What is an elf?

Genie is a product of legend, a beautiful guide in poetry and a symbol of life hidden in everything. Let's take a look at the types of elves:

ELF

Elf, which appears in many fantasy works and RPG games, is very similar to human beings. It has pointed ears and is a beautiful and long-lived race. Generally, they take the forest as their home (dark elves live underground), love nature, have delicate feelings and beautiful voices, and are born poets and dancers. In dim conditions, the vision is twice that of people, so he has mastered superb archery; Extensive knowledge and high talent for magic. Elves usually live to be over 7 years old, which is why they are always in no hurry. Elves are always willing to spend a lot of time on things that human beings can't understand: listening to the gurgling water, birds singing in the forest and the wind blowing ... For elves, the meaning of life lies in slowly discovering beautiful places and fully enjoying them. It is also difficult for them to establish deep friendship with short-lived races, and it is really painful to see their friends die while they still have endless lives to spend.

Light elf

is shorter and slimmer than human beings, with long ears, clear love and hate, delicate emotions and beautiful melody. Most of them live in forests or caves, like natural beauty, dancing and frolicking. Their humor shines with wisdom like their songs and poems, and their good weapons are bows and swords. In the "forgotten country", there are five kinds of elves: Golden Elves, Moon Elves, Wild Elves, Sea Elves and Delaur. There are

Dark elf (or Drow drow)

black elves in Dragon Gun, such as Queling Nasti, Sivanasti, Kagonasti, Daganasti, etc. They live in underground caves or deep forests, believe in some evil gods marked by spider totems, and are protected by dark forces. He is about 16 cm tall and weighs about 5 kg. He has black or dark purple skin and silvery white hair. He is quite resistant to magic and is not afraid of the invasion of toxins, but his resistance to fire and cold is very poor.

Half elf

half elf is a hybrid of human and elf. They are a little taller and stronger than other elves. The biggest difference between half-elves and other elves is that they grow beards, which makes them easy to identify their human ancestry. Elves reject half-elves very much and don't think they belong to elves at all; Although human beings can accommodate them better because of their beautiful appearance, they also reject their half-blood of elves.

there are also high elves, which have survived from the mythical times and their close relatives.

Famous elves such as Lolana and Alhanna in Dragon Gun. Starlight, half-elf tanis; In the Rhode Island series, Tito Ritter, the black elf Birotis; Drizzt, the dark elf in the "Forgotten Country" series, etc.

Other "elves" also known as elves:

Goblin

Red Hat (see Redcap) and other evil elves, who are small in size, like to play pranks and create disasters, and usually live in dark places. According to legend, their smiles will coagulate blood, while their laughter will make the fruits fall from the trees one after another. Even the witch can't allow him to enter the house. She is not afraid of Goebbelin, but she feels an eyesore at the sight of him.

Goebbels entered France through the cracks in the Pyrenees. After successfully rushing to the beach, it quickly spread to the whole of Europe, and sneaked into Britain by diving into the Viking dragon boat. British druids called them "Robin Goblin", which was later called "Goblin" for short.

The average Goblin doesn't cause much trouble, but just plays some irritating or uncomfortable pranks, such as creating nightmares and pouring them into the ears of sleepers for fun. Goebbels has a talent for design, but he is only limited to using snakes, dragons or basilix (snake-like monsters) as a blueprint to slip his mouth and paint. They can communicate with flies, wasps, mosquitoes and bumblebees. Their favorite summer pastime is to drive these insects to attack humans and horses, and then watch the drama. They like to harass domestic horses or wild horses. When they see horses stomping or dawdling in the sand, you can be sure that they must have these uninvited guests.

Goblin has no fixed residence. They always stay in rock cracks and roots, but they can't settle down and move again soon.

Other evil spirits are described as "they are extremely ugly evil spirits, wearing round hats and pointed shoes, and dragging a long furry tail. They look like extremely terrible little demons.

Redcap

is an evil and ferocious Goblin, who lives in an abandoned castle or watchtower on the border between Scotland and England. He changes his residence from time to time to avoid attracting other people's attention.

Short and stout, he looks like an old man. He has long white beard and a pair of bold red eyes. His hands are sharp talons, and he has no palms. He wears a red hat on his head and a pair of iron boots on his feet. He runs very fast.

