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Alfheim (, " elf home ") is one of the Nine Worlds and home of the Light Elves in Norse mythology and appears also in Anglo-Scottish ballads under the form Elfhame ( Elphame, Elfame ) as a fairyland, sometimes modernized as Elfland ( Elfinland, Elvenland ).
Álfheim as an abode of the Elves is mentioned only twice in Old Norse texts.
Kirk who provided the first translation into Gaidhlig of the Book of Psalms, however, he is better remembered for the publication of his book " The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies " in 1691.
The smith hero Völundr is identified as ' Ruler of Elves ' ( vísi álfa ) and ' One among the Elven Folk ' ( álfa ljóði ), in the poem Völundarkviða, whose later prose introduction also identifies him as the son of a king of ' Finnar ', an Arctic people respected for their shamanic magic ( most likely, the sami ).
Even though Wichtelmänner are akin to beings such as kobolds, dwarves and brownies, the tale has been translated into English as The Elves and the Shoemaker, and is echoed in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter stories ( see House-elf ).
J. R. R. Tolkien, in the legendarium surrounding his Elves, uses " Gnomes " as a name of the Noldor, the most gifted and technologically minded of his elvish races, in conscious exploitation of the similarity with gnomic ; Gnomes is thus Tolkien's English loan-translation of Quenya Noldor, " those with knowledge ".
Þrymr sees Loki, and asks what could be amiss among the Æsir and the Elves ; why is Loki alone in the Jötunheimr?
* Avarin is the language of various Elves of the Second and Third Clans, who refused to come to Valinor.
Below is a family tree of the Elvish languages, showing how the Primitive Quendian word kwendī " people " ( later meaning " Elves ") was altered in the descendant languages.
The Lonely Mountain: Lair of Smaug the Dragon is a board game produced in 1985 by Iron Crown Enterprises, designed by Coleman Charlton which features groups of adventurers, either Dwarves, Elves, Orcs or Men entering Smaug's Lair to capture his treasure before he awakens.
The campaign itself is divided into five sections, with the first acting as a tutorial, and the others telling the story from the point of view of the humans of Lordaeron, the Undead Scourge, the Orcs, and the Night Elves, in that order.
Tyrande Whisperwind, leader of the Night Elves, is outraged to find the Humans and Orcs violating the forests and blames them for Cenarius ' death, so she initially vows to destroy both.
He is one of the Istari or Wizards who were sent by the angelic Valar to aid the Elves and Men of Middle-earth in their struggle against the Dark Lord Sauron.
In Peter Jackson's live action adaptation of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Gimli's character is occasionally used as comic relief and several of his appearances are intended to emphasize the difference between the Dwarves and Elves.
The name Atani becomes Edain in Sindarin, but this term is later only applied to those Men who are friendly to the Elves.
After the downfall of the Dark Lord Morgoth at the end of the First Age ( which is described in the Quenta Silmarillion ) the Edain, those Men who had aided the Elves in their war against Melkor were given Númenor, a new small continent of their own, free from the evil and sadness of Middle-earth.
At the end of the First Age, the Valar ( whose power governs the world ) unite with Men and Elves to defeat Morgoth, who is captured and cast into the Void.
Anárion died first before Sauron broke the siege and the mighty king of the Elves, Gil-galad challenges Sauron to a duel, and is slain in combat.
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Lothlórien is the fairest forest realm of the Elves remaining in Middle-earth during the Third Age.
The realm plays an important part in The Lord of the Rings as the Elven centre of resistance against Sauron and is a symbol for the Elves ' aesthetics of preservation which provides a space ' out of time ' for the characters who both live and visit there.
Arda was created, together with the rest of Eä, through the Music of the Ainur for the Children of Ilúvatar ( that is, Elves and Men ).
Only in Valinor was this fading delayed, which is one reason all Elves had no choice but to go to Valinor in the end.
While Valinor proper is the part of Aman inside the Pelóri, the " shore of Valinor " where the Elves live is considered a part of Valinor as well.

