"voiced by ""Keith Wickham"", ""Tim Whitnall"", and ""Paul Keating"") - Bertram - Fluffy the Squirrel - Queenie the Bee - Mrs. Merry - Queen Titania (in the movie, """", she is voiced by ""Teresa Gallagher"") - King Oberon (in the movie, """", he is voiced by ""Tim Whitnall"") - Mr. and Mrs. Tate - Mr. and Mrs. Walker (in the movie, """", Mrs. Walker is voiced by ""Teresa Gallagher"") ""These characters only appear in Izzy the Indigo Fairy - Wafer the Elf - Cone the Elf - Scoop, the Elves' little brother - Buttons the Gingerbread Man - The Sugar"
"Oberon Oberon () is a king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature. He is best known as a character in William Shakespeare's play ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"", in which he is Consort to Titania, Queen of the Fairies. Oberon's status as king of the fairies comes from the character of Alberich (from Old High German ""alb-"" ""elf"" and ""-rîh-"", ""ruler"", ""king""), a sorcerer in the legendary history of the Merovingian dynasty. In the legend, he is the otherworldly ""brother"" of Merowech, whose name is the eponym of the Merovingians but whose actual existence is unproven. Alberich wins for"
"Fairy Queen The Fairy Queen or Queen of the Fairies is a figure from Irish and British folklore, believed to rule the fairies. Based on Shakespeare's influence, in English-speaking cultures she is often named Titania or Mab. In Irish folklore, the last High Queen of the Daoine Sidhe - and wife of the High King Finvarra - was named Una (or Oonagh, or Oona, or Uonaidh etc.). In the ballad tradition of Northern England and Lowland Scotland, she was called the Queen of Elphame. The character is also associated with the name Morgan (as with the Arthurian character of Morgan"
"King Goldemar King Goldemar (also spelled Goldmar, Vollmar, and Volmar) is a dwarf or kobold from Germanic mythology and folklore. By the Middle Ages, Goldemar had become the king of the dwarfs in German belief. In the fairy tale ""The Friendship of the Dwarfs"", the author Villamaria depicts Goldemar as a ""mighty dwarf king"" with a queen and a court of dwarf nobles at his service. He has long, silver hair and beard and wears a crown and a purple mantle. In one tale, he runs away with the daughter of a human king. Fragments of an epic poem by"
"King Goldemar King Goldemar (also spelled Goldmar, Vollmar, and Volmar) is a dwarf or kobold from Germanic mythology and folklore. By the Middle Ages, Goldemar had become the king of the dwarfs in German belief. In the fairy tale ""The Friendship of the Dwarfs"", the author Villamaria depicts Goldemar as a ""mighty dwarf king"" with a queen and a court of dwarf nobles at his service. He has long, silver hair and beard and wears a crown and a purple mantle. In one tale, he runs away with the daughter of a human king. Fragments of an epic poem by"
"and translations: Elegast Elegast (""elf spirit"") is the hero and noble robber in the poem ""Karel ende Elegast"", an early Middle Dutch epic poem that has been translated into English as ""Charlemagne and Elbegast"". In the poem, he possibly represents the King of the Elves. He appears as a knight on a black horse, an outcast vassal of Charlemagne living in the forest. The original Dutch poem uses the name Elegast, while translated versions of the poem commonly use the name ""Elbegast"" in German and English, or ""Alegast"" in the Scandinavian ballad. ""Karel ende Elegast"" was an original poem in"
"""*albi-gastiz"", composed of the well attested elements ""*albi-"" ""elf"" and ""*gastiz"" ""guest, spirit, being"". There is one dwarf named ""Elbegast"" in Eddic texts. According to Low German legends, Elbegast was a dwarf who could steal eggs from under birds. In folklore and legends of Northern Europe, Elbegast was called the king of both the elves and dwarves. Some scholars propose Elegast is the character Alberich, whose name means ""king of the elves"". Alberich was a sorcerer in Merovingian epics of the 5th to 8th century. This poetry is unique in the reference to Charlemagne (the ""Christian"" King) being friends with"
"Gandalf (mythology) Gandalf (""Gandálfr"") is a Dvergr (Norse dwarf) in Norse mythology, appearing in the so-called 'Tally of the Dwarves' within the poem Völuspá from the Poetic Edda, as well as in the Prose Edda. The name derives from the Old Norse words ""gandr"" (magic staff) and ""álfr"" (elf), thus a protective spirit who wields a magical wand. The name was also used for a Norse king in the ""Heimskringla"". In his fictional writings, J. R. R. Tolkien eventually named his wizard Gandalf after the Dvergr, but initially used the name for the head of the dwarf party (ultimately to"
"The Elves closely resemble the Fey in appearance except for their tapered ears and golden-brown skin. The Elves are woodsmen, hunters and bowmen of great renown. They are led by their prince, Galad Hawksheart, Lord of Valorian, whose home lies in the heart of Deepwood, and by his twin sister, Illona Brighthand, who lives in the cloudforests of the Silvermist mountains. The Elves follow an ancient and complex prophecy called The Dance, through which it is said all the secrets of the World can be revealed. The groves and marshes of Danael serve as home to an elusive race of"
"to that, there may not only be one King and Queen. However, due to the elves' lack of imagination and creativity any Kings and Queens of the Elves tend to be similar. Elves (Discworld) In Terry Pratchett's ""Discworld"" novels, elves are of a race that lived before the Iron Age, and were banished by steel weapons. Elves on the Discworld are based on the nastier kind of fairy-folk in European (and other) folklores rather than elves as portrayed in most modern (post-Tolkien) fantasy fiction. They are native to the Disc, but now live in a parallel world, sometimes called Fairyland."
