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--- lb:elves [2026-04-02 01:19:12] – [Japanese Elf] ninjasr
+++ lb:elves [2026-04-02 01:23:23] (current) – [Fae] ninjasr
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 ==== Japanese Elf ====
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-The Japanese Elf is a more ambiguous case and, in all honesty, I'm not sure //where// this one comes from. My best guess is that it started with <cite>Record of Lodoss War</cite>...which derives from D&D, so the connection remains.
+The <dfn>Japanese Elf</dfn> is a more ambiguous case and, in all honesty, I'm not sure //where// this one comes from. My best guess is that it started with <cite>Record of Lodoss War</cite>...which derives from D&D, so the connection remains.
 I think that the stereotypical elf in Japan is Deedlit. This may explain why you basically never see elves in Japan without blonde hair...or blonde-adjacent hair, while this isn't quite as rare in the West.
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 The Japanese also like Dark elves – typically tan skin and white hair. Though they aren't usually evil.
 ==== Christmas Elf ====
-The Christmas Elf is probably derived from the Folkloric Elf. Notable because Christmas Elves are radically different from Modern Elves (though there might be some overlap considering sexy elf girls who often show up with Santa).
+The <dfn>Christmas Elf</dfn> is probably derived from the Folkloric Elf. Notable because Christmas Elves are radically different from Modern Elves (though there might be some overlap considering sexy elf girls who often show up with Santa).
 Also, amusingly, Tolkien once wrote Christmas Elves.
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 The Fae of the British isles were definitely influenced by the Elves of Nordic Mythology...and probably vice-versa.
-Read “Relation with Elves” on the Fae page.
+Read “[[lb:fey#relationwithelves|Relation with Elves]]” on the Fae page.
 ==== Fairies ====
-Elves were syncretized into – really more like categorized as – faires at some point. This resulted in the image of the elf changing as well.\\
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+Elves were syncretized into – really more like categorized as – faires at some point. This resulted in the image of the elf changing as well.
 I think it's related to the previous syncretization/conflation with the Fae.
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 ===== Media Depictions =====
 ==== The Battle for Wesnoth ====
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 Past the second season of SAO, I know little, so let's pivot to Progressive.
-SAO Progressive is notable for a bunch of reasons, though one of the big ones is that Kirito and Asuna have an NPC elf companion. She's a Dark Elf and has booba, which is all you really need to know.\\
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+SAO Progressive is notable for a bunch of reasons, though one of the big ones is that Kirito and Asuna have an NPC elf companion. She's a Dark Elf and has booba, which is all you really need to know.
 Also, there are some hints that she's become or becoming self-aware.
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 ==== Tolkien's Legendarium ====
 Tolkien's elves are a vision of humanity without original sin, though besides that I think they actually take more inspiration from the Fey rather than the Norse Elves. Sure, the term ‘elf’ is used, but that doesn't necessarily mean Tolkien got his inspiration there (though I think he got //some// inspiration). Keep in mind that Tolkien used the term ‘fairy’/‘faery’ for basically his whole life and, in the earliest versions of the Legendarium...yeah, the elves were just fairies.