Dragons, Pixies, Dryads, Elves, Faeries and Otherkin Tribes

January 14, 2026


Dragons, Pixies, Dryads, Elves, Faeries and Otherkin Tribes:
Myriads of Elfae Kin

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We Silver Elves are happy to announce the publication on January 8, 2026, of our newest tribal narrative book:

Dragons, Pixies, Dryads, Elves, Faeries and Otherkin Tribes: Myriads of Elfae is our sixth book in the series of elf, faerie, fae and otherkin tribes. Dragons, Pixies, Dryads, Elves, Faeries and Otherkin Tribes includes tribe narratives of Dragons, Pixies, Dryads, Elves, Faeries and a variety of many otherkin tribes including Merfolk, Naiads, Sprites, Sirens, Fauns, Pookas, Halflinks (Brownies), Gnomes, Sylphs, Boggarts, Trolls, Orges, Valkyries, Spirit Beings, Huldu Folk, Shining Ones, the Sidhe, Qilins, Liches and mixed Elfae tribes. 

     All of these are newly written narratives and are not found in the first five volumes in this series. Our first book in this series is composed strictly of Elf tribes; the second book in the series describes Faerie, Fae and Otherkin tribes; and the third, fourth and fifth books are comprised of Elves, Faerie, Fae and Otherkin tribes.

     In these modern times we now abide, it is most important that the folk incarnated here from the Faerie realm have a strong magical narrative of their own in a world that often likes to tell us who we are and who we are not, and mostly quite inaccurately so. It is our hope that in reading the magical narratives contained in Dragons, Pixies, Dryads, Elves, Faeries and Otherkin Tribes that you will be inspired, our kindred brothers and sisters, to begin if you have not already done so to create your own narrative or add to what you already remember and intuit.

     Since we Silver Elves have been living and sharing The Elven Way since 1978, many individuals have written to us that they felt that they were faerie, fae or other but didn’t know any more about their particular tribe. And for years, we told them that they should trust their imaginations and intuitions. And while that is still very good advice, we realized in time that this was not any easy thing to do for many of these kindred of ours who were often newly awakened and needed a bit of guidance upon the path. And so we created a survey to help us learn more about the individual’s understanding of their own magical nature so that we could help them in having a narrative of their own kin type. 

     The magical narratives we created and that compose this book are based upon the memories or intuitions and thus the responses that we were given by our elfaerie kindred to the survey we circulated about ones otherkin nature (the survey is included in this book in the introduction). We advertised and circulated the survey on Facebook and other social media including our two blog sites, and gifted those that participated with their kin type narrative. We Silver Elves would like to thank all those who participated in this survey and we truly loved their creative responses. Of course, we used our own imagination and intuition in putting their replies into a consistent whole, which was often a challenge but a challenge we very much enjoyed. 

    You will find as you read through the many narratives in this book that the tribes of dragons, pixies, dryads, elves, faeries and otherkin are beautifully varied in their magic, healing abilities, lifestyle, art, ancient ways, governance, love of nature, relationship to mankind, preferences, symbols and skills.  

     This book is divided into six main sections containing 112 tribe narratives in all. The first section being 16 tribes of Dragons, Pixies, and Dryads; the second section is composed of 44 tribes of Elves; the third section being 13 tribes of a variety of Faerie and Fae folk; the fourth section has 7 tribes of Merfolk, Naiads, Sprites, and Sirens; the fifth section has 14 tribes of Fauns, Pookas, Halflinks (Brownies), Gnomes, Sylphs, Boggarts, Trolls and Orges; and the last section has 18 tribes of Valkyries, Spirit Beings, Huldu Folk, Shining Ones, the Sidhe, Qilins, Liches, and some tribes with mixed Elfae. Perhaps, you will find your people in here, or kindred quite like them. If not, then you may wish to consult our other five volumes of over 600 more tribes of a variety of elfae and otherkin. 

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Here are a few excerpts of narratives from Dragons, Pixies, Dryads, Elves, Faeries and Otherkin Tribes by The Silver Elves. Included below is one of a Dragon order, one of a Dryad tribe, and one of a Faun tribe:

The Rathynli Dragons . . . 

    “These dragons are very close to the kitsune or nine-tailed fox folk and learned from them, long ago, how to shape shift into humanoid bodies. Also, they are not a clan or tribe but rather a mystical and magical order, somewhat like a magical lodge, or like the Franciscans are a religious order of the Catholic faith. So, these dragons are the Rathynli (pronounced: Ray – thin – lie) branch of the Otålowyn (Oh – tah – low – win) order. Also, known as the Ancient Mystical Order of the Dragons of the Nine Realms, which are nine realms of the Yggsdrasil tree of Norse lore upon which all beings reside, which in its way, might be compared to the Kabbala, if not in an exact association.”

     “Like most mystical or magical orders, they have a hierarchal system for personal, magical and spiritual advancement and mastery. These are listed in the following fashion: the Oak level, the Hollyhock, the Lilac, Jasmine, Lotus, Elderberry and Foxglove. Prior to that there is a neophyte level, but they are not as yet counted as true members of their order. The Oak level indicates those who have made a solid commitment to the order and to their personal development. The Hollyhocks are learning the fundamentals of magic. The Lilac study the first level of glamourye, thus the ability to cast spells of visual transformation and illusion (some of these folk make their way in the world as stage magicians). The Jasmines learn the basics of enchantment, while the Lotus level emphasizes meditation and mystical communion with the otherworldly spheres. The Elderberries becomes masters of Daoism and the balance of the yin and yang energies. While the Foxgloves are the true masters of shapeshifting and can actually alter their bodily form not merely appear to do so. Of course, there is more to each level than we can go into here, but that is the basics.”

     “Each level is signified to each other by wearing a patch or a piece of jewelry that resembles the plant or flower of their level. Overall, the order has no flag or banner but they do have an escutcheon that has a gray background, signifying the misty nature of their lives, with the Yggsdrasil tree or World Tree upon it, denoting the nine worlds, with Thor’s Hammer to the left, denoting their great powers and a white Raven to the right, which indicates their ability to see in the various realms and communicate with those realms.”

