Although Tolkien's elves did come from ancient Nordic poetry and language, he was an Anglo-Saxon professor at Oxford University and was mainly influenced by old English literature. (He claims old English, and he doesn't like "Anglo-Saxon"-that's the only language expression that Elf Iris can talk to men, so how do they talk to each other? Lfwine. In Lu Se, when elves and humans lived together, they learned old English. )
Tolkien thought Mercia was his favorite dialect of old English, and once said that ideally, he would only speak Mercia.
In addition, Tolkien strongly opposed religious interference in myths and was famous for insisting that The Lord of the Rings was not a Christian fable. On the contrary, his declared goal is to create a myth for England, put it on British soil, write it in old English, and portray characters in English or at least Germanic mythology.
But there is a problem-he seems unable to resist instilling his personal Catholic theology into his elves and using them to represent the country before the demise of mankind. Their lamb reflects the Catholic Eucharist; Their understanding of the sexual definition of marriage is Catholic. As he himself said:
The Lord of the Rings is basically a work of religion and Catholicism. At first it was unconscious, and then it was conscious review.
This is the key. In English tradition, ylfe is almost always regarded as a naughty and harmful creature. Although they are considered to be potentially helpful at the right time, Anglo-Saxon evidence is more evidence of the alliance between elves and demons (like Beowulf).
/kloc-An amulet worn in the 20th century to prevent sudden pain caused by elves or elf missiles (elf missiles or witch missiles).
It was not until the17th century that the Neolithic ("Elves") arrows were used for healing ceremonies, which were allegedly used by witches (and elves) to harm humans and livestock. The hair is messy and called "elf lock"; Sudden paralysis is sometimes caused by spontaneous stroke. Even the insulting word "oaf" originally meant "children of elves or changelings".
These don't sound like Tolkien's elves.
However, some old English words such as? Lfsciene (Fairy Beauty) proves the dangerous attraction of fairies. In English and Norwegian mythology, hybridization is possible: a human queen with an elf lover gave birth to a Norwegian hero Hogny, and in the legend of Siddrake, the human queen was surprised to find that her lover who got her pregnant was an elf rather than a man.
Britain has its own version of the cross-species love theme. The poet Thomas was taken away by the elf queen and returned with the gift of prophecy. But this idea is most obvious in the folk song Tamlin (or young Tammlaan, Tamlin, etc.). ), this is probably the most famous traditional fairy tale. In many ways, it is a classic folk song.