tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35088240.post8814547616732617270..comments2023-01-07T19:00:52.526-05:00Comments on the excelsior file: Grimmoire 39: The Elvesdavid elzeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35088240.post-46920009409817984622007-05-06T11:32:00.000-04:002007-05-06T11:32:00.000-04:00Indeed, in my cursory research on Elves I kept run...Indeed, in my cursory research on Elves I kept running into Brownies and Sprites as if they were interchangeable. It appears the British are responsible for the confusion -- turning Elves into wee folk -- and the noted exception of J.R.R. is appropriate because he was using the Great Northern Elves of Scandiavia as his guide.<BR/><BR/><I>How the Elves Were Shrunk and Began Behaving Badly in david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35088240.post-72101350921905099572007-05-06T05:32:00.000-04:002007-05-06T05:32:00.000-04:00First of all, let me say I'm enjoying this series ...First of all, let me say I'm enjoying this series of posts tremendously. All those odd, rightly forgotten, tales! I love the way you are not only recapping, but commenting in such a fresh way as well. <BR/><BR/>But re those elves. I'm with tehe owner of the Sur La Lune website who notes in her annotations for the Grimms' Elves and the Shoemaker that the elves are probably brownies who are Monica Edingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924540264341924291noreply@blogger.com