     “In relationship to mankind and the normal folk, these folk are essentially a hidden folk and have as little to do with man as they can. Men are little more than ants as far as they are concerned, or perhaps termites or locusts, that are ever trying to destroy everything. But these dragons, not being bound to the material world, are not all that disturbed by that fact and assume, for the most part, that men will most likely and eventually bring about their own extinction. And if they don’t, well, good for them, at least they will have learned something. In the meantime, if men don’t interfere with these dragon folk, these folk are satisfied to just let men go about their business, as crazy as their business often seems to these dragons.” 

     “While these dragon folk learn all sorts of magic (at least, the fundamentals of nearly every type of magic) as they proceed in their basic education, they usually select a particular form of magic or a couple of forms to master beyond their essential mastery of shapeshifting itself. They might become adept necromancers and necromages, or pyromages and pyromancers, or enchanters and sorcerers or whatever combination appeals to them. Some study Norse magic combined with Chinese folk magic or other ethnic variations. It all depends upon the individual as they move away from formal classes into personal research and exploration.” 

     “Their familiars, if they choose to have any, are also very personal. However, there is a commonality to them, for nearly all of these familiars evidence leucistic genes, so that they are partially or all white or albino. They, like many of the aboriginal peoples in the world, understand the significance of these rare animals and their magical powers and often their connection to signs and prophecy, which these dragons are adept at reading and interpreting.”

The Anåtidre Dryads . . . 

     “These dryads can usually be found in the forested mountains, away from mankind for the most part and usually along streams or rivers, sometimes near waterfalls, living in association with the White Birch trees and the Weeping Willows and the wood elves that also live among them (see our book Wood Elves). They are the Anåtidre (pronounced: A – nah – tie – dree) clan of the Lototåfae (Low – toe – tah – fae) tribe and they have had and continue to have a close relationship with the faerie folk since quite ancient times when they migrated with the Tuatha de Danann across southern Europe from the region of the Caucasus to Ireland and the British Isles.” 

     “Although they have a Queen, known to them as the Goddess Mother, who has a consort who wears horns as a crown and is known as the Horned One, these dryads tend to be loners overall. They each have their individual tree, usually a Birch or Willow, that they tend to, although sometimes their entire family tends to it, but they don’t do a great deal of socializing beyond being polite to their neighbors. Their Queen and her consort travel among them encouraging them in their lives. However, since there are so many of them, they seldom actually see her until she reaches their particular part of the forest.

     “They generally live away from mankind due to the fact that they live in the mountains and fewer men live there and because, as we said, they are loners. However, they are not hostile toward mankind or the normal folk overall and are quite willing to help those who do live in their region as long as they aren’t trying to cut down or harm their trees. They are adamant in the defense of their trees.”

     “They do have a banner for their tribe, although they seldom bother to hang it. It has a blue background upon which there is triple moon, the sort of moon design popular among witches with a full moon and an outturned crescent moon on each side. The moon is in red, so a red moon indicating their active natures, and beneath it, in purple, there is wood elf script with the words: We Stand With Our Trees, which is their motto. This triple moon formation is also a quite popular tattoo among their people.” 

     “Magically, they tend to do witchcraft, as one might expect, and, of course, like nearly all elfae folk, they are diviners, but they are also Necromages who help guide those who have passed from their current incarnation through the Between and on to a, hopefully, better rebirth in a new form (see our book Beyond Death: The Elfin Book of the Dead, Ascending  towards the Faerie Realms through Progressive Incarnations).”

     “These dryads are frequently attended, especially the witches and other magic wielders among them, by crows and owls, who act as their familiars and assist them in their various magics. The crows, especially, are noted for bringing the Anåtidre items that they have found that these dryads can use in their spells. Although, they also take these items as signs and they divine the spells they will do based upon the objects that crows bring them.”

     “The Anåtidre are famous for being a very beautiful people, although reclusive, who have a love of lovely things, especially art, and who are also rather cultured and educated. For them, the great magical treasures that they possess are not items, such as enchanted rings, swords, boots or other such objects but rather the ideals of beauty, fair play and their spiritual belief that all beings were created to perfect thems’elves and are an essential part of the great cosmic whole.”

     “There are three clans in this tribe. The first is the Foxglove clan, which is the Anåtidre clan, who are, as we said above, a very beautiful but also a very feeling folk, which tends to make them introverted. Love, friendship and kinship are quite important to them but in a respectful way so everyone is given their ‘space’. Then there are the Forget Me Not folk, who are very relationship oriented, never forget a friend or lover, and are not the loners that these folk are. They enjoy being together in groups and are more extroverted in nature. And there are also the Queen Anne’s Lace clan who, first of all, love to wear lace, which is probably where the association came from. They are especially seen as being a lucky folk, primarily because beautiful people are often favored in society and they do tend to live further down the mountains and closer to mankind who are easily swayed by them just because of their beauty. They are great enchanters.” 

The Arvåeri  Fauns . . . 

“These fauns can sometimes be found living in the deep rainforest, as far from mankind as they can get. They have had bad experiences with men and have ever since sought to avoid them as much as possible. They are the Arvåeri (pronounced: air – vah – ear – ree) clan of the Kymbaryn (kim – bare – ren) tribe and, like nearly all fauns, they grow antlers once they mature, have deer legs with humanoid upper bodies, but instead of deer ears, most of them have elf type ears and therefore they are sometimes called elf fauns.”

     “They are very active in the body modification communities. They get piercings, have their tongue split in two sometimes, their ears elongated and have other modifications as well. Naturally, many of them get tattoos on their upper bodies. And some wear rings, like nose or earrings, along their Achilles tendon and often on their hooves.” 

