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  2. Huldufólk - Wikipedia

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    "The Elf Maiden" is a Norse folklore about a young man who marries an elf woman. As their marriage progresses, the elf maiden begins to periodically, miraculously disappear from his sight. The elf maiden finally tells her husband that she will eventually disappear, permanently, and that the only way to prevent it is by hammering a nail into a ...

  3. Category:Elves in popular culture - Wikipedia

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  4. Elves in fiction - Wikipedia

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    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. [11] Elves are renowned for their grace and mastery of magic [11] [12]: 58 and weapons such as the bow [12]: 15, 58 and sword.

  5. List of beings referred to as fairies - Wikipedia

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    Chaneques are small elf- or pixie-like beings in the south to southeast of Mexico, especially Veracruz and parts of Oaxaca. Their name "chaneque" derives from the Nahuatl term ohuican chaneque, meaning "those who dwell in dangerous places", and they seem to have originally been guardian spirits of craggy mountains, woods, springs, caves, etc ...

  6. List of fictional dogs - Wikipedia

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    Sinatra, dog named after the singer for its blue eyes in the 2002 song "Sinatra" by Canadian folk singer James Keelaghan; Strider, Merle dog in "Over the Hills and Far Away" by Led Zeppelin; The dog who "up and died" in "Mr. Bojangles", written by Jerry Jeff Walker; A dog that won't get off the furniture in "Get Down" by Gilbert O'Sullivan

  7. Nordic folklore - Wikipedia

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    Ängsälvor, "meadow elves", (1850), painting by Nils Blommér. Elves (in Swedish, Älva if female and Alv if male, Alv in Norwegian, and Elver in Danish) are in some parts mostly described as female (in contrast to the light and dark elves in the Edda), otherworldly, beautiful and seductive residents of forests, meadows and mires. They are ...

  8. List of fictional felines - Wikipedia

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    A gender/species swapped version of "Jake the dog" from the Cartoon Network show Adventure Time: Felix Felix the Cat: A black cat and "one of the most recognized cartoon characters in film history." [11] Gumball Watterson: The Amazing World of Gumball: A 12-year-old anthropomorphic blue cat, who is the titular character MC Skat Kat: Opposites ...

  9. Weiße Frauen - Wikipedia

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    The ghost of Barbara Radziwiłł, oil on canvas, 281 x 189 cm. National Museum in Poznań, Date 1886.. In German folklore, the Weiße Frauen (German: [ˈvaɪsə ˈfʁaʊən], meaning White Women) are elf-like spirits which may derive from Germanic paganism in the form of legends of light elves (Old Norse: Ljósálfar).