Прав си, нали и аз това казах, че трябва да се използва по-разширеното понятие Germanic mythology /както е при теб/, за да е по-правилно това за малките летящи феички. (А вероятно опираме и до различни тълкования на думата fairy и type of fairy?)

А бтв в твоя цитат не пише нищо за крилца също. Имам спомени, че съм чела, че крилцата на феичките се появяват през романтизма, а във вековете преди това не са толкова разпространени във фолклора. При тия народи.

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Ето още нещо.
Norse mythology knows of light-elves (Liosálfar) who dwell in the third space in heaven, dark-elves (Döckálfar) and black-elves (Svartalfar), the black-elves being identifed with dwarfs though in general elves and dwarfs are distinguished in surviving Norse literature. But about elves (other than black-elves/dwarfs) little is said. They are often mentioned along with the gods, apparently as lesser spirits of nature.

So little has survived that we have no idea as to whether these beings were thought of as generally human-sized or dwarfish, though that the full-sized smith hero Völund is once called an elf indicates that not all Norse elves need be of small size.

The Elves of Norse mythology was changed into a race of beautiful women who lived in mounds and mountains, with an elven king (cf. fairies) , the elves have survived as mainly female, the Älva (sg.) Älvor (pl.) The Älvor were stunningly beautiful girls who lived in the forest with an elven king. They could be seen at night dancing over meadows. The circles they left were called älvdanser (elf dances). If a mortal watched their dance, he would discover that even though only a few hours seemed to have passed, many years had passed in the real world ( this time phenomenon is retold in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings when the fellowship of the ring discovers that time had run a different course in Lothlorien).





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Редактирано от Umai Maia на 18.04.04 12:13.