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3 unusual facts about elves


Elves' Hill

In the eighth Olsen Gang movie (Olsen-banden ser rødt), the Olsen gang bombs, drills, and hammers its way through the opera house's basement in synchronicity with the music of the Elverhøj Overture.

Karise

The title of the Danish national play Elves' Hill (Danish: Elverhøj) refers to a small mound situated 2.5 kilometers northeast of Karise.

Stevns Municipality

Stevns is also home to Elverhøj (Elves' Hill), while not much of an attraction, it is famous for the fairy tale The Elf Mound by H.C. Andersen and the Danish national play Elves' Hill, both of which in Danish share the name Elverhøj.


Babes in the Woods

It is a re-working of the British folk tale Babes in the Wood, with some material incorporated from Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm, and the addition of a village of friendly elves (a feature not traditionally present in either tale) and a happy ending.

Characters of Warcraft

When the scourge invaded Quel'thalas during the events of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Sylvanas valiantly defended her homeland, delaying the scourge while the high elves attempted to create a defense.

Christmas elf

A team of elves features prominently in the Rankin-Bass 1964 special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, including a "misfit" elf named Hermey who does not desire to make toys and instead wants to pursue a career in dentistry.

Daggerford

After the Fallen Kingdom of the elves retreated to Evermeet, the Kingdom of Man controlled the region and Daggerford's environs included all territory bordered on the north by Floshin, on the west by the Lizardmarsh, on the south by Dragonspear Castle, and on the east by the Misty Forest, although that territory is far reduced today.

Dark elf

Moriquendi, a fictional race of elves in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium

Dvalinn

In Hávamál, Dvalin is said to have introduced the writing of runes to the dwarves, as Dain had done for the elves and Odin for the gods.

Elendil

With them they took the palantíri, the "Seeing Stones" that were given to the Lords of Andúnië by the Elves of Tol Eressëa, and a seedling of Nimloth, the White Tree of Númenor.

Elf Bowling

Both during the game and after a game finishes, the elves do a dance, shouting "Elf elf, baby!" in reference to Vanilla Ice's song "Ice Ice Baby".

Eriol

Ælfwine of England, a character of J. R. R. Tolkien that the Elves call Eriol

Evermeet

Evermeet was the subject of a second edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook called Elves of Evermeet, by Anthony Pryor (1994).

Fourth Age

He notes elsewhere in The Silmarillion, however, that the Elves count their own dwindling from the time of the first rise of the Sun, and some epithets for the Sun by the Elves refer to it in that context.

Frequencies from Planet Ten

Saruman is an evil wizard and Lothlórien is a mythical forest which is home to a race of elves.

Holiday for Shoestrings

The cartoon is done largely in pantomime, with the occasional (unintelligble) bickering of elves, many of which look like miniature versions of Elmer Fudd with elf-like ears (anticipating a similar role played by Elmer 10 years later).

The elves drag Jake back to bed, tie him down a la Gulliver, and are seen dragging the golf clubs out of the house for themselves to play a round with, at iris-out.

Honoured Enemy

Hartraft's Marauders, a band of kingdom raiders have come across a Tsurani patrol at a garrison overrun by moredhel (dark elves).

House of Telcontar

King Eldarion (his name meaning "from the Elves" in reference to his mother Arwen) was "full ripe for kingship" at the time, and ruled for an unspecified amount of time well into the Fourth Age of Men.

Jingle Belle

The summer 2001 one-shot special, "Jingle Belle: The Mighty Elves" was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Humor Book.

Keebler Company

The first Keebler elves were drawn by children's author/illustrator and commercial artist Roger Bradfield.

Middenheim

Middenheim is a cosmopolitan place, with a sizable population of Dwarfs, many Halfling and even a few Elves.

Muddle Earth

Scared of nothing, apart from elves (Her only appearance in the CBBC series was in the episode "Randalf's Memory Meltdown")- Éowyn

Philippine mythical creatures

Nuno sa punso (literally, goblin of the mound) are goblins or elves who live within mysterious lumps of soil (ant hills).

