An elf is a human-shaped creature mostly known as Santa’s helper.
Elves have been important magical creatures for a long time. Let’s find out more about them!
- Elves were firstly noted in German mythology during the medieval times.
- For Germans, they had superpowers and were amazingly beautiful.
- They were considered divine or semi-divine creatures.
- Elf originally meant “white being”.
- In Norse mythology, the elves were divided into good and bad elves.
- From the Norse mythology were “born” the Trolls as well.
- In more recent folklore elves were connected with Fairies.
- Shakespeare included elves in his play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.
- J.R. Tolkien had elves in all of his novels.
- When it comes to Tolkien, he created an “elvish” language,
- So, in “Elvish” there is another word for butt which is… hakka!
- Tolkien’s elves symbolized purity.
- For the writer, they were the ideal people because they were kind, insular and monogamous.
- Elves though are famous for helping Santa Claus to prepare the gifts for the kids.
- According to what the kids are told elves decorate their houses with lights all year long, so they basically live in a Christmas normality.
- According to the tradition the elves live in the North Pole where they work in Santa’s workshop.
- Their main job is making toys according to the tradition.
- The image of elves in Santa’s workshop was popularized in magazines of the mid-1800s.
- In Iceland half of the residents believe in the existence of elf-like creatures.
- But objectively elves aren’t real!
- These creatures are called “huldufolk” which means hidden people.
- Elves are usually portrayed in the movies with pointy ears and rosy cheeks.
- Their distinctive characteristic is also their height because they are very short.
- Also, in the movies, they seem to enjoy eating cookies and candies!
- Some popular elf names for boys are Jingle, Buddy and Charlie.
- Popular names for girls are Nellie, Elfie, and Trixie.
- Their costumes are green and red outfits.
- Also, one of the most popular Christmas movies is called… Elf!
- Will Farell portrayed in a great way the Elf.
- The movie’s plot is about a human named Buddy who was adopted and raised as an Elf.
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