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  2. Huldufólk - Wikipedia

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    They look and behave similarly to humans, but live in a parallel world. [3] They can make themselves visible at will. [ 4 ] Konrad von Maurer cites a 19th-century Icelandic source claiming that the only visible difference between normal people and outwardly human-appearing huldufólk is, the latter have a convex rather than concave philtrum ...

  3. Nordic folklore - Wikipedia

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    The female form of Elves may have originated from the female deities called Dís (singular) and Díser (plural) found in pre-Christian Scandinavian religion. They were very powerful spirits closely linked to the seid magic. Even today the word "dis" is a synonym for mist or very light rain in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish.

  4. Category:Elves in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Video games about elves (11 P) Pages in category "Elves in popular culture" ... She Chased Me All the Way From Another World!

  5. Gwragedd Annwn - Wikipedia

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    Having other cattle descended from this cow, the farmer decided to fatten the cow up for slaughter. When the butcher tried to bludgeon the cow, the instrument passed though her head and did nothing. Suddenly, angered that the farmer had attempted to slaughter the cow, a woman in green, one of the Gwragedd Annwn, called the cow and all her ...

  6. 'It's magic': Here's the history behind the Elf on the Shelf ...

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    Someone has to make that magic, though, and while some parents enlist their family's elves as scouts for Santa, others make it all about fun. Valerie Seward, a mom of three, said her family's elf ...

  7. 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).

  8. These Are the Most Important Elf on the Shelf Rules You Need ...

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    The Elf on the Shelf is a decades-long Christmas tradition that involves a special Scout Elf who is assigned to report back to Santa on the rights (and wrongs) of the children of his assigned ...

  9. What's the Elf on the Shelf story? Here's how the beloved ...

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    Elf on the Shelf today . In what is likely one of the most successful self-publishing stories of all time, more than 17.5 million Scout Elves have been adopted around the world since their debut ...