     “There are numerous clans in their tribe, named after flowers for the most part. There is the Lily of the Valleys, The Snapdragons, the Lotus folk, the Ivy folk, the Spiders (named after spider plants) and the Aeonium or Tree Houseleeks. The Lily folk are noted for wearing bell-shaped hats, upside down, of course. The Snapdragons are a very colorful folk. the Lotus clan like to live on lakes and ponds in the midst of the forest. The Ivy people are the most mobile of them. The Spiders are a very prolific and hardy folk. And the Aeonium, instead of the rainforests, like to live in the deep deserts. This may seem strange but many of these elf fauns are a nomadic folk periodically traveling from their deep rain forests, to pine forests, to deserts and elsewhere. Mostly, this is an effort to always keep ahead of and away from men and the normal folk, but also, they do it because they just like to travel and adventure around. Part of their Druidic training is learning the ways of Nature in all its various regions, seasons and climes.”

     “As magic wielders, they practice a form of Druidry that puts an emphasis on interaction with the air elementals. They also do weather working. Again, especially with the air. And aeromancy, which is divination through contact with the air spirits. They read the winds, the breezes, the hurricanes and the tornedoes. And, they can bring them forth if they wish, or need to do so, or calm them down.”

     “Spiritually, like many elfae folk, they don’t have a religion they follow but they do honor Mother Earth as a great goddess and the mother of their people. She provides everything that they have and everything that they need and they see her as the living, breathing entity that she is and has always been.” 

     “They don’t really have leaders per se as a people. This is to say that they don’t have hereditary leaders or elected leaders. Instead, they have what they call Natural Leaders. Their way is to follow those among them who know what they are doing and what needs to be done in any particular instance. Their sense of this is instinctual rather than mental. If a disagreement arises among them, some of them will follow the faun they feel knows best and others will follow whomever seems to best know what to do in their eyes (or feelings really). They may split off for a while, but they often find each other again.”

     “They also seem to have a great fondness for bonsai trees. So, in a certain sense, they carry their forests around with them wherever they go. They have what they call a Traveling Woodland that is composed of all their bonsais together. Sometimes, however, when the time is right, they will plant some of their trees where needed, while they begin to raise other trees. So, in that way, they are wandering tree planters as well. Also, due to this, they are related, you might say, to various trees and forests all over the world. So spiritually, their forests are widespread.” 

     “While their clans don’t really have flags or banners for the most part. Some of them do hang up banners that show different trees upon them. As for instance, they might display a banner with a fir tree on it one day only to have one of an elm another day, and a different type of tree altogether on the next after that, demonstrating that they don’t relate to just one tree but to many or nearly all trees.” 

End of excerpt from Dragons, Pixies, Dryads, Elves, Faeries and Otherkin Tribes.

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Many Elven Blessings, dear Kindred!

"Me le’na ontrili te vari del nar elsåsey"

pronounced in Arvyndase, the magical language of The Silver Elves: Me lee’nah ohn - try - lie tea vair - rye deal nair eel - sah - say.

"May your journeys be ever safe and joyous."

“Me le’na ontrili te vari del nar elsåsey”

pronounced in Arvyndase, the magical language of The Silver Elves: Me lee’nah ohn – try – lie tea vair – rye deal nair eel – sah – say.

“May your journeys be ever safe and joyous.”

Are Oak, Ash and Hawthorne trees special to Elfae folk? And What do we Silver Elves think of the Oak King and Holly King?

December 8, 2025


Are Oak, Ash and Hawthorne trees special to Elfae folk?

     According to ancient British/Celtic lore the Oak, Ash and Hawthorne trees are particularly special or attractive to we elfae folk. This is especially so when they are found growing in groups together for they form a gateway or passage way into the supernatural world, which is to say, essentially, Faerie. 

     The Oak has often been referred to as the King of the Forest, for it is seen to symbolize strength, endurance, wisdom, and protection. In particular, the protective aspect of the strong when they use their powers to shield those who are weaker. The Oak was also noted for being sacred to the Druids. And the Druids, according the De Vere in The Dragon Legacy, were founded by we elven folk. Certainly, we had a close association with them. And as far as we Silver Elves are concerned the Celtic tribal peoples were often elfae folk.

     The Ash tree is also thought to represent strength, but more importantly healing, the establishment of stability, and an as a tree that is especially connected to the divine. That is due, in great part, because the Norse World Tree or Yggdrasil represented the Nine worlds or nine dimensions of being. The ash was also noted to have apotropaic powers to ward off harmful spirits. Also, Ash was frequently the wood chosen for the crafting of wizards’ staffs, enchanters’ canes, magicians’ wands and witches’ brooms, as well.

     The Hawthorne, has also been called the May tree. Its powers revolve around fertility, love, and safety for and protection thereof. We might note that being the May tree, it is linked to Beltaine when lovers often find each other. It has both lovely blossoms and sharp thorns rather like roses in that way and thus it indicates the fact that those beings that are beautiful and those things that are beautiful need to be protected. Hawthornes are sometimes referred to as ‘fairy trees’ and are seen to be protected by we elfae folk. Therefore, harming the Hawthorne or cutting it down is said to bring the wrath of we elfae upon the person and, in consequence, they will have bad luck thereafter. Also, it is said their blossoms shouldn’t be brought into one’s house, but that’s just because men used to believe it was an invitation to us elfae folk if the person did so. For our own part, we elfae would hang hawthorne blossoms on our doors to let our kindred know we were open to having company.

     The truth is that while having these trees together is surely magical, to we elfin all trees are magical and every combination of trees is magical (see our book Wood Elves: Their Customs and Their Magic). The magic may differ with the different combinations, but still trees are magic and all of them are special to us (see our book An Elfin Book of Trees for the Elven Druid: The Ogham of the Elves Using Elvish Wizard Script). And as far as we elves are concerned the miscellaneous cutting down of trees brings bad luck to everyone. Although, particularly to those who had the ill grace to do it or order it done.

