Hero elves, Xmas elves, & Machine elves! This video goes into depth with a mature view on all the variations of elves and what they mean.
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~ T I M E - S T A M P S ~
00:00 Intro
00:50 Part One: Pre & Post-Christian Nordic Pagan Eras
05:00 Part Two: Victorian & Capitalist Industrial Era
08:34 Part Three: Post-Tolkien Era
13:34 Part Four: Psychedelic Underground & Renaissance
17:28 Part Five: Symbolism (1-7)
18:04 (1.) Puerile Elf
18:33 (2.) Queer Elf
20:45 (3.) Heroic Elf
21:31 (4.) Worker Elf
24:19 (5.) Demon Elf
25:44 (6.) Nature Elf
27:37 (7.) Transcendental Elf
29:32 Part Six: Theory, Psychoanalysis, & Conclusion
31:18 Outro
~ S O U R C E S ~
First example elf artwork:
https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/rebeccathornburgh?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=93603948Machine Elf animation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuhE0iHcj9EMachine Elf trip Report:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMVzHFMS_sYElf trip reports and art:
http://www.elfstarstudios.com/sm-realm6.htmlMachine Elf Article and theory:
https://realitysandwich.com/machine-elves-dmt-entities/Medievalism and Identity in Skyrim:
http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/16875/Digital Elves as a Racial Other in Video Games:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1555412012454224Hermey the Elf and Queer Coding:
https://www.vulture.com/2016/12/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeers-gay-subtext.htmlHistory of Elves:
https://www.livescience.com/39689-history-of-elves.htmlhttps://pacotaylor.medium.com/secret-santa-the-hidden-history-of-jolly-old-st-nicholas-and-his-elves-3b3d40d99da5History of Dwarves:
https://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/dwarves/#:~:text=A%20dwarf%20(Old%20Norse%20dvergr,Norse%20and%20other%20Germanic%20peoples.
Elves or dwarves?:
https://scifundchallenge.org/ecotome/2015/12/24/phylogeny-of-elves-finds-that-santas-elves-are-actually-dwarves/Pagan roots of Christmas:
https://gathervictoria.com/2017/12/15/doe-a-deer-a-female-deer-the-spirit-of-mother-christmas/How the Changing Face of Elves Reflects the Zeitgeist:
https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/divine-demonic-or-something-between-how-changing-face-elves-reflects-zeitgeist-021592Nature and Women:
https://sites.ualberta.ca/~dmiall/Travel/Presentations/Nature.htmhttps://qz.com/562833/the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwJY4idDq6w