elves: Indic counterpart?

jkirk jkirk at SPRO.NET
Thu Feb 10 02:07:32 UTC 2005


Because nobody mentioned them, and perhaps they are part of the IE
inheritance, I tried looking for German elves etc. Here's an interesting
website that says a lot about how they look, their size, functions etc.
Perhaps Tolkien got some ideas from the 'Sage' tradition?
http://www.jadu.de/mittelalter/kobold/
Wassergeister, Zwerge und Kobolde

Best, Joanna K.





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