     And because Oak, Ash and Hawthorne grow only in certain areas of the world, naturally, there would be other trees whose union would be significant in other parts of the globe. Just as there are more trees seen as being the World Tree than just the Ash. There is also the Ceiba tree in Mesoamerican, the Ashvattha or Indian banyan tree, the Mesopotamian Huluppu tree, and the Golden Poplar of Eurasia. So, too, surely there are tree groupings that are seen as significant in terms of Faerie, magic and the supernatural in other parts of the world.

     We Silver Elves, for our own part, are incredibly fond of the Banyan tree and think it especially magical because the branches of the tree send down aerial roots that support them as they extend and these roots, in time, widen and appear to become their own trees, which makes the Banyan one tree that is also a family of trees. To we Silver Elves, that is a great and powerful magic and makes the Banyan tree a true faerie tree, for we elfae are one individually and one together. And that to us is a great magical power, the power of Elfin and Faerie and all of us unique and eccentric beings united in our individuality.

"Finding Faerie involves the profound realization that it's where we've been all along." ~The Silver Elves, authors of Through the Mists of Faerie: A Magical Guide to the Wisdom Teachings of the Ancient Elven

What do we Silver Elves think of the Oak King and Holly King?

      In some faerie lore and even more often in modern novels in which Faerie or faeries have a part, there is sometimes the idea that there is a Winter Court and a Summer Court of the Faerie world. This is sometimes extended to include Spring Courts and Autumn Courts as well. Someone also came up with the idea of a Bohemian Court and we Silver Elves feel that if we did belong to an elfin or faerie court, it would surely be the free community of artists, poets and free thinkers that would compose a Bohemian Court.

     Along with this idea is the notion that there is an Oak king and Holly king that also experience seasonal powers with the Holly king replacing the Oak king when summer approaches and the Oak king replacing the Holly king when winter comes. There are those who declare that these ideas where an invention created by Robert Graves in his book The White Goddess (which if you understand that work could just as easily be entitled The Elf Goddess). Although, you can find something of this same sort in the tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in Arthurian lore, which is centuries older than Grave’s work. In that story, the Green Knight is killed with the coming of winter but revives again. For when winter comes nearly all of Nature seems to die only to be born again in the spring. 

     Of course, what seems to have died really was only sleeping, awaiting the right moment to return. So, while Graves may have expanded or illuminated this idea of the Oak and Holly king seasonally replacing each other, we suspect it is a notion that is far older than he, and not his invention at all. He merely extrapolated from what already existed. There are many who decry his work for this, but we have always found it quite illuminating.

     The essence of this idea of the rotation of life or of the seasonal courts of Faerie gaining and then losing ascendancy and vice versa is that life is continuous, that what seems like death and destruction is just part of the cycle of life and that everything in time is born again in its own season. Death is a process, not a thing unto itself. Death is a function of Life not its opposite, as those of Piscean Age understanding like to think as they are so prone to seeing life in terms of Black and White, Good and Evil and other dichotomies. But then, they are of the fifth subrace of the fifth root race and that is their propensity. 

     As the Aquarian Age evolves and the sixth subrace of the fifth root race rises into manifestation a more diverse understanding will gain ascendency. Not only Black and White but various hues of grays as well as a rainbow of possibilities. That is why, in part, we elfae folk, who are the sixth subrace emerging, are often referred to as the Rainbow Peoples or the People of the Rainbow.

     And this is observable in Nature as well. The Oak tree doesn’t replace the Holly tree nor the other way around. Evergreens don’t replace deciduous trees when winter comes, they just become more prominent after the deciduous trees have shed their leaves after a glorious display of color. Winter doesn’t start and stop on a certain day when Spring suddenly comes and takes over. It is a gradual process usually with a great deal of give and take, ebbing and flowing and season within seasons. That’s why there is the existence, in some areas, of what is called Indian Summer, when the cooling weather becomes unseasonably warm for a period.

     For our own part, we Silver Elves like the idea of an Oak King and a Holly King and a Monkey Paw King and a Palm Tree King and a Banyan King and a Magnolia Queen and a Bay Laurel Queen and much else. But then we are part of the Bohemian Court and artistic varieties are our delight. And also, we live on islands in the Uttermost West where there are only subtle differences between Summer and Winter anyway. A little cooler in the Winter, which can even get so cold for a few weeks that we need to close our windows at night and there is usually more rain and very hot for a few weeks in the summer. Which brings us again to the fact that life is varied and so are we. But then, we’re elves so we celebrate our uniqueness, eccentricities and our individualities. To the normal folk, being considered normal is a compliment. To we elfin folk, being considered normal is one of the worse things someone can say or think about us.

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“We touch the Earth,
embrace the trees
and from them each a gift receive
of Elfin magic, ancient true
to guide our hearts in all we do.”
—The Silver Elves

And if you enjoyed the article above, then you may surely enjoy these articles also by The Silver Elves on the subject of Trees and the Elven Way:

1). What is the Relationship of the Elves to the Trees? 

https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2019/04/12/what-is-the-relationship-of-the-elves-to-the-trees 

 
2). Do the Elves say that Trees Have Souls?

https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2022/05/17/do-the-elves-say-that-trees-have-souls/

3). Are Faerie Trees Different from Worldly Trees?

https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/are-faerie-trees-different-from-worldly-trees/

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For further reading we suggest . . . .

. . .  . dear Kindred, if you enjoyed the article above about the relationship elves have with the trees, we think you may very much enjoy reading our most popularly read book on the wisdom teachings of the ancient Elven titled Through the Mists of Faerie:

Through The Mists of Faerie:
A Magical Guide to the Wisdom Teachings of the Ancient Elven

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—Excerpt from page 26 of Through The Mists of Faerie by The Silver Elves.
“Elfin, Faerie, Elfland or the Sacred Realm or Dimension of Magic that lives at the heart of the Universe, is an incredibly attractive power. It draws all true souls to it. It calls to the Elfin nature in each and every soul. This is the power that arouses the imagination of those who see or read the Lord of the Rings and say, I’m an Elf or I’m a Dwarf, or even I’m an Orc. The power calls to us through Urban Fantasy stories and the fantasy novels of old, as well as, faery tales and movies of magic and enchantment. But it also calls to us from the trees, the wild places of Nature, and sometimes most of all from magic memories of our childhood, which is really our ancient past, our past incarnations, calling to us. It can also be aroused, and quite strongly, perhaps most strongly, by others of our kind manifesting in the world. There is something magical about these beings and they arouse our own hunger for magic in our own lives and souls. These Elfae radiate starlight. They glimmer with love, kindness and compassion; and they reach out and touch our souls. Some might suppose this to be a glamor, a magic they have wrapped thems’elves within to enchant us; but while they are truly enchanting, the magic arises from the fact that they are genuine and real. They don’t need to glamor us. They just need to be their very own s’elves, for that is the most impressive magic of all. They are not trying, they are simply being: being thems’elves, being elves.”