"Dark elves in fiction Elves, a word from Germanic mythology, are frequently featured in Fantasy fiction. In modern fiction, particularly because of the influence from J. R. R. Tolkien's ""The Lord of the Rings"", elves are modeled mostly after his original description: tall, human-like creatures of otherworldly beauty, with Kings and Queens. Along with this development, Dark elves are often modeled as a more sinister counterpart to the High elves, like the Drow or the Trow, which are the fairy-like dark creatures of Orcadian and Shetlandic folklore. The dark elves (""Dökkálfar"") or black elves (""Svartálfar"") are presented in Germanic mythology"
"local, others widespread but with a narrow focus of office or patronage. This list is by no means complete. The small numbers of Elves of the Old World chiefly worship the traditional Elven Gods, Kurnous, lord of the wilds and the hunt, and Isha, goddess of nature and life, but a sect of the Wood Elves of Athel Loren known as Wardancers serve the deity known as Loec, Lord of the dance and free spirit. Worship of the Chaos Gods is strictly forbidden in virtually all of the Old World, but such worship does occur, as part of the setting’s"
"Athens in the epilogue to bless the couples, becoming once again the benevolent fairy king and queen. A fanciful etymology was given for the name ""Oberon"" by Charles Mackay in his book ""The Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe"" along with many other theories on words found in the English language that have not found mainstream acceptance. Oberon Oberon () is a king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature. He is best known as a character in William Shakespeare's play ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"", in which he is Consort to Titania, Queen of the Fairies. Oberon's"
"""fairy"" (fay or elf). Tolkien also wished to distinguish his elves from the diminutive airy-winged fairies popularized by Drayton’s ""Nymphidia"". Like nearly all others in Middle-Earth, rarely do the elves display any kind of ""active"" magic found in later fantasy works, but are nonetheless deemed ""magic"" by the lesser races, due to their vast number of superhuman abilities (keen senses such as sharper hearing and sight, even to the point of night vision, resting the mind and travel simultaneously, foresight, some kind of telepathy, power to control nature to some extent, such as summoning floods, and the power to conjure"
"be called Thorin Oakenshield). Gandalf (mythology) Gandalf (""Gandálfr"") is a Dvergr (Norse dwarf) in Norse mythology, appearing in the so-called 'Tally of the Dwarves' within the poem Völuspá from the Poetic Edda, as well as in the Prose Edda. The name derives from the Old Norse words ""gandr"" (magic staff) and ""álfr"" (elf), thus a protective spirit who wields a magical wand. The name was also used for a Norse king in the ""Heimskringla"". In his fictional writings, J. R. R. Tolkien eventually named his wizard Gandalf after the Dvergr, but initially used the name for the head of the"
"Furfur In demonology, Furfur (other spelling: Furtur, Ferthur) is a powerful Great Earl of Hell, being the ruler of twenty-nine legions of demons. He is a liar unless compelled to enter a magic triangle where he gives true answers to every question, speaking with a rough voice. Furfur causes love between a man and a woman, creates storms, tempests, thunder, lightning, and blasts, and teaches on secret and divine things. He is depicted as a hart or winged hart, and also as an angel. To some authors he changes from hart into angel when compelled to enter the magic triangle."
