Monsters & Fairies: Where Do Santa's Elves Come From?

Monter and Fairy Definitions

MONSTERˈmänstər/
noun
1.an imaginary creature that is typically large, ugly, and frightening.
synonyms: giant, mammoth, colossus, leviathan, titan; informal jumbo
"he's a monster of a man"
an inhumanly cruel or wicked person.
"he was an unfeeling, treacherous monster"
synonyms: brute, fiend, beast, devil, demon, barbarian, savage, animal; More
humorous
a person, typically a child, who is rude or badly behaved.
"Christopher is only a year old, but already he is a little monster"
synonyms: rascal, imp, monkey, wretch, devil; More
a thing or animal that is excessively or dauntingly large.
"this is a monster of a book, almost 2,000 pages"
a congenitally malformed or mutant animal or plant.
verb

BRITISH informal
verb: monster; 3rd person present: monsters; past tense: monstered; past participle: monstered;
gerund or present participle: monstering
1.criticize or reprimand severely.
"my mother used to monster me for coming home so late"

FAIRY ˈferē/

noun

plural noun: fairies

1.a small imaginary being of human form that has magical powers, especially a female one.

synonyms: sprite, pixie, elf, imp, brownie, puck, leprechaun; literaryfaerie, fay

"we were gleefully certain that little fairies inhabited our woods"

Sunday, December 25, 2016

Where Do Santa's Elves Come From?

The season of the elf is coming to a close until next year. What is the difference between an elf and a fairy. To some in literature, there is no distinction. Others describe fairies as human-like and anywhere in size from insect to human. and capable of doing many magical things.

Elves have been depicted as human-size but more often they are described as being quite small. So small they could live in a home like the one shown below.

Fairies can be good or bad but in most stories elves are helpful. They are known for doing housework, making shoes and especially loved for making toys. I welcome any housework loving elf happily into my home