• Elf
  Elf
  An elf is a being of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of divine beings endowed with magical powers, which they use both for the benefit and the injury of mankind...
  
  , plural elves, a creature in Germanic mythology
  • Light elves
  • Black elves
  • Elves in fantasy fiction and games
    Elves in fantasy fiction and games
    In many works of modern fantasy, elves are a race of semi-divine humanoid beings.-Characteristics and common features:Modern fantasy literature has revived the elves as a race of semi-divine beings of human stature who are friendly with animals. Fantasy elves are different from Norse elves and the...
    
    
    • Dark Elves in fiction
      Dark Elves in fiction
      Elves, a word from Germanic mythology, are frequently featured in Fantasy fiction. In modern fiction, particularly because of the influence from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, elves are modeled mostly after his original description: tall, human-like creatures of otherworldly beauty, with...
      
      
    • Elves (Middle-earth)
    • Elves (Discworld)
      Elves (Discworld)
      In Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, elves are extradimensional inhuman monsters.Elves on the Discworld are based more on the nastier kind of fairy-folk in European folklores than elves as portrayed in most modern fantasy fiction. They are not native to the Disc, but come from a "parasite...
      
      
    • Elf (Dungeons & Dragons)
      Elf (Dungeons & Dragons)
      In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, elves are a fictional humanoid race that is one of the primary races available for play as player characters. Elves are renowned for their grace and mastery of magic and weapons such as the sword and bow...
      
      
  • Machine elf
    Machine elf
    Machine elves is a term coined by the late ethnobotanist, writer and philosopher Terence McKenna to describe the apparent entities that are often reported by individuals using tryptamine-based psychedelic drugs, especially DMT...
    
    , a psychedelic hallucination

Computing and technology

• Executable and Linkable Format
  Executable and Linkable Format
  In computing, the Executable and Linkable Format is a common standard file format for executables, object code, shared libraries, and core dumps. First published in the System V Application Binary Interface specification, and later in the Tool Interface Standard, it was quickly accepted among...
  
  , a computer file format
• Extremely low frequency
  Extremely low frequency
  Extremely low frequency is a term used to describe radiation frequencies from 3 to 300 Hz. In atmosphere science, an alternative definition is usually given, from 3 Hz to 3 kHz...
  
  , designation for the range of frequencies from 3 to 30 Hz

Music and cinema

• Elf (album)
  Elf (album)
  Elf is the first album by Ronnie James Dio's blues rock band called Elf. It was released in 1972. In this album, Dio is listed by his birth name Ronald Padavona...
  
  , a 1972 album, the first album by the American blues-rock band Elf
• Elf (band)
  Elf (band)
  Elf was a rock band founded in 1967 by the late singer and bassist Ronnie James Dio, keyboardist Doug Thaler, drummer Gary Driscoll, and guitarists Nick Pantas and David Feinstein . The band was originally called The Electric Elves, but was shortened to The Elves and finally Elf in mid-1970...
  
  , originally named The Electric Elves, an American blues-rock band founded in 1967 which disbanded in 1975
• Elf (film)
  Elf (film)
  Elf is a 2003 comedy film directed by Jon Favreau, written by David Berenbaum and starring Will Ferrell, James Caan, and Zooey Deschanel. It was released in the United States on November 7, 2003 and grossed over $220,400,000 worldwide.-Plot:A baby crawls into Santa Claus' sack while he is...
  
  , a 2003 American Christmas comedy film
• Elf the Musical
  Elf the Musical
  Elf the Musical is a musical with a score by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin. The book is adapted by Bob Martin and Thomas Meehan from the 2003 Jon Favreau-directed film Elf.-Synopsis:...
  
  , a 2010 Broadway Musical based on the 2003 film Elf

Natural sciences

• A type of fish; see Shad
  Shad
  The shads or river herrings comprise the genus Alosa, fish related to herring in the family Clupeidae. They are distinct from others in that family by having a deeper body and spawning in rivers. The several species frequent different areas on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea....
  
  
• A type of lightning; see Lightning#Elves
• Certain skipper butterfly genera in subfamily Pyrginae:
  • Eretis
    Eretis
    Eretis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.-Species:*Eretis buamba Evans, 1937*Eretis camerona Evans, 1937*Eretis djaelaelae *Eretis herewardi Riley, 1921*Eretis lugens...
    
    (typical elves) of tribe Celaenorrhinini
  • Procampta
    Procampta
    Procampta is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.-References:*...
    
    (Rare Elf) of tribe Tagiadini
• Electron localization function (ELF)
  Electron localization function
  In quantum chemistry, the electron localization function is a measure of the likelihood of finding an electron in the neighborhood space of a reference electron located at a given point and with the same spin...
  
  

Vehicles

• Isuzu Elf
  Isuzu Elf
  The is a light duty truck produced by Isuzu. Outside Japan it is known as N-series.The range was primarily available in Japan, Hong Kong and some other Asian countries, and since the late 1980s, also in the United States, Chile, Colombia , and Peru The is a light duty truck produced by Isuzu....
  
  , a truck
• Riley Elf, a variant of the Mini motorcar
• Elf, a tugboat taken into British Empire service as Empire Belle; see List of Empire ships - B#Empire Belle
• USS Elf (SP-81)
  USS Elf (SP-81)
  USS Elf was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.Elf was a civilian motorboat completed in early 1917 by Stanley Vansant. In early May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Louis H. Eisenlohr of Philadelphia,...
  
  , a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919
• Elf, an 1888 racing yacht

Brands and company names

• Elf Aquitaine
  Elf Aquitaine
  Elf Aquitaine was a French oil company which merged with TotalFina to form TotalFinaElf. The new company changed its name to Total in 2003...
  
  , a French oil company
• ELF Corporation
  ELF Corporation
  ELF Corporation is an eroge studio. One of its most popular games is Dōkyūsei, a pioneering dating sim, which has had a sequel, and been turned into video and TV series. The character design of the main villains from the -saku series is the company mascot...
  
  , an eroge game studio
• e.l.f. Cosmetics, an international cosmetics brand

See also

• ELF
  ELF
  ELF may be:Science* Electron localization function, a concept in quantum mechanics* Extremely low frequency, the band of radio frequencies from 3 to 30 HertzLinguistics...
  
   (acronym)
• Elfin (disambiguation)
• Elfen Lied
  Elfen Lied
  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. A thirteen-episode anime television series adaptation was produced by the studio ARMS and broadcast on TV Tokyo from July to October 2004. The anime was later licensed in North America on DVD by ADV Films...
  
  , a manga series with an anime adaption
• ALF
• Dwarf (disambiguation)