One of our favorite Banyans near our Eald (Elven Home)

 

Wood Elves: The Customs and Magic of the Sylvan Folk by The Silver Elves

November 17, 2025

Wood Elves:
The Customs and Magic of the Sylvan Folk
by The Silver Elves 
quote on the front cover:
(“We Wood Elves see ours’elves as leaves
growing on the World Tree,
which float free in time,
only to descend to the ground
to nurture the Tree and be born again.”)

We Silver Elves happily announce the publication of our 82nd book titled Wood Elves: The Customs and Magic of the Sylvan Folk. Our 82 books are on elfin life and magic, elven oracles, our elven language Arvyndase, and living The Elven Way, and we know you will find Wood Elves both helpful reading on your path to manifest the magic of Elfin in your life. Please read more below about this 3rd in our series of The Silver Elves books on various kinds of elves (see Moon Elves: Their Customs and Their Magic and Star Elves: Their Customs and Their Magic for the 1st and 2nd in the series, there is no order in which these books need to be read).

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In reading WOOD ELVES: The Customs and Magic of the Sylvan Folk, you will find discussed 180 various wood elf tribes (a chapter is devoted to each) of which there are numerous member clans and also often families of various clans. Many of the tribes have multiple clans; for instance, the Hackberry tree related tribe called the Lotåcani has nearly 70 clans (and there are many tree tribes with even more clans). So, while we include the name of the tree or shrub, along with the tree tribe name and about its elven life, appearance, history, clan relationships and magic, we are unable to elaborate upon many of the clans for it would make this tome far too vast. However, the tribes and clans that we do illuminate are those who are best known among us. In Faerie and Elfin, diversity is a way of life. Nature loves diversity and so does the Divine Magic that created it all. And Faerie is ever evolving. New clans or tribes can pop up while others may disappear.

Trees, in many ways, are just plants that have grown into shrubs, some of which have extended through evolution to become trees. The Wood Elves associate, naturally, with trees but they also are linked to shrubs and plants. If you ask most Sylvan Folk what their favorite tree is, they will speak of a number or different trees; oaks, willows, pines, elms, birch, beech, and Japanese cherry blossom trees being especially beloved in our experience. However, they will also say, quite often, that they love all trees. Which is true of most wood elves. We wood elves also love all plants and shrubs as well. Still, Wood Elves do tend to associate with certain trees, if only because those are the trees they often live under, in, among and with. Trees and shrubs to Sylvan Elves are familiars. Just as witches are noted for having cats as familiars (although we’ve known witches who had snakes as familiars and one who had a tarantula, so having a cat as a familiar is just a generalized association and not necessarily true of all witches, obviously). So, Wood Elves carry out their magic in relationship to the trees with whom they have a close association and friendship. And, in speaking of various Wood Elves, we will be looking at them in terms of their tree and sometimes shrub relationships, for this deeply affects their lives and their magic. 

While most elven folk, and this includes wood elves, are not religious, we do tend to be a spiritual people and many wood elves associate with the various spirits or deities of the forests. These include the Green Man, Herne, Cernunnos and many others including the Greek goddess Artemis, Faunus of the Romans, the Leshy of Slavic lore, and the Finnish Mielikki. We don’t go into these in this work, for even in a particular tribe or clan, it is still up to the individual elf to decide which spirits, or Shining Ones, with whom they wish to have a relationship. Spiritual development and magical association are very personal matters among all of we elven folk who tend to be both eccentric and eclectic. (If you would like to read more on the various shining ones and deities related to the trees see our book An Elfin Book of Trees for the Elven Druid.) 

You may also note that numerous trees are considered to be the World Tree and others to be the Tree of Life (see our book The Elven Tree of Life Eternal: A Magical Quest for One’s True S’elf) or the tree that Buddha sat under to receive enlightenment. Trees are magic as these wood folk know. 

In the book you will also find a chapter with a Wood Elf Name game generator that we Silver Elves have made for you to find your wood elf name (of course it may be used just for fun!). And also do take a look at one of the last chapters in the book that has a Wood Elf Script for you to use in writing your wood elf tribe and name and any messages that you may wish to use in your forest magic. We Silver Elves know that other many wood elves also love to paint magic rocks and leave them in the forest, and to do so the Wood Elf Script is perfect for using to inscribe your magic wishes. 

We Silver Elves hope you enjoy reading this book about the many and various wood elf tribes and clans, and will find those wood elves to whom you are kin.

Fardas Lovur Tae Lan (Arvyndase for “Dancing Toward the Dawn”),
The Silver Elves 

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       Please scroll down below and enjoy reading the first three chapters from Wood Elves. The tree or shrub the tribe is related to is the name of the chapter and it is followed by the name of the tribe and description. 

First three chapters from Wood Elves (there are 180 chapters in this book, one chapter for each wood elf tree tribe): 

“Chapter 1. Viburnum”

“Wood Elf Tribe: Renarwi (pronounced: re – nair -why)”

     “The Renarwi are attached to Viburnum plants and shrubs, which often have green leaves with white flowers. However, at least one clan has red leaves. Their banner reflects this with the image of the plant or flower or leaf, or sometimes the berries or drupes, depending upon the particular clan, usually upon a dark green background (again, that will vary according to the particular clan). And there are from 150 to 175 varieties, so there are many clans of this tribe or perhaps even a small nation.”