"for the Elves, contrasting with the fate of Men, who remain subject to mortality. Eru Ilúvatar is the Elvish (Quenya) name of the monotheistic God of creation. ""Eru"" means ""The One"", or ""He that is Alone"" and ""Ilúvatar"" signifies ""Father of All"". The names appear in Tolkien's work both in isolation and paired (""Eru Ilúvatar""). He first created a group of angelic beings, called in Elvish the Ainur, and these holy spirits were co-actors in the creation of the universe through a holy music and chanting called the ""Music of the Ainur"", or Ainulindalë in Elvish. Eru alone can create"
"Celeborn Celeborn () is a fictional character in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. Celeborn is an Elf, and the husband of Galadriel. He appears in ""The Lord of the Rings"" as the Lord of the Galadhrim, and co-ruler along with Galadriel of Lothlórien. He was the father of Celebrían (the wife of Elrond), and thus the grandfather of Arwen Evenstar and her older brothers Elladan and Elrohir. He was also a kinsman of the First Age Elven King Thingol. ""Celeborn"" means ""(tall) silver tree"" in Tolkien's invented language of Sindarin. He is also referred to as ""Lord of Lothlórien"" or ""Lord"
"with Tolkien's view of the Noldor, which are described as Dwarf-friends in the First and Second Ages. However, in a very late version of the legend, Eöl is again said to be one of the Eldar and appears as such in the published ""Silmarillion"". Eöl Eöl, called the Dark Elf, is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. He is introduced in ""The Silmarillion"" as an Elf of Beleriand and is a character existing in some form from the earliest to the latest writings. Eöl, the Dark Elf, was a Sinda and lord of the forest of"
"Fairy tale A fairy tale, wonder tale, magic tale, or Märchen is a folklore genre that takes the form of a short story. Such stories typically feature entities such as dwarfs, dragons, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, mermaids, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments. Fairy tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends (which generally involve belief in the veracity of the events described) and explicit moral tales, including beast fables. The term is mainly used for stories with origins in European tradition and, at least in recent centuries, mostly relates"
"The Shadows (fairy tale) The Shadows is a fairy tale by George MacDonald. Ralph Rinkelmann is a writer, who is selected by fairies to be the king of the fairies. While he is ill, they carry him off and crown him as king. The strange Shadows spend their existence casting themselves upon the walls and forming pictures of various sorts: mimicking evil actions of those who have done wrong in the hopes of causing their repentance, playing a comic dumb-show to inspire a playwright and dancing to inspire a musician, nudging a little girl to comfort her grandfather, and playing"
"Fafnir In Norse mythology, Fáfnir (Old Norse and Icelandic) or Frænir is a son of the dwarf king Hreidmar and brother of Regin, Ótr, Lyngheiðr and Lofnheiðr. After being affected by the curse of Andvari's ring and gold, Fafnir became a dragon and was slain by Sigurd. In the Icelandic ""Volsunga Saga"" (late 13th century), Fáfnir is a dwarf with a powerful arm and fearless soul. He guards his father's house of glittering gold and flashing gems. He is the strongest and most aggressive of the three brothers. Regin recounts to Sigurd how Odin, Loki and Hœnir were traveling when"
"Heremod Heremod (Proto-Norse: *""Harimōdaz"" , Latin form: Heremodius) is a legendary Danish king and a legendary king of the Angles who would have lived in the 2nd century and known through a short account of his exile in the Old English poem ""Beowulf"" and from appearances in some genealogies as the father of Scyld. He may be the same as one of the personages named Hermóðr in Old Norse sources. Heremod may also be identical to Lother (Latin Lotherus) in Saxo Grammaticus' ""Gesta Danorum"" (Book 1) or the same history may have been applied to two originally separate figures. In"
"Elegast Elegast (""elf spirit"") is the hero and noble robber in the poem ""Karel ende Elegast"", an early Middle Dutch epic poem that has been translated into English as ""Charlemagne and Elbegast"". In the poem, he possibly represents the King of the Elves. He appears as a knight on a black horse, an outcast vassal of Charlemagne living in the forest. The original Dutch poem uses the name Elegast, while translated versions of the poem commonly use the name ""Elbegast"" in German and English, or ""Alegast"" in the Scandinavian ballad. ""Karel ende Elegast"" was an original poem in Middle Dutch"
