Elves

thumb|upright=1.35|Ängsälvor (Swedish "Meadow Elves") by Nils Blommér (1850)

thumb|right|Dancing Elves, by August Malmström, 1866 In Norse cosmology, Álfheimr (Old Norse: , "Land of the Elves" or "Elfland"; anglicized as Alfheim), also called "Ljósálfheimr" ( , "home of the Light Elves"), is home of the Light Elves.

thumb|upright=1.2|Der Wechselbalg by Henry Fuseli, 1781

thumb|alt=kobold of Hildesheim|The kobold of Hildesheim

legendary creature

A pixie (also called pisky, pixy, pixi, pizkie, piskie, or pigsie in parts of Cornwall and Devon) is a mythical creature of British folklore. Pixies are speculated to be particularly concentrated in the high moorland areas around Cornwall and Devon, suggesting some Celtic origin for the belief and name. However, the word 'pixie' (under various forms) also appears in Dorset, Somerset and to a lesser extent in Sussex, Wiltshire and Hampshire.

thumb|Sigurd killing Regin in an engraving from the Hylestad Stave Church thumb|The decapitated Regin in the Ramsund carving In Norse mythology, Reginn (; often anglicized as Regin or Regan) is a son of Hreiðmarr and the foster father of Sigurð. His brothers are Fáfnir and Ótr.

fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm

thumb|Alberich seduces the king's mother (a scene from Ortnit, 1480 woodcut) thumb|Alberich (with whip) drives on the Nibelung dwarfs, who collect gold and other treasures. ([[Arthur Rackham, 1910)]] thumb|Sigurd|Siegfried wrestles with Alberich ([[Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1843)]] In German heroic legend, Alberich () is a dwarf. He features most prominently in the poems Nibelungenlied and Ortnit. He also features in the Old Norse collection of German legends called the Thidreksaga under the name Alfrikr. His name consists of the elements alb ("elf") and ric "power" or "ruler". It is equi

A hobgoblin is a household spirit, appearing in English folklore, once considered helpful, but which since the spread of Christianity has often been considered mischievous. Shakespeare identifies the character of Puck in his ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' as a hobgoblin.

Norse mythical character

In Nordic folklore, including the Northern Isles, hidden-folk (Faroese and Icelandic: ; Norwegian: ), mound-folk (, ), mountain-folk (, ; ), subterraneans (, ; Gutnish: di sma undar jordi, "the small underground"; , roughly "grounders"), among other names (, Insular Scots: trow, drow), are collective names for a loose race or conglomeration of elves, wights, brownies (Nordic: nisse), trolls, and thereof. They are supernatural beings that live in nature. They look and behave similarly to humans, but live in a parallel world. They can make themselves visible at will. cites a 19th-century Iceland

Four stags in the Prose Edda

Two classes of elves in norse mythology

nightmare creature originating in German folklore

A half-elf is a mythological or fictional being, born of an immortal elf and a mortal human. They are often depicted as very beautiful and endowed with magical powers; they may be presented as torn between the two worlds that they inhabit. Half-elves became known in modern times mainly through J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings but have origins in Norse mythology. A half-elf appeared in Lord Dunsany's 1924 book ''The King of Elfland's Daughter''.

mythological figures in Welsh folklore

traditional song

dwarf in Norse mythology

thumb|Artistic representation of a squasc. The squasc (pronounced ) is a mythological being of the Eastern Lombardy region folklore.

traditional song

thumb|Woodcarving of Slattenpatten from 1668 in Vejlø church, Denmark. Artist: Abel Schrøder

organization teaching about Icelandic folklore

troll-like creature from Shetland and Orkney Island folklore