     “Like the plant with which they associate, these wood elves tend to live on the ground, rather than up in the trees as some wood elves do and many of them have homes that are, at least in part, underground, which is to say they will have basements or tunnels under their abodes and these tunnels are usually interconnected so that the elves never have to go outdoors to get to another’s house unless they desire to do so.”

     “Of course, they live among the shrubs and herbaceous plants that they love. Often, as a means of camouflage, if they do live above ground, they will paint their houses to look like the plants or shrubs that surround them. They just blend in with the rest of the forest or woodland where they abide.”

     “They are, for the most part, a gentle people who mostly mind their own business and do their magic, which consists primarily of purifying and clearing the atmosphere of the Earth and helping to feed the hungry. In the modern world, they are frequently found assisting the homeless, the refugee or working for other charities. Their magic is almost entirely of the healing variety and they are often knowledgeable concerning herbs as ingredients for healing potions. They lead simple lives, all and all, and in that way, are rather like Tolkien’s idea of Hobbits. They enjoy a good, humble life with close friends, nutritious food and comfortable and pleasant surroundings and they think that everyone should have the means and opportunity to have such a life as well.”

     “Most people don’t consider them to be important people. However, this is just fine with these wood elves who prefer a cozy fire, a cup of hot tea or coffee and a good book to read to being famous in the world. What they do for others is out of the generosity of their hearts and not done for any personal gain, other than the grace one is granted by the Divine Magic for being a decent human being and by Elfin for being a kind and sweet elf.”

“Chapter 2. Elderberry”

“Wood Elf Tribe: Taaldari (pronounced: tay – ale – dare – rye)”

     “There are about 20 to 30 clans of the Taaldari tribe. The Elderberry tree is really a large shrub. But that counts as a tree for these wood folk. Like most sylvan folk, they dress primarily in green clothes although, red and deep purple are popular accents for their attire, while some will complement their attire with white or yellow.”

     “These folk, along with the Rowan elves, have a deeply protective magic and are noted for warding off dark or intrusive, aggressive magical spells. Therefore, they are a warrior people, but especially those sorts involved in defensive battle magic. They are the ‘karate is for s’elf defense only’ type of people. These are some of the wood elves most noted for using elf darts, which are also traditionally known as elf arrows, that they used to shoot at intruders from hiding using blowguns or small bows.” 

     “Growing Elder trees near one’s home helps protect one from wicked magic and wicked spells. One is less likely therefore to fall for the propaganda of individuals seeking to promote hate, intolerance and disinformation, if one is protected by the magic of these wood elves.”

     “They are also a deeply mystical people, who interact through the astral realms to cast their spells of protection around their loved ones, thems’elves, and all innocent individuals. In the modern world, they are very hard at work seeking to protect the Earth and the wild creatures upon the Earth. You will commonly find them striving to save the whales, the wolves and other of Nature’s creatures, as well as working against the extinction of various rare species or species that have become rare through man’s predations.” 

     “In some ways, however, they may be most famous for their fermentation of elderberries into wine. They customarily bring bottles of elderberry wine as gifts when they visit friends or give it as a gift to newcomers in the neighborhood. This giving of wine is often associated magically with both healing and prosperity. And these wood elves are generally viewed as being a healthy and prosperous people who share their abundance freely with all those who are kind to them. Thus, living near elderberry trees/shrubs mystically improves one’s chances of increasing their wealth and improving their health.” 

     “These wood elves can be found living in North and South America, Europe, Asia and the South Pacific. In some places, you will find these wood elves having badgers as companions. In ancient times, these badgers would fight alongside of these wood elves if they were forced to go into battle due to the incursions of mankind.”

“Chapter 3. Sweetgum family”

“Wood Elf Tribe: Såcsågalae (pronounced: sack – sah – gale – lay)”

     “There are fifteen primary clans in this tribe with over 100 sub-clans or bands that are composed of over 2,000 families altogether. They are rather known for having aeolian harps in their trees, which are played by the wind and often give off this eerie sort of song or music that is often associated with we elven folk.”

     “While there are quite a few of them, they are a close-knit family. However, you need to understand that we elves, especially, consider every one of our kin and friends to be family. These elven are an ancient folk going back to prehistoric times although, like most wood elf peoples, they are less widely distributed than they once were. This, of course, was before mankind came and began cutting down the forests to clear the land for their farms, cities and so forth, as well as viewing the forest as merely a resource to be used with no consciousness of the life or intelligence of the trees.”

     “These wood elves are a somewhat fancy group and they love to dress up. It is seldom that one sees these wood elves when they are not dressed to the ‘nines’. Some people think that they spend all their lives and waking hours wearing formal wear, but that is not quite true. Still, fashion is rather important to them. And they are known to change their clothes styles frequently. They are also somewhat season oriented and will change the style of their dress from one season to another. In that way, they are rather similar to ‘high society’ among men. But then, high society among men are often actually elfae folk of some sort, just as the word ‘gentleman’ is really a euphemism for an elfae person and the term Gentry was used in the past to refer to we elfin faerie folk.”

     “They are also noted for having great teeth and wonderful dental health and, in fact, many of them in the modern world work as dentists or dental hygienists. They are frequently at the forefront of research involving dental health. Some are working on ways to trigger the growth of a third set of teeth.”

     “Their magic emphasizes endurance, adaptation, transformation and strength. They have survived through the long ages due to their magic and they will continue to use it in order to continue on in the modern world. However, note that the sweetgum balls are sometimes referred to as ‘Witches Burrs’ or ‘Witches Balls’ and are used as part of their protective magic as well. This Witch Ball is also worn by some of them in the form of jewelry, often covered by gold or silver, by which they declare their ancestry, their tribe and the fact that they will not put up with anyone imposing themselves upon them.”

     “Among their warriors, they also use a weapon that is similar to the Witch Burr, it is a pointed ball on the end of a chain or rope that they swing around and send forth toward their opponent, similar in some ways to a ‘morning-star’, which they may have inspired. No matter where the Witch Burr lands, it will stick, prick or penetrate.” 

