Elf vs Barghest - What's the difference?
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(Norse mythology) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.
* Shakespeare
Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. Usually skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature.
(fantasy) Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse (through Tolkien's Eldar)
A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
(UK) A legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.
(UK) Any ghost, wraith, hobgoblin, elf, or spirit.
As nouns the difference between elf and barghest
is that elf is a luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy while barghest is a legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.As an initialism ELF
is initialism of w:Earth Liberation Front|Earth Liberation Front|lang=en a radical environmentalism group.elf
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Noun
(elves) (wikipedia elf)- Every elf , and fairy sprite, / Hop as light as bird from brier.