Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 13 - Elves

Aug 4, 200914 min read

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Published: Aug 4, 2009

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Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 13 - Elves

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This week's creature feature is:  Elves.

From Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elves :

An elf is a creature of Germanic mythology... 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.
The first appearance of modern fantasy elves occurred in The King of Elfland's Daughter, a 1924 novel by Lord Dunsany. The next modern work featuring elves was The Hobbit, a 1937 book by J. R. R. Tolkien. Elves played a major role in many of Tolkien's later works, notably The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien's writing has such popularity that in the 1960s and afterwards, elves similar to those in Tolkien's novels became staple non-human characters in high fantasy works and in fantasy role-playing games.
Post-Tolkien fantasy elves (popularized by the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game) tend to be more beautiful and wiser than humans, with sharper senses and perceptions. They are also said to be much more gifted in magic and stronger mentally but not physically (although this can be disputed by comparing human advances in technology to the somewhat rustic elven technology). It used to be that elves didn't have facial hair, and were considered androgynous. However, lately in most media, elves have light facial hair, and larger lips. A hallmark of fantasy elves is also their long and pointed ears (a convention begun with a note of Tolkien's that the ears of elves were "leaf-shaped"). Elves of the Tolkien mold have become standardized staple characters of modern fantasy.

Now, for the features!  Works are featured from various categories, in no particular order:

A Puredrop of Sunshine, my Elf by AreeElf

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queen of the elvish sea's by bahamutssoul

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Legend of Zelda - Link Cosplay by LiKovacs

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Nathyrra, Eladam Heiress by Vyrhelle-VyrL

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Thank you so much for viewing, and come back next week for a different inhabitant of the Realms of Fantasy and Myth!