The red hat will hunt human blood, immerse it in a pool of blood, and keep its bright color. No matter how tough a man is, he can't compete with the red hat. The only way to avoid it is to read a passage from the Bible, so that he will disappear without a trace.

Imp (imp)

comes from English legend, which means "urchin" in English. There are many descriptions of its appearance, and they are all different. They live in swamps in England. On land, she will ride a horse as ugly as her and run around.

Generally, the devil is very small, only about 1/2 to 1/4 of the height of a human being. He has wings and is good at sneak attack. The breath from Imp's mouth will kill plants and make animals sick. Many times it is an evil demon or a wizard's messenger and monitor. The little devil called out for the general magic circle can only learn primary mantras and illusions.

In Diablo II, there is a monster named Demom imp. It is short, with goat legs, short and curved tail and little body hair. It wears a dark vest, and its hair is white or light gray, hanging down from both sides of its head closely, which looks like a puppet from a distance.

In folklore, good elves don't associate with people, so people see evil elves, but in fact, many elves just like to play tricks on people and play pranks.

other mischievous elves:

HobGoblin

Hobgoblin is just the opposite of goblin, which refers to those friendly elves, such as Brownies and Bogles introduced above. Most of these elves live alone, are kind and friendly, and sometimes they get some practical jokes. Puck (see puck), a mischievous elf described by Shakespeare in A Midsummer Night's Dream, is a typical Hobgoblin. The following is a dialogue between Shakespeare's fairy and Puck, from which we can see the naughty character:

"Fairy, if I didn't mistake you, you would probably be a sly and naughty elf named Robin, a good man. You are the girl who likes to scare the country, and you pinch off the cream from other people's milk, so that the panting housewife can't stir up the cream all day; Sometimes you secretly grind grain for others, and sometimes you break the wine so that it can't ferment; People who walk at night, you lead them to get lost, but you hide and snicker; Whoever calls you' Big Fairy' or' Good Puck', you give him luck and help him with his work: Is that you?

Puck: "Fairy, you are right; I am the happy night walker. I came up with all kinds of jokes in front of Aublanc to make him laugh. When I saw a fat and lean horse, I learned the neigh of the female horse and lost my head. Sometimes I turn into a baked wild apple and hide in the old woman's wine bowl. When she raises the bowl and wants to drink it, I will pat it on her lips and pour a bowl of ale on her wrinkled throat. Sometimes I turn into a three-legged stool, and just as my worldly-wise aunt is about to sit down and tell her story seriously, I slip off her ass, turn her over into a big ingot and shout,' Good boy!' I couldn't stop coughing, so everyone around me laughed my head off. The more they thought about it, the funnier they became, and their noses and tears burst out laughing, swearing that they had never met anything more interesting than this.

Pixie (Pixie)

A legendary mischievous elf, also known as "Pixy", appeared in Somerset, Dion and Cornwall in southwest England. Where they came from is unknown. Some people think that they came to England with the Phoenicians and moved to Devon and Sam in the East. It is also said that Pixii was the earliest resident of England. During the Roman rule, Faerie followed him to England. Pixii first welcomed him, and later worried that his home would be in danger, so he rebelled until Faerie withdrew from these three counties.

These elves are not much bigger than the palm of a man's hand (but they can change their size at will). They are humanoid, with red hair and green eyes, upturned noses, and always have a naughty smile on their corners. Both men and women wear tight green clothes. This costume is the best cover in the dense grasslands of England. ) Mature men with red hair and green eyes are usually changed by Pixii.

Their favorite practical joke is to get people lost, but you can avoid them by wearing your coat upside down. Sometimes, Pixie is so fascinated that he can't recover his mind, wandering around in the country and reciting some language that no one understands. This situation is called "Pixie possessed". In order to please these elves, local people usually leave a bucket of water at the door at night to give Pixie to wash their babies, or leave some milk for little Pixie to drink, or clean the fireplace and give them a place to dance.

Puck (Puck)

Pixie-like elf with green tights. Living in the countryside of several counties in southern England, unlike Pixie, they have a good relationship with another group of elf witches (see Faerie). When Faerie dances at midnight, they often accompany them with willow flutes.

