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In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Corellon Larethian is the leader of the elven pantheon, and the deity of Magic, Music, Arts, Crafts, Poetry, and Warfare. . Corellon is also considered a member of the default D&D
"⁊ ylfe" ("and elves") in Beowulf. Like words for gods and men, the word elf is used in personal names where words for monsters and demons are not. [39] Just as álfar is associated with Æsir in Old Norse, the Old English Wið færstice associates elves with ēse; whatever this word meant by the tenth century, etymologically it denoted pagan ...
Älvalek (Elfplay or Dancing Fairies) (1866) by August Malmström. 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 gods gave him Álfheimr, the realm of the Elves, as a teething present. He rides the shining dwarf -made boar Gullinbursti , and possesses the ship Skíðblaðnir , which always has a favorable breeze and can be folded together and carried in a pouch when it is not being used.
The álfablót (or the Elven sacrifice) is a pagan Scandinavian sacrifice to the elves towards the end of autumn, when the crops had been harvested and the animals were most fat. [1] Unlike the great blóts at Uppsala and Mære, the álfablót was a local celebration at the homesteads that was mainly administered by the woman of the household. [2]
These include a pantheon of god-like beings, the Valar, who function like the Norse gods, the Æsir; the person of the wizard Gandalf, who Tolkien stated in a letter is an "Odinic wanderer"; Elbereth, the Elves' "Queen of the Stars", associated with Venus; animism, the way that the natural world seems to be alive; and a Beowulf-like "northern ...
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More humans worship Pelor than any other deity. [14]: 13, 32, 108 [15 ... Deep Sashelas – Chaotic good elf god of the sea. Deep Sashelas' symbol is a dolphin.