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elf

Also known as elves

thumb|upright=1.35|Ängsälvor (Swedish "Meadow Elves") by Nils Blommér (1850)

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Wikidata facts

Image: Martin Brandenburg Elfenreigen c1906-1909.jpg

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Commons gallery: Elf
Unicode character: 🧝‍
Commons category: Elves
female form of label: elfka
male form of label: elf

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Contents

Etymology
In proper names
In medieval texts
Medieval English-language sources
As causes of illnesses
"Elf-shot"
Size, appearance, and sexuality
Decline in the use of the word ''elf''
Old Norse texts
Mythological texts
Other sources
Medieval and early modern German texts
Post-medieval folklore
Britain
Scandinavia
Terminology
Appearance and behaviour
In ballads
As causes of illness
Modern continuations
Post-medieval elite culture
Early modern elite culture
The Romantic movement
In popular culture
Christmas elf
Fantasy fiction
Equivalents in non-Germanic traditions
Europe
Asia and Oceania
Relationship with reality
Reality and perception
Integration into Christian cosmologies
Demythologising elves as indigenous peoples
Demythologising elves as people with illness or disability
See also
Footnotes
Citations
References
External links

thumb|upright=1.35|Ängsälvor (Swedish "Meadow Elves") by Nils Blommér (1850)

An elf () 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.