In some ways, Puck is very similar to Pastor Pan. They take care of all the animals and plants in the forest and Yuan Ye. Unlike Pan, he has no interest in sheep and other livestock. He only loves squirrels, rabbits, foxes and other wild animals in the forest.

They also like to play harmless jokes on human beings, and they will play tricks on those treacherous heart breaker. It is said that they like to dance to the rhythm of bagpipes. In Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, there is also a Puck (also known as the good guy Robin), but that Puck is actually a naughty boy (see Hobgoblin).

Gremlin (Goranlin)

Naughty elf who is familiar with all kinds of tools and machinery is a distant relative of goblins and goblins. Like goblins, they were elves who benefited mankind in the early days. They can make tools faster and more sophisticated, and they can also improve craftsmen's skills and enlighten craftsmen's inventions.

If mankind had discovered Goranlin's contribution to the development of science and technology earlier, history might have changed. It's a pity that most engineers don't know the painstaking efforts of Goranlin, and they monopolize the credit for all kinds of inventions, leaving them no glory. So Goranlin changed his perception of human beings. Now, they not only don't help, but also use their knowledge of tools and machinery to make things difficult for human beings, so that people can't escape the ravages of the "Goran Lin effect" in making all kinds of tools and machinery.

Speaking of the "Gollum effect", for example, when nailing a nail, the hammer suddenly changed direction and struck a note on the thumb; When sawing the board, I encountered a difficult knot; When the ceiling is pink, the paint always falls down along the arm ...

Every family has a Goranlin, which has been moved in with household machines such as sewing machines from generation to generation. Small mistakes in home life: the bath water will be cold and hot for a while, and the car puncture when going to work is all their tricks. During World War II, it was also said that Goran Lin would destroy the engine of the plane.

Leprechaun (shoe elf, leprechaun)

Irish legendary elves who can make shoes usually wear green clothes, a leather apron, silver button shoes, red hats and a pair of glasses on their pointed noses. The biggest feature of these shoe elves is that they are good at making shoes, but they only make one at a time and never finish a pair. Like Brownie, they like to play tricks on human beings, and they are very sensitive and can quickly avoid people's sight. If you are very lucky to catch him, he will tell you the hiding place of the secret treasure. On the way they take you to dig for the treasure, you must keep an eye on him, otherwise they will disappear without a trace if you move away. Another way of saying it is that they hide gold in holes, and mark the hiding place with rainbows. Where is the end of the rainbow, there is gold! Legend has it that as long as Leprachaun is caught and made to obey, it can be forced to take you to the end of the rainbow and find wealth.

Bodach (Bedak)

In Scottish Gaelic, "Bodach" means "old man". This kind of elf will get into the house from the chimney, steal the unsuspecting children or scare them, and the children will have nightmares after it enters the house. It is said that Bedak only bothers naughty children. In order to prevent it from getting in through the chimney, salt can be sprinkled in the fireplace, because Bedak hates walking on salt.

There are two similar monsters, also from Scotland. One is Poggi, an elf who usually hides in cupboards and wardrobes, likes darkness and pranks, and will be deformed, such as turning into a pile of dust. The other is Boggart (troublemaker):

This kind of elf is very similar to goblins. He often wears tattered and dirty clothes, with dark skin, thatched hair, fingers touching the east and west, and his feet are very inflexible.

The signs of troublemakers can be detected by frequent situations at home, or by constant noises after dark. When they appear, they will push down milk bottles, tear off curtain straps, prevent hens from laying eggs, frighten cats, make dogs bark unreasonably, slam the door hard, deliberately let the faucet run, block the ditch, blow out candles, pinch the nose of sleeping babies and wake them up (Oh, my God! )

The problem is that no one knows how to appease them or how to drive them away. The owner harassed by the troublemaker has no choice but to move. And move as soon as possible, otherwise the troublemaker will hide in the furniture and move to the new house with the owner.

Bendith (Bandis)

The goblins in Welsh legend, these ugly monsters are probably "hybrids" between the little witch (see Faerie) and the goblins (see Goblin). They like to take children away and replace them with their own children (Crimbil). The rescued children usually don't remember anything but some sweet music.

Cluricains

Wearing a white shirt, knee-length shorts, stockings and silver inlay.