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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".
Drizzt fights off the resurrected spirit-wraith of his father in Exile, the second book in the Dark Elf Trilogy and also published in 1990. Sojourn [10] picks up the story when Drizzt leaves the Underdark for the surface, where he meets a blind human ranger named Montolio Debrouchee. When Montolio begins teaching him the ways of the ranger ...
Dökkálfar or dark elves, a type of elf in Norse mythology. Svartálfar or black elves, a type of elf in Norse mythology; Moriquendi, a fictional race of elves in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium; Drow, or dark elves, a fictional subrace of elves in Dungeons & Dragons. The Dark Elf Trilogy, a series of novels by R. A. Salvatore set in the ...
The svartálfar are almost only attested in the Prose Edda (the word does appear in Ektors saga ok kappa hans, but is presumably borrowed from the Prose Edda). [4] The svartálfar mentioned in Skáldskaparmál 35 are the Sons of Ivaldi, whom Loki engages to craft replacement hair for Sif, wife of the god Thor, after Loki mischievously sheared off her golden tresses. [5]
The names Calaquendi and Moriquendi, Light-Elves and Dark-Elves, correspond to names used in Old Norse, Ljósálfar and Dökkálfar. [ 2 ] Matthew Dickerson , writing in the J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia , notes the "very complicated changes, with shifting meanings assigned to the same names" as Tolkien worked on his conception of the Elves and ...
Famous Elf Names . Buddy (from Elf). Dobby (from Harry Potter). Link (from The Legend of Zelda). Legolas (from The Lord of the Rings). Elfo (from Disenchanted). Honeythorn Gump (from Legend ...
There's Christmas themed names, reindeer names, and names inspired by your favorite holiday treats! You'll even find names taken from the best Christmas movies like, well, Elf! Read on for 100 of ...
The Two Swords is a fantasy novel by American writer R. A. Salvatore, the third and final book in his series The Hunter's Blades Trilogy. The Two Swords was his 17th work concerning one of the most famous characters Salvatore has created, the drow, or dark elf, Drizzt Do'Urden.