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30 facts about elves!

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.