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Elf

An elf (pl. elves) is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic folklore.

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Etymology

In medieval texts

Post-medieval folklore

Post-medieval elite culture

In popular culture

Equivalents in non-Germanic traditions

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Elf

Nodes278
Edges277
Triples247
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007194
Components1

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Elf

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related to Romantic movement · 37
Elf → Anglicism, As German Romanticism, Christoph Martin Wieland's, Danish, Der Erlkönig, Early, Elb, Elbe, Elben, Elfe, Elveskud, English, Erle, Erlenkönig, Erlking, Erlkönig, Erlkönigs Tochter, German, Germanisation, Germany
related to Early modern elite culture · 28
Elf → Early, Elfe, Elfin, Elizabethan England, Elves, England, Europe, Germany, Here Edmund Spenser's Faerie, However, In Scandinavia, Juliet, Likewise, Meanwhile, Michael Drayton, Midsummer Night's Dream, Prometheus, Queen Mab, Queene, Reformation
related to Europe · 28
Elf → Aos Sí, Celtic-speaking, Elfish, Elves, English, Estonian, Europe, Finnic-speaking, Finnish, French, Gaelic, Greek, In, Indo-European, Italian, Latin, Meanwhile, Other, Romagna, Romance-speaking
related to Christmas elf · 26
Elf → As American Christmas, Canada, Christmas, Christmas-related, German-American, However, Ireland, Nicholas, Night, North Pole, Romantic, Santa Claus, Santa's, Shoemaker, St, St Nicholas, The, The Elves, They, Thomas Nast
related to Britain · 24
Elf → Elf-Knight, Elfland's Nourice, England, English, French, From, However, Issobel Gowdie, James VI, Lady Isabel, Late Middle Ages, Northumbrian English, Puck, Rhymer, Robert Kirk, Robin Goodfellow, Scotland, Scots, Scottish, Tam Lin
related to In proper names · 24
Elf → Alberich, Albio, Albiorix, Alboin, Alfred, Alphart, Alphere, Also, Aquitaine, Celtic, Elgar, English, German, Germanic, Gothic, Icelandic, Of, Old English, Personal, St Alphege
related to Medieval and early modern German texts · 23
Elf → Accordingly, Alpdruck, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, As, Classical, Early Modern German, Elbe, English, Fauns, German, Heinrich, In, It, Middle High German, Minnesang, Morungen's, Scandinavian, Sô, The, The Old High German
related to Fantasy fiction · 17
Elf → Andrew Lang, Dragons, Dungeons, Elfland's Daughter, Grimm, Lord Dunsany, Middle-earth, Post-Tolkien, Rings, Romanticism, The, The Elves, The Hobbit, The King, The Lord, They, Tolkien's
related to Etymology · 13
Elf → Although, Burgundian, During, Germanic, Middle English, Middle Low German, Old English, Old High German, Old Norse, Proto-Germanic, The English, The Old English, These
related to Asia and Oceania · 8
Elf → Arabian, Arabic, Cambodia, Germanic-language, Khmer, Mrenh, Old English, Some

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elves modern english early old beings people word german medieval also however like folklore germanic beliefs often thought century fairy

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Elfis aman0.90text
Old Norse alfrinstance ofwith medieval Germanic terms0.80text
Albiorix.Personal names provide the only evidence for elf in Gothicinstance ofThese names may have been influenced by Celtic names beginning in Albio-0.80text
which must have had the wordinstance ofThese names may have been influenced by Celtic names beginning in Albio-0.80text
koboldsinstance ofEven though Wichtelmänner are akin to beings0.80text
dwarvesinstance ofEven though Wichtelmänner are akin to beings0.80text
browniesinstance ofEven though Wichtelmänner are akin to beings0.80text
the tale was translated into English by Margaret Hunt in 1884 as The Elvesinstance ofEven though Wichtelmänner are akin to beings0.80text
the Shoemakerinstance ofEven though Wichtelmänner are akin to beings0.80text
Andrew Langinstance ofin which nineteenth-century scholars0.80text
the Grimm brothers collected fairy stories from folkloreinstance ofin which nineteenth-century scholars0.80text
in some cases retold them freely.A pioneering work of the fantasy genre was The King of Elfland's Daughterinstance ofin which nineteenth-century scholars0.80text

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