Halfelf=human with long ears. Elf=bigger human with extended earring space. Hielf=beings which might have trouble going through doors without ducking and folding their ears back. Also extreme problems with strong wind.
Tolkien elves were taller than humans. Shakespeare's elves were taller than humans. Norse elves were taller than humans. Sidhe were taller than humans.
comment #36427 Shame on you! Earlier than that, elves were small, spritely being much like faeries or leprechauns. And since elves have seen so many forms, I don't think it's fair to call anyone a "tard" just for having a different reference source :P
Okay. See. I always hated elves. Since day one. I figured their image was total garbage. Any race that's ear's could act as turn lights don't deserve to live. So I hate all elves.
Everyone's taller than their shadow, except those standing by a wall at sunset.
Re: Ear size: The humongous ears thing is something Japan is fixated on. Not present in Western renditions, even with Blizzard's penchant for artistic exaggeration.
And since ears are boneless, high winds would probably just make them fold back.
Tolkien does not predate mythology. Various regions had different stories of elves. Most of them were smaller then humans and were trouble makers of varying degrees. In fact I can't think of a mythological source that matches up with Tolkien, I could be wrong but, I'm pretty sure Tolkien invented that form of elf.
Daen1304 said: Tolkien does not predate mythology. Various regions had different stories of elves. Most of them were smaller then humans and were trouble makers of varying degrees. In fact I can't think of a mythological source that matches up with Tolkien, I could be wrong but, I'm pretty sure Tolkien invented that form of elf.
Wrong-o. Elves originally stem from Norse mythology, the álfar, where they were human-sized, powerful, and beautiful. They pretty much stayed human-sized throughout Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic mythologies, and only really became associated with being smaller in stature in English folklore in the early modern period, when assorted nature spirits and the like, such as hobs, brownies, Puck/Robin Goodfellow, got folded in with the concept of elves, along with faeries.
