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Immortal, gorgeous, and far older than your problems — yet still doing manual toy labor.
pre-tolkienOld Norse elves caused diseases called elf-shot
name rootAlfred literally means elf-counsel
shoemakersGrimm's elves worked nights, fled when paid
icelandRoads still rerouted to avoid elf homes
size shiftOnce human-sized, shrank to tiny in folklore