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-Elves first appeared in Norse Myths.                                              -The are graceful creatures that are as happy and bright as the sun

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-First appeared in Greek myths
-They where giant monster who fought the Olympian Gods

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Elves, Giants, etc…, and Modern Pop Culture 

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Elves, Giants, etc…, and Modern Pop Culture 

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-Thanks to The Lord of the Rings elves have become popular in modern entertainment.
-Many popular games and books have been inspired by Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, such as Dungeons and Dragons, and the Keebler elf.

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In many early German Folktales elves are evil creatures who have close ties with the devil. 😈

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For their own enjoyment, many times in German folktales elves would swap their deformmd children for human ones.

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Many People Blamed their Problems on Elves

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Many People Blamed their Problems on Elves

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-It was said that elves where often responsible for plagues and bad luck

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From the Lord of the Rings, Tolkien was inspired by the dark elves in Norse myths

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-In Norse Myths there where also elves that were ugly also less virtuous but not evil.
-They lived deep underground.
-They where NOT dwarves

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-Tolkien was inspired by many of the elves of Norse myths

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-Tolkien was the first “Modern” author to make them more human, yet they are still magical.
-This was one of the reasons that Tolkien made elves ears pointy, to show that they are almost human but still magical

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-Many elves in German folk tales were mischievous and petite

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What are Elves and what Myths Inspired them?

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What are Elves and what Myths Inspired them?

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What are Giants and what Myths Inspired them?

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What are Giants and what Myths Inspired them?

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-Before the gods fearsome frost giants roamed the land
-From their dead bodies elves were born.
-The giants skull also became the earth.

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-Tolkien was inspired by the frost giants of Norse myths.
-He made them his own by making them the fearsome giant rock monsters we read about

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Elves and Giants Come from many different myths and legends, primarily from Northern Europe and often are connected.

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Elves and Giants Come from many different myths and legends, primarily from Northern Europe and often are connected.

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-Giants were the offspring Gaia, the earth and Uranus, the sky.
Uranus was afraid that they would be too powerful and overthrow him. Thus he imprisoned them deep within the earth.  -Unfortunately he was incorrect and their brothers, the Titans ended up killing him.

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-Giants are in lots of popular modern fairy tales such as Jack and the Bean Stalk.
*I don’t know why it says Irvington, but I can’t delete it

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-Lots of folktales in Germany portray Giants as big stupid creatures that are cannibals.

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By Ellen Karakosta Elves: A Concise History The Writers Initiative February 8th, 2021 https://writersinitiative.com/creative-writing/elves-a-concise-history

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Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "elf". Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Dec. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/topic/elf-mythology. Accessed 8 February 2024.

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Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "giant". Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Jan. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/giant-mythology. Accessed 13 February 2024.

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Chabon, Michael. D’aulaires Book of Norse Myths. The New York Reveiw of Books, 1904