~ End of three chapters excerpt from Wood Elves: The Customs and Magic of the Sylvan Folk

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Elven Blessings, dearest Elfae Kindred

What is your Elfae Type of Magic

November 2, 2025


We Silver Elves would be happy to gift you with a short narrative about your specific Elfae or Otherkin type of magic. Please first let us know a little about you by choosing one answer from each of the ten questions below. If you feel you don’t know, just pick what feels best to you or choose the first thing that comes to your mind or appeals to you (please just choose one under each question). Trust you intuition. If your choice is ‘other’, please specify what that other is. Add anything that you think is relevant to your magical life. (For those of you who have already been gifted our ‘What Kind of Elf or Other Fae Are You’ narrative, this narrative will be more about the type of magic that you do than your kin type and will most likely complement your Kin Type narrative.)

Please email your answers to [email protected] with “magic type” in the subject line. We will email you back with your magic type narrative within 2 to 4 weeks. 

(This is not an automatic response questionnaire. When you are done you will not get some already formulated reply. We need you to send your answers to the questions to our email address at [email protected] and we will examine what you have said and do our best to aid you in this quest. You may wish to copy and paste the questionnaire into an email to us and add your answers there.)

What Is Your Elfae Type of Magic?
(Be sure and read the instructions above and email us your questionnaire responses to [email protected])

1. I mostly consider mys’elf to be a . . . . . (Please choose one below) 
a. Shaman

b. Enchanter

c, Witch

d. Druid

e. Magician

f. Healer

g. Sorcerer

h. Diviner

i. Conjuror

j. Wizard

k. Alchemist

l. Mystic/Visionary

m. Warlock

n. Other

2. My favorite color is _________. (please fill in the blank)

3. The element I most relate to is . . . . .  (choose one below)

a. Fire

b. Water

c. Earth

d. Air

e. Spirit

f. Wood

g. Metal

h. Other

4. If I could have one power, I’d choose . . . . . (choose one below)

a. Levitation/Flying

b. Healing

c. Teleportation

d. Mind Control

e. Reading Thoughts

f. Empath/ Feeling the Feelings of Others

g. Psychokinesis

h. Money Drawing Magic

i. Sexual Attraction/Charisma

j. Defense, Safety, Protection

k. Luck in all things

l. Precognition

m. Invisibility

n. Shape Shifting

o. Other

5. I feel most like a . . . . . (choose one below)

a. Elf.

b. Faerie.

c. Pixie.

d. Gnome.

e. Brownie.

f. Dwarf.

g. Merperson.

h. Selkie.

i. Dryad.

j. Therian: were-wolf? were-leopard? kitsune? other?

k. Pucca or pookha.

l. Dragon.

m. Unicorn.

n. Faun? Satyr? Centaur?

o. Hobbit.

p. Leprechaun.

q. Menehune.

r. Other

6. What is your magical familiar?

a. Cat

d. Dog

c. Owl

d. Other . . .

7. I think of mys’elf as primarily being part of the . . . . . (choose one below)

a. Seelie

b. Unseelie

c. Winter Court

d. Summer Court

e. Spring Court

f. Autumn Court

g. Bohemian Court

h. Sidhe

i. Tuatha de Danann

j. Independent

Other

8. I consider mys’elf to be a … (whatever type of magic wielder you are, please choose one below).

a. Dark …

b. Wild …

c. Light …

d. Feral …

e. Chaotic …

f. Gray …

g. Green …

h. White …

i. Black …

j. Shadow …

k. Other …

9. As a magic wielder I would be part of a . . . . .(choose one below)

a. Coven

b. Vortex

c. Lodge

d. Hedgewitch (informal magical education)

e. Solitary

f. Circle

g. Frasority (combines the words for Fraternity and Sorority, see our book The Elven Urban Dictionary).

h. Order

i. Grove

j. Other

10. My most powerful magical tool is my . . . . . (choose one below)

a. Wand

b. Staff

c. Cane

d. Chalice/Goblet

e. Sword/Knife/Athame/Boline

f. Magic Circle/Pantacle/Sigil/Seal/Shield

g. Magic Ring

h. Other

(please email us your 10 questionnaire responses to [email protected])

In Shimmering Starlight Ever Be,
The Silver Elves
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Elven Blessings, Dear Kindred!

Are Trees that Stand Alone Special to We Elfae Folk? 

September 28, 2025


    (Photo above is of Silver Flame of The Silver Elves sitting and talking
with one of her favorite trees in Makaha, Hawaii)

Some people say that trees that stand alone are very special, perhaps sacred, to we elfae folk and this is surely true. However, we should add that nearly all trees are special to we elven peoples, every grove, woodland, forest, jungle, holt, greenwood, boscage, and hedgerow are all special to us as well. Also, the wildflowers, the garden flowers, the plants on the hillside and nearly every other growing thing that Nature has so kindly gifted us. 

     So, yes, a tree that stands alone is special to us. But it is particularly special because often it is a survivor. It continues to stand when others of its kin have perished. Although, if we had our way, it would not stand alone but have all its kindred around it. For we elves much prefer forests and woodlands and bunches of trees all communing in their meditative way than trees alone. Or being alone ours’elves, at least that is the case with most of us elfin folk.

     And the fact that so many trees are gone from the Earth is not only evidence of mankind’s folly, since his life depends upon the oxygen the trees produce, but also the advanced nature of the trees, many of whom have evolved to the point where they no longer need to manifest in material bodies and have moved on to ethereal manifestation. They have become the trees of Elfin and Faerie, or the parts of Elfin and Faerie that are etheric in Nature to which our realms, the realms of Elfin and Faerie that we are manifesting upon the Earth and, perhaps out in the stars, are linked.

