defense of considering pureblood preference racism

[ohneill_2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 107045

Del wrote:

> First, I don't remember reading that the House-Elves were *created*.
> They are magical beings that exist, just like Centaurs or Merpeople.
> They weren't created.

Now Cory:

Do we actually *know* this to be true?  I ask because I am actually 
curious about this myself, and I have considered the possibility that 
House Elves may have been created by wizards.  What got me thinking 
along those lines was Dumbledore's remark to Harry in OoP: 

"[Kreacher] was bound by the enchantments of his kind, which is to 
say that he could not disobey a direct order from his master, 
Sirius."  U.S. edition, p. 831.

So if House Elves are "enchanted," then who enchanted them, and how 
did they get that way?  One possibility is that they were created 
that way.

If anybody knows of any canon that supports or refutes this, I would 
love to hear of it.  I suspect we will learn a lot more about the 
House Elves in books 6 & 7.

--Cory