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Huldufólk or hidden people are elves in Icelandic and Faroese folklore. They are supernatural beings that live in nature. They look and behave similarly to humans, but live in a parallel world. They can make themselves visible at will. Konrad von Maurer cites a 19th-century Icelandic source claiming that the only visible difference between normal people and outwardly human-appearing ...
The drow ( / draʊ / [1] [2] or / droʊ /) [3] or dark elves are a dark-skinned and white-haired subrace of elves connected to the subterranean Underdark in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. [4] The drow have traditionally been portrayed as generally evil and connected to the evil spider goddess Lolth.
In J. R. R. Tolkien 's writings, Elves are the first fictional race to appear in Middle-earth. Unlike Men and Dwarves, Elves are immortal, though they can be killed in battle. If so, their souls go to the Halls of Mandos in Aman. After a long life in Middle-earth, Elves yearn for the Earthly Paradise of Valinor, and can sail there from the Grey ...
In Norse mythology, Dökkálfar ("Dark Elves") [a] and Ljósálfar ("Light Elves") [b] are two contrasting types of elves; the dark elves dwell within the earth and have a dark complexion, while the light elves live in Álfheimr, and are "fairer than the sun to look at". The Ljósálfar and the Dökkálfar are attested in the Prose Edda ...
Icelandic Elf School. The Icelandic Elf School ( Icelandic: Álfaskólinn) is an organization located in Reykjavík, Iceland, that teaches visitors about Icelandic folklore. [1] [2] [3] The organization teaches about the hidden people and thirteen types of elves, entities purported by the institution to reside within Iceland. [4]
Elves are a humanoid race in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, one of the primary races available for player characters, and play a central role in the narratives of many setting worlds of the game. [10] Elves are renowned for their grace and mastery of magic [10] [11] : 58 and weapons such as the bow [11] : 15, 58 and sword.
AT 476*. AT 504. Country. Germany. Published in. Grimm's Fairy Tales. " The Elves and The Shoemaker " (German: Die Wichtelmänner) is a set of fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 39) about a poor shoemaker who receives much-needed help from three young helpful elves. [1] The original story is the first of three fairy tales ...
Ängsälvor (Swedish "Meadow Elves") by Nils Blommér (1850) An elf ( pl.: elves) is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic folklore. Elves appear especially in North Germanic mythology, being mentioned in the Icelandic Poetic Edda and Snorri Sturluson 's Prose Edda . In medieval Germanic -speaking cultures, elves generally seem to ...