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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 contained as entry 39 ...
Huldufólk. Engraving of a man jumping after a female elf into a precipice. Huldufólk[a] or hidden people are elves in Icelandic and Faroese folklore. [1][2] They are supernatural beings that live in nature. They look and behave similarly to humans, but live in a parallel world. [3] They can make themselves visible at will. [4]
[T 10] In the same letter, Tolkien goes on to say that the elves had very little in common with elves or fairies of Europe, and that they really represent men with greater artistic ability, beauty and a longer life span. In his writings, an Elven bloodline was the only real claim to 'nobility' that the Men of Middle-earth could have.
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 the Prose Edda. In medieval Germanic -speaking cultures, elves were thought of as beings with ...
Free peoples. The Free Peoples of Middle-earth are the four races that never fell under the sway of the evil spirits Morgoth or Sauron: Elves, Men, Dwarves and Ents. Strictly speaking, among Men it was only the Men of the West who are Free People, particularly the descendants of the Dúnedain of the Isle of Númenor, as most Men of the East and ...
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.
Anytime we hear one of the many oh-so-funny famous lines, it's impossible not to smile, so we rounded up 45 Elf movie quotes that are sure to spread Christmas cheer (maybe even as much as singing).
Nordic folkloreis the folkloreof Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Icelandand the Faroe Islands. It has common roots with, and has been under mutual influence with, folklore in England, Germany, the Low Countries, the Baltic countries, Finlandand Sápmi. Folklore is a concept encompassing expressive traditions of a particular culture or group.