When you think of mythical creatures, you often think of elves. Quite different from the feelings that ogres and trolls evoke, elves are looked at as some friendly and hearty mythical creatures. Even during Christmas, you will see elves surrounding Santa Claus as part of the process of manufacturing gifts and toys. The following are some interesting things that you can learn about Elves.
1) The elves came from the same place a the Trolls, from Norse mythology. At first, Elves were viewed as some divine creatures that had magic powers. It is after that, that they became in two kinds, the evil elves and the friendlier and good-natured elves. The elves feature in other modern mythologies across Europe too. These are Germany, Iceland and Scandinavian.
2) In terms of looks, recent folklore depictions have them as some smooth faced creatures with immature looks. They normally live scattered around the hills, living under rocks or around wells.
A quick look at the elves and you will get the impression that they are not creatures that grow old. They will often have childlike mischief and are playful.
3) In the United States, Elves are mostly viewed as Santa's little helpers. They hang around the North Pole and help Santa Claus manufacture toys. They are normally clad in red and green.
Most of the Santa Claus movies of Christmas will have elves in them. They are the creatures that have pointy noses and long ears.
4) Some other variations of Fantasy Elves are those in productions such as Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. In the gaming scene, Dungeons & Dragons features them well. They normally look like neat and attractive creatures but are not physically gifted with strength.
5) Christmas Elves do not look so much like Elves. Most of them have very little obvious telling signs that they are elves. The only ones that even a politician would have a hard time defending are Elven and Elfin of the Keebler Cookies fame.
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