Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad

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From: "Costentin Cornomorus" <elemtilas@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad


> >> Also, I am curious. Why do you call your Elves
> >> "Elves" if they are normal humans?
>
> > Let me elaborate.  They are the descendants of
> > an ancient civilization that existed in the
> > British Isles prior to the coming of the Celts.
> > The Germanic traditions of Elves (OE _ylfe_)
> > are a distorted memory of past contacts with
> > that civilization, and the Germanic people as >
> well as the Celts attributed magical powers to
> > them. The Anglo-Saxons, upon arriving on the
> > British scene, identified them with the _ylfe_.
>
> Thank you for the explanation.

May I input a suggestion.  Remember those Refugees to Armorica recently?
Maybe they're the 'elves'.  Wouldn't like to give them that name, though.

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