"Thrym (Dungeons & Dragons) In the ""Dungeons & Dragons"" role-playing game, Thrym is the lord of the frost giants. He is a god of cold and ice, as well as a deity of magic. In Norse mythology, Þrymr (Thrymr, Thrym; ""uproar"") was the King of the Jotuns (frost giants). Thrym was first detailed in ""Deities and Demigods"" (1980). Thrym was detailed in the 2nd edition ""AD&D"" book ""Legends & Lore"" (1992), including details about his priesthood. His role in the cosmology of the Planescape campaign setting was described in ""On Hallowed Ground"" (1996). His role in the giant pantheon of"
"Finvarra King Finvarra, also called Finvara, Finn Bheara, Finbeara or Fionnbharr, is the High King of the Daoine Sidhe in Irish folklore. In some legends, he is also the King of the Dead. Finvarra is a benevolent figure who ensures good harvests, a master at chess, strong horses, and great riches to those who will assist him. However, he also frequently kidnaps human women. According to the legend, he lives on Knockmaa, a hill near Tuam, in County Galway with his queen Oona (or Oonagh, Una, Uonaidh, etc.) The Queen of the fae often considered him a great commander. There"
"Ecthelion of the Fountain Ecthelion of the Fountain (or ""Lord of the Fountain"") is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. He was a High Elf and one of the greatest warriors of the First Age. One of the first of Tolkien's characters to be created, he first appears in ""The Fall of Gondolin"", part of ""The Book of Lost Tales"", the earliest version of his ""mythology"" and histories. ""The Fall of Gondolin"" was, according to Tolkien's recollections, the first to be written—in 1916 or 1917. His name was then reused for the later ""The Lord of"
"Elendil Elendil is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He appears in ""The Lord of the Rings"", ""The Silmarillion"" and ""Unfinished Tales"". The man was known as Elendil the Tall (Tolkien put his height at ""more than man high by nearly half a ""ranga"""", almost 8' or 240 cm), Elendil the Faithful ('Elendil Voronda' or 'Vorondo') or Elendil the Fair, he was the father of Isildur and Anárion, last lord of Andúnië, and the first High King of Arnor and Gondor. Elendil is first introduced as a historic figure in ""The Fellowship of the Ring"". He was"
"Mielikki Mielikki is the Finnish goddess of forests and the hunt. She is referred to in various tales as either the wife or the daughter-in-law of Tapio, and the mother of Nyyrikki and Tuulikki. She is said to have played a central role in the creation of the bear. In the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic based on Karelian folklore, the hero Lemminkäinen offers her and Tapio prayers, gold and silver so he can catch the Hiisi elk. In another passage, Mielikki is asked to protect cattle grazing in the forest. In a country where the forest was central to"
"Curufin In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Curufin () is a fictional character, a prince of the Noldor of the race of Elves, the fourth or, in some versions, fifth of the seven sons of Fëanor and Nerdanel. Curufin is the father of Celebrimbor, master jewel-smith of Eregion who forged the three Elven Rings of Power. His name means ""Skilled (son of) Finwë"" in Quenya. His father-name — the traditional name given by an Elvish father to his offspring — was Curufinwë, which was also Fëanor's original name. This was because Curufin was most like his father both in appearance,"
"them into the Dunmer, the Dark Elves. Azura also prophesied that Nerevar would one day return and cast down the Tribunal, foreshadowing the player character's actions in . Dark elves in fiction Elves, a word from Germanic mythology, are frequently featured in Fantasy fiction. In modern fiction, particularly because of the influence from J. R. R. Tolkien's ""The Lord of the Rings"", elves are modeled mostly after his original description: tall, human-like creatures of otherworldly beauty, with Kings and Queens. Along with this development, Dark elves are often modeled as a more sinister counterpart to the High elves, like the"
"(female fairies of the lakes and streams) and the Gwyllion (mountain fairies more akin to hags). The ellyllon (singular ""ellyll"") inhabit groves and valleys and are similar to English elves. Their food consists of toadstools and fairy butter (a type of fungus) and they wear digitalis bell flowers as gloves. They are ruled by Queen Mab and bring prosperity to those they favour. Tylwyth Teg Tylwyth Teg (Middle Welsh for ""Fair Family"" ) is the most usual term in Wales for the mythological creatures corresponding to the fairy folk of English and Continental folklore and the Irish ""Aos Sí"". Other"
"been written with these historical details before 923. Hygelac Hygelac (; ; ; ; died 521) was a king of the Geats according to the poem ""Beowulf"". It is Hygelac's presence in the poem which has allowed scholars to tentatively date the setting of the poem as well as to infer that it contains at least some points of historical fact. ""Beowulf"" gives Hygelac's genealogy: according to the poem, he was the son of Hrethel and had two brothers Herebeald and Hæþcyn, as well as an unnamed sister who was married to Ecgtheow and mother of the hero Beowulf. Hygelac"