Elves and for
The High King of the Elves in the West was Ingwë, an echo of the name Yngvi often found as a name for Frey, whose abode was in Álfheim according to the Grímnismál.
In The Father Christmas Letters, which Tolkien wrote for his children, Red Gnomes are helpful creatures who come from Norway to the North Pole to assist Father Christmas and his Elves in fighting the wicked Goblins.
However, the Men of Esgaroth, supported by Thranduil and the Elves of Mirkwood, demanded a part of the dragon's hoard as recompense for the destruction.
These were in addition to the three Celebrimbor forged, untainted by Sauron's evil, for the Elves.
Meanwhile, the Warsong Clan are left behind in Ashenvale to build a permanent settlement, but anger the Night Elves and their demigod Cenarius by cutting down the forests for resources.
The Humans, Orcs, and Night Elves form a reluctant alliance to spring a trap on the Burning Legion, and delay it long enough for many ancestral spirits to destroy Archimonde at Mount Hyjal.
Each of the four playable races has different music: monastic music for the humans ; ambient and Native American-sounding music for the Night Elves ; warlike African-sounding music for the Orcs ; and fast, haunting music for the Undead.
After Sam and Rose's first child was born it was revealed that Frodo would leave Middle-earth, along with Bilbo ( Sam's old hero ), Gandalf and most of the remaining High Elves ( Wood Elves had no part of this exodus from Middle-earth ), for the Undying Lands.
Upon seeing this, and understanding that Aulë had not acted in defiance or intent for domination, Ilúvatar decided that their creation was not an evil deed and sanctified them, though he did not allow them to " awake " before the Elves ( whom he had designated as " The Firstborn ").
Elves are immortal, in the sense that they do not perceivably age, and even if their bodies are slain, their spirits remain bound to the world, going to the Halls of Mandos, where they are later re-embodied ; a cycle that will perpetuate for them until the world ends.
Elves are thus tied to the world for as long as it lasts.
They wanted to become immortal like the Elves and enjoy their accumulated power for all time.
This proved to be disastrous for the Elves in the Nírnaeth Arnoediad when Ulfang and his clan switched sides and defected to Morgoth, while Bór and his sons died bravely fighting on the side of the Eldar.
They lived among the Folk of Haleth in the First Age and were held as Edain by the Elves, who called them Drúedain ( from Drûg, Halethian name for them, plus Edain ).
Three were intended for the Elves, Seven for Dwarves, Nine for Men, and one, the One Ring, was created by Sauron himself in Mount Doom.

Elves and Light
The Light Elves are brighter than the sun in appearance, but the Dark Elves are blacker than pitch.
In the fictional universe of J. R. R. Tolkien, Calaquendi means in Quenya " Light-folk ", but was often translated " Elves of the Light ".
Both words were made by the party favourable to the Vala Oromë, and referred originally to Elves who desired the Light of Valinor versus Elves who did not wish to leave Middle-earth.
The Sindar are " grey " perhaps because they were not Elves of the Light, never having actually set foot in Valinor, but neither were they Avari, since they did accept the invitation and set out on the journey ( and therefore were technically counted among the Eldar ).
The Teleri of Eglador, the northlands ( Mithrim ), and the Falas were collectively known as the Sindar, or Grey Elves, in later days, because they developed a civilization all its own, which almost equalled that of the Calaquendi or Light Elves of Valinor.
The Vanyar, the Noldor, and those of the Teleri who reached Valinor are called the Calaquendi ( Elves of Light ) because they saw the Two Trees.
In the language of the Noldor in Aman all other Elves were called the Moriquendi ( Elves of Darkness ) in recognition of the fact that they did not see ( and did not desire ) the Light of Valinor, but later the Sindar were counted among neither of these groups.
Both words were made by the party favourable to the Vala Oromë, and referred originally to Elves who desired the Light of Valinor versus Elves who did not wish to leave Middle-earth.
The lios alfar or Light Elves, live in Daniloth, a beautiful land in the northwest corner of the land which they have of necessity wrapped in a confusing mist as protection from Maugrim and others who wish them evil.
*** Vanyar — Light Elves
As the horde of Archaon rampaged through Kislev and into the Empire, Emperor Karl Franz invited envoys from the neighbouring kingdoms, as well as representatives of the High Elves and from the Dwarfs to the " Conclave of Light ".
* Elvandar-Forest city and home of the Elves known in their own language as Eledhel ( People of Light ) and later remnants of the Eldar, Glamredhel ( People of Madness ) and Ocedhel ( People of the Sea ) as well as some ' returned ' Moredhel ( People of Darkness ).
* Radiata Stories features beings called Light Elves which have an appearance more like a fairy or pixie than of a traditional elf.

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