A post-Tolkien interpretation of a fantasy elf, from the Wesnoth fantasy setting, 2011
In many works of modern fantasy, elves are depicted as a race or species of pointy-eared humanoid beings. These depictions arise from the álfar of Norse mythology influencing elves in fantasy as being semi-divine and of human stature, whose key traits are being friendly with nature and animals (Oftentimes being able to communicate with some facet of nature). However, this differs from Norse and the traditional elves found in Middle Ages folklore and Victorian era literature.
Post-Tolkien fantasy elves tend to be immortal or long-lived in comparison to humans, more beautiful and wiser, with sharper senses and perceptions, and abilities or crafts that seem alien or magical. They may be from an age long before other races appeared or were created. Consequently, Elves often serve as living relics of a setting's fictional mythology and the source of its lore.
of elves, including aquatic elves, dark elves (drow), deep elves (rockseer), grey elves, high elves, moon elves, snow elves, sun elves, valley elves, wild...
of the terms for: Grey Elves Moon Elves Gold Elves Sun Elves Dark elf (disambiguation) Elvesinfiction This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
much-needed help from three young helpful elves. The original story is the first of three fairy tales contained as entry 39 in the German Grimm's Fairy Tales under...
(pl. elves) is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic folklore. Elves appear especially in North Germanic mythology, being mentioned in the...
similar to those of Tolkien's fiction Wood Elves are playable characters in the game Sacred Wood Elves are also found in The Elder Scrolls series, known...
of the Elves" is a fantasy short story by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in the September 1953 issue of Beyond Fantasy Fiction. Shadrach...
of Elves (Polish: Krew elfów) is the first novel in The Witcher series written by the Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski, first published in Poland...
Speculative fiction is an umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality...
Elvish languages are constructed languages used by Elvesin a fantasy setting. The philologist and fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien created the first of...
such as in Aaron Allston's Doc Sidhe. In that story, our "grim world" is paralleled by a "fair world" where the elves live and history echoes ours, where...
with the benevolent Elves. They are a corrupted race of elves, either bred that way by the Dark Lord Morgoth, or turned savage in that manner, according...
language, one of those devised by J. R. R. Tolkien for the Elvesin his Middle-earth fiction. Tolkien began devising the language around 1910, and restructured...
including the Three Rings of the Elves, Seven Rings for the Dwarves, and Nine for Men. He stated that there were in addition many lesser rings with minor...
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fantasy world and usually inspired by mythology or folklore. The...
Children of Ilúvatar'. The first such Age began with the Awakening of the Elves during the Years of the Trees and continued for the first six centuries...
– European Science Fiction Society". Flood, Alison (19 June 2009). "Gemmell prize for fantasy goes to Polish novel, Blood of Elves". The Guardian. Retrieved...
manages to arrange a meeting with the Elvesin Umbar, while evading Gondor's efforts to eliminate him. He succeeds in getting the letter to Eloar's brother...
causing the awakening of the Elves. Knowing the danger the Elves were in, the Valar decided to fight Melkor to keep the Elves safe. After defeating and capturing...
universe or the Nightcrawler character from the X-Men universe. Elvesin fantasy fiction and games Fantasy tropes and conventions Donohue syndrome Stover...
inspired him to write in one genre. While Tolkien inspired the genre, Brooks stated during his TEDxRainier talk "Why I Write about Elves", as well as at the...
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