PopPixie

The show features magical creatures such as Pixies, elves, gnomes and magical animals who all live in an amazing place called Pixieville.

Realms of the Elves

Realms of the Elves is a fantasy anthology novel edited by Philip Athans, set in the world of the Forgotten Realms, and based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

Realms of the Elves is an anthology of seven short stories written by Richard Lee Byers, Philip Athans, Lisa Smedman, Erik Scott de Bie, R.A. Salvatore, Ed Greenwood, and Richard Baker.

Ruling Queens of Númenor

A similar principle was used by the High Kings of the Noldorin Elves, with whom the Edain of Númenor had had extensive dealings.

Silvan Elves

Many of them were later ruled over by a small population of social elites who were Sindar (Grey Elves) or even Noldor (High Elves).

In the 1977 animated adaption of The Hobbit, The Wood Elves are depicted as having fair hair and pale lavender skin, with clothing predominantly brown and olive coloured garb.

According to notes made by Tolkien after the publication of Lord of the Rings and found in Unfinished Tales, Oropher, the Sindarin king of the Silvan Elves of Mirkwood, or Greenwood the Great as it was then known, raised a large force as part of the Last Alliance to overthrow Sauron.

Teleri

The Teleri were more slender and perhaps slightly shorter on average than the Noldor and Vanyar, though Thingol was recounted as the tallest of all Men and Elves.

In the early versions of Tolkien's mythology (see: The History of Middle-earth), they were known as Solosimpi ("Pipers of the Shores"), while the name Teleri was given to the clan of Elves known in the published version of The Silmarillion as Vanyar.

The Teleri were sundered from the first two clans, the Vanyar and the Noldor, first because some, after seeing the Hithaeglir (Misty Mountains), dispersed from the journey; these elves would become known as the Nandor and/or Silvan Elves.

Thaurorod

The band name is in Sindarin, a fictional language spoken by elves in J.R.R. Tolkien’s books, and it means “Evil Mountain”, or more accurately, "The Mountain of Horror".

The Book of Lost Tales

#"The Flight of the Noldoli" — "Noldoli" are the Elves later called Noldor

The Elf Queen of Shannara

Tiger Ty, the Wing Rider, carried Wren Ohmsford and her friend Garth to the only clear landing site on the island of Morrowindl, where the Elves might still exist.

The Lays of Beleriand

There is an inscription in the Fëanorian characters (Tengwar, an alphabet Tolkien has devised for High-Elves) in the first pages of every History of Middle-earth volume, written by Christopher Tolkien and describing the contents of the book.

The Missing Ring

The Missing Ring is a fantasy adventure game with a similar premise to the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game series—a band of adventurers, which may include humans, elves, dwarves or wizards, enters an enchanted palace to seek treasure and slay enemies.

The Shadow Elves

GAZ13 The Shadow Elves was written by Carl Sargent and Gary Thomas, with a cover by Clyde Caldwell, and was published by TSR in 1990 as a 64-page booklet and a 32-page booklet, with a large color map and an outer folder.

Thrandina

The genus is a contraction of Thranduil, the king of Mirkwood elves in J.R.R. Tolkien's mythology, which, as Thrandina, inhabit shady forests, and andina, referring to the Andean habitat.

Three Rings Design

The company is named after the Three Rings of the Elves in Tolkien mythology, and the names of the Three Rings show up in various places throughout Puzzle Pirates such as in the name of the developer flag, Narya.

Tipsy Elves

The Tipsy Elves owners appeared on the December 13, 2013 episode of Shark Tank, in which it received $100,000 in funding from investor Robert Herjavec.

Warhammer Fantasy Battle

Several boxed campaign packs were produced, Tears of Isha for example, gave a campaign for High Elves and included a card "building" to assemble.


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