Whats the difference between elves, trolls and goblins?
ELF An elf is a creature of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally imagined as a race of minor nature and fertility gods, who are often pictured as youthful-seeming men and women of great beauty living in forests and underground places and caves, or in wells and springs. They have been portrayed to be long-lived or immortal and as beings of magical powers. They are also called: Danish: Elver, elverfolk, huldrer or alfer (note alfer today translates to fairies). . Dutch: elf, elfen, elven, alven. English: (Old English) ylf; (Middle English) albe; (Current) elf, elves. German: Elb (m) Elbe (f), Elben; Alb (m) “incubus”; from the English: Elf (m), Elfe (f), Elfen “fairies”.[1] Icelandic: álfar, álfafólk and huldufólk (hidden people). Old Norse: álfar. Swedish: alfer, alver or älvor (note Älvor today translates to fairies). Norwegian: alv, alven, alver, alvene / alvefolket (note alvefolket today translates to elfpeople) The word elf (álf) may possibly trace back as far as the theore
