thumb|upright=1.35|Ängsälvor (Swedish "Meadow Elves") by Nils Blommér (1850)
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- Etymology
- In proper names
- In medieval texts
- Medieval English-language sources
- As causes of illnesses
- "Elf-shot"
- Size, appearance, and sexuality
- Decline in the use of the word ''elf''
- Old Norse texts
- Mythological texts
- Other sources
- Medieval and early modern German texts
- Post-medieval folklore
- Britain
- Scandinavia
- Terminology
- Appearance and behaviour
- In ballads
- As causes of illness
- Modern continuations
- Post-medieval elite culture
- Early modern elite culture
- The Romantic movement
- In popular culture
- Christmas elf
- Fantasy fiction
- Equivalents in non-Germanic traditions
- Europe
- Asia and Oceania
- Relationship with reality
- Reality and perception
- Integration into Christian cosmologies
- Demythologising elves as indigenous peoples
- Demythologising elves as people with illness or disability
- See also
- Footnotes
- Citations
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=1.35|Ängsälvor (Swedish "Meadow Elves") by Nils Blommér (1850)
An elf () is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic folklore. Elves appear especially in North Germanic mythology, being mentioned in the Icelandic Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda.