The Truth Behind ELVES | From Germanic Lore to Santa's Helpers

[@MystOfMythology]

What's your favourite kind of Elf?

[@THE-X-Force]

The Liv Tyler version for sure.

[@MystOfMythology]

😂 😂 😂 - Hard to argue with that.

[@llthesudden9924]

Kael Thas Sunstider ,Tyrande,Illidan and Malfurion Stormrage ,Cenarius. From world of Warcraft 😉.

[@office-zombie-UK]

Will Ferrell Elf 💯

[@LostAmericanJ]

​@@THE-X-Force WRONG! U R VERY WRONG SIR! only the naked Liv Tyler elf!😅

[@chesterhackenbush]

Excellent video. Well researched and beautifully presented.

[@MystOfMythology]

Thank you! ☺️

[@GenuinelyCurious120]

Merch Idea!: Thor as Santa poster for Christmas. I loved that image 😂

[@MystOfMythology]

😂 I’m so slow at the merch side of things.

[@THE-X-Force]

Merry Christmas !! ☮

[@MystOfMythology]

Thank you @THE-X-Force. Merry Christmas to you and all those you hold dear my friend. Thank you for all your support 🙏

[@Humpeltrulla]

when I was little, I lived in France. One morning, my mom was away to work and she had put me into her bed. She had left a light on because she knew when I wake upI needed some light. So I woke up and realized that first I was in my mom´s bed and that she was´nt there. and turned my head to the left and directly near my head on the pillow sat a small creature in the size of an "Christmas elf"-what I just learned now :), as soon as it realized that Ihad seen it, it jumped from the pillow, to the blanket in direction of my feet, I was totaly puzzled, pulled myself up a little to try to see more and to understand what I saw. But it hopped into the folds of the blanket which were rather thick, it was winter, and it vanished there somehow. I stood up to search for it but remained disappeared! I remember it like it was yesterday. It was real, I know it was´nt a dream.It was a male, it had clothes on, there was a greenish longpant, a yelloish shirt and a greyish cap. I never knew about elfs before, I learned about it later, when Istarted to read. I will never forget this event! I puzzles me 60 yrs. later. And one day also in France on the way back from school, there was a swallow following me right into the staircase of the building where I lived. Later in my life I learned about Tolkien, saw the Lord of Ring with my late daughter, Iam fascinated by the beauty of Galadriel. What a wonderful part of the world. Glad I found your channel. Thank you and I wish you a wonderful festive season and more people to find your channel !🙏

[@MystOfMythology]

Thank you! and same to you @Humpeltrulla!

[@karlsweeney2328]

As an Englishman, I'm sure it would have been tough for Prof. Tolkien to openly admit to liking something that's primarily Irish.

[@MystOfMythology]

lol, no argument there.

[@johnmesser3278]

Another Grand episode. I remember from my childhood the Polperro Pixies as my Family came from Cornwall originally. Merry Christmas Sir

[@MystOfMythology]

That’s a beautiful place in the world John, and damn good ice cream. Merry Christmas to you and the ones you love my friend.

[@PaDonna]

Wonderfully done Video. I love your calm demeanor and the way you structure what you want to convey. 🌟

[@MystOfMythology]

Thanks PaDonna 🙏

[@maggiesheartlove2734]

I decided to play with my own version of elves, alluding to their more 'angelic' aspects from the older myths meshed with the 'demonic' elements that started during the medieval period

[@AlejandroPereraGil]

I have to go with Tolkien simply because of the immense amount of worldbuilding he did with them, and Warcraft as a close second, though im aware that some other games have built a decent amount of lore for their elves like Warhammer or Dragon Age i've never played them so i'm unfamiliar with their depictions. But, though elves are one of my favorite fantasy creatures/beings, right up there with dragons and wizards, i'm perpetualy annoyed at how they're often portrayed as being at the brink of extinction, like an Atlantis type thing about to happen, though im perfectly aware that all civilizations have their highs and their lows and most definitively an ending. It still sucks though😅

[@benugdsen75]

In Scandinavia there are spelling differences that tell them apart. Alver.. who are Elves, like Tolkien’s versions. And then there are Alfer, Svartalver, Mjödvitner, Elfs, Pixies or Faries (Älvor). Huge differences between them.

[@LaylaDeVille]

Please can you make a video about mythology of fairies,what are fairies, also their are different types of fairies from, Europe, Asia, even native American mythology?🤔🤔🤔🤔🧚🧚🧚🧚🌏🌍🌎🌏

[@MystOfMythology]

I certainly can Rabbitkitty.

[@LaylaDeVille]

By the way only to keep my name anonymous so call me, Rabbitkitty, got it?

[@MystOfMythology]

Apologies, Rabbitkitty. I've edited my comment - your name is publicly available on your channel (click your profile on the top of a web page, then 'View my channel".)

[@LaylaDeVille]

It Okay, because I don't want a creepy guy contract me and try to do God who knows what type of trouble!

[@MythologicalStories-q1z]

Dive into Asian mythology, such as the Tien from Chinese tales or the celestial Apsaras from Hindu and Buddhist traditions.

[@mikeburkhart8336]

Questor the Elf from the arcade game "Gauntlet". The cursed sleeping Elf Prince in the original Final Fantasy game. The Elves from the Iron Tower book trilogy by Dennis L McKiernan. Some of my favorite elves.

[@THE-X-Force]

"Elf shot the food" .. lol .. good times!

[@darnellsimpson4413]

Elves, and Valerie's. That would be a very unique lineage!!!

[@marcusfridh8489]

Tolkien and norse mythology elf us the true elf, what you call Christmas elfs are just a different version of brownies, goblins, gnomes mixed with dwarven lore, what we in the Scandinavia calls "Tomtenisse" or "Vätte" (vettir in old norse)

[@MystOfMythology]

🙌 26:47

[@LaineyBug2020]

Tolkien specifically had Elves.

[@nonablouin2606]

Mary early Christmas Eddie. I like watching anime elves are cool

[@MystOfMythology]

Thank you Nona. Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 😊

[@nonablouin2606]

❤

[@honoriswithin]

Romanticizing. Another good example. A cheribum is a massive, freightning being, but here today, we have a baby in a diaper with a bow. People have over laid the ELF over the majority of Fae folk. It is a consequence of a desire for simplicity over the complexity of intellectual knowledge. So much has been lost due to modernity. Grwat video and research, by the way. Im look forward to seeing more of your work.

[@MystOfMythology]

Appreciate it. Thank you.

[@honoriswithin]

@MystOfMythology the pleasure is mine!

[@margeebechyne8642]

The only kind of elves I was familiar with are Tolkien or Christmas. Very interesting! I always like Tolkien's best. Thank you! And Merry Christmas!!

[@MystOfMythology]

Thank you and same to you Margee!

[@S.E.-hw6zh]

The celts knows about elves too

[@MystOfMythology]

Hey thanks. Yes, I thought this was the Aos Sí (normally called fairies) is that who you was referring to?

[@S.E.-hw6zh]

@@MystOfMythology Yes

[@S.E.-hw6zh]

The celtic elves came from Tir Na Nog and Chu Chulain was an half elf

[@saffirestars8820]

I have a couple of words that I created if I ever get to write them. One is a comic book world where at first the Hus(hyous) started. People began to have super powers like the X-Men, or was giving powers like spider man or Captain America. A few decades later the mystics awakened. These were beings from ancient mythologies, began to appear. The elves had appeared in droves in Scandinavia so much that it all became the eleven queendon as their leader was female. In similar fashion the Tuath Dé Danann came out the hills in Ireland and brought the two two parts of the island back together as in Britain, King Arthur and his people marched on a bridge to the main land from the Isle of Man which was really Avalon but spiritly covered as a whole. In the other universe I've created which is like an 80s/90s style anime sci-fi there was two waring planets that finally found peace after a princess killed her evil father. They went on a joint mission to find other planets when they came apon modern day earth. After some deplomacy and with the help of technology the three planets started to share its people. The main story finds an orphan earth boy as a foreign exchange student to one of the planets. He loved living with his new family on zennona. A people that doesn't have fur but has the markings like zebras. They can also use magic with their technology. There is a festival for every full moon that they gather at a ancient looking portal. When it's activated it, it glows a bright bright blue. What comes out of this portal is elves. Token looking elves. The boy is shocked to see them as they are shocked to see him and the few other earthlings that are there. They had onced lived on earth but as the magic of the planet filtered, going from one place to the other, with their island being approached by humans, the elves went to the fairy world where they now live. They had portals of magic to other planets. They taught the people of zennona how to truly use the magic of the planet was at peace with them.

[@hyugalubbok7770]

According to Arigh Harger, the more correct translation to Odin’s name are “master of order”

[@MystOfMythology]

That’s interesting, and a common theme for early religions. Where modern religions are more about good and bad, there’s more of an emphasis on order and chaos. So the name is sensible.

[@honoriswithin]

The Dark in dark elves could refer to hair

[@lz738]

Wondering where you get all the illustrations and pictures? There are no credits...

[@MystOfMythology]

Thank you. All images are owned and attributable to my channel.

[@lz738]

@@MystOfMythology But are you the artist? There seems to be many different styles and different illustrations so I was wondering who the artist or artists are. Thanks....

[@MystOfMythology]

@ some images are created from scratch by me, some start as Ai, but are then edit. Thank you.

[@LaineyBug2020]

Völund is a FREE ELF!

[@namelessguy6777]

Elves are part of the Friay people among others like goblins.

[@MystOfMythology]

I’ve not heard of the Friay. Dou you have more information namelessguy?

[@office-zombie-UK]

lol. Maybe he was a Cancerian 😂

[@kawikakon2646]

got it so . . . .Elf's are Christian!

[@MystOfMythology]

Catholic, Protestant, or Baptist?