     We elves generally favor the underdog. We support the oppressed and rally for those who are abused and neglected and yet still struggling. Therefore, a tree alone is definitely admirable to us, not because it is alone but because it has endured and continues to endure without its kindred and support network. Our wish is always that a tree alone will plant seeds so others will join it. In just this way, we love the ‘weed’ growing up through the cracks in the sidewalk and hope that others will gather around it as well. We elves, for the most part, are not fond of being alone. And in our experience, most of those elfae who say they are loners do so because they are surrounded by the normal folk and haven’t, as yet, found those who are kindred to them. We expect that the trees are similar in nature and wouldn’t be alone, in most cases, if circumstances didn’t cause them to be so.

     So, again, it is not their aloneness that we find special but their pure beingness. Our wish wouldn’t be for there to be more ‘stand-alone’ trees but more woods, more forests, more groves and other gatherings of an arboreal nature. Create more arboretums. Let the rainforests live and expand. Make our cities forests and cover the Earth, as much as possible, with trees, for that is the Elven Way. 

     As to being sacred, the same logic applies. We elves are not generally a religious people but we do believe in the Divine Magic, which is to say the essential and fundamental sacredness and perfection that exists in potential of all beings whatsoever waiting to be realized or made real and actual, which is to say manifested in this world.

     It is true that some beings, perhaps most of us, have not as yet obtained the perfection of being that is our destiny. However, that is not really true of most of the trees. They are high spiritual beings, many of them having obtained much greater longevity than we have as yet, and who are supportive of us and very meditative and tranquil in Nature. The fact that so many people fail to see how advanced most of them are in comparison to us, is only to say that the trees are also, as it turns out, older, wiser and more evolved than we. We need them but they don’t really need us. 

     If the trees abandon us as a species, we are pretty much done, at least on this planet. While if we perished, they would just continue on. Still, in terms of we elfae folk, if the trees utterly left the Earth, we would surely do so ours’elves following after them to other planets or back to the ethereal realms and await the time when we could once again try our hand at manifesting Elfin and Faerie upon the Earth and among the Stars.

Ver nesidas mellun vari te (In shimmering starlight ever be),
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And if you enjoyed the article above, then you may surely enjoy these articles also by The Silver Elves on the subject of the Faerie Realm and some about our beloved Trees:

1. Are Faerie Trees different from Worldly Trees?
https://silverelves.wordpress.com//2025/08/26/are-faerie-trees-different-from-worldly-trees/

2. What is the Relationship of the Elves to the Trees? https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2019/04/12/what-is-the-relationship-of-the-elves-to-the-trees 

3. Do the Elves say that Trees Have Souls?
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2022/05/17/do-the-elves-say-that-trees-have-souls/

4. Do we elves grow trees that never die?
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2024/01/22/do-faeries-die-and-do-we-elves-grow-trees-that-never-die/

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A Gift For You!!!!!!
What Sort of Elf, Faerie or Other Are You?
What is Your Magical Tribe?

For years various kindred have asked us, the Silver Elves, to help them figure this out. Now we’ve created a questionnaire to help us do so and to help you learn about your people, your magical tribe. This is our gift to you (free). Simply follow this link below and the directions and we will help you with your own personal narrative about your magical tribe:
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And for those wishing to read more about An Elfin Book of Trees for the Elven Druid, please click here

“We elves don’t always remember our past lives in Elfin,
but we ever feel them in the depths of our souls.”

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Many people ask us which of our 80+ The Silver Elves books on Elven Philosophy and Magic and The Elven Way to begin reading first and so we say, which ever sounds right to you, follow your elven intuition, as there is really no right order! You may wish to visit our Sample Our Books page on our Silver Elves website and read through the excerpts on each book. But if you would like a suggestion, you may wish to begin with one or more of these four books:
1. Through The Mists Of Faerie: A Magical Guide to the Wisdom Teachings of the Ancient Elven This is our most popular book and one we highly recommend reading by anyone interested in elves, elven magic, elven lifestyle, elven awakening and the Elven Way.

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2. The Elven Way: The Magical Path of the Shining Ones This is a companion book to Through the Mists of Faerie, but may be read in any order. It is also a very popular book and a good one to start with.

“The Elven Way passes beyond the fields of the known
into the forest of the unknown
illuminated by the glow of the elves.”
(From the cover below)

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3. The Book of Elven Runes: A Passage Into Faerie
This is not the Norse Runes but our own original elven rune divination system. It consists of 40 runes. The book is 130 pages with photos and illustrations that feature each rune and explain the rune system, how to make your own set of runes (runestones not included), and the interpretation for each of the runes.

4. The Book of Elven Magick: The Philosophy and Enchantments of the Seelie Elves (see both Volume 1 & 2)

5. The Magical Realms of Elfin: Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path.

If you have questions about The Elven Way and being an elf, then you may also wish to read The Magical Realms of Elfin: Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path. If you are curious about elves and want to learn more about modern elves, then you will surely find The Magical Realms of Elfin to contain many of your questions answered and it will be a great comfort and help in finding your way home to the magical realms of Elfin.

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“In a forest not far ‘way,
we elves begin another day
and as we move with simple grace,
we call to mind your lovely face.”

— The Silver Elves

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And now for a bit of elven fun!

We invite you to come to our website and enter our elven forest and go through the Elven Tree of Life Eternal to explore your magical nature (it’s free and completely private). It is set up somewhat like a choose your own adventure book and a fun way to explore your specific magic while all roads lead to Elfin. Then return to “the Eald of the Silver Elves home page” at any time you wish by clicking the “home page” link at the top of any page you happen to be on. You may enjoy other pages on our website including reading some of our Magical Elven Love Letters or taking our Elf, Fae or Otherkin Survey and we will happily gift you a beautiful narrative about your magical tribe (this is not an automatic response but instead is especially written for you based on your responses and our own elven intuition).

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We also offer this same experience in book form: The Elven Tree of Life Eternal: A Magical Quest for Our True S’Elf.

You also may enjoy reading our newest published book ELVEN COURTESIES: Comments and Polite Expressions—Simple Phrases and Philosophical Insights from Elven Culture. It is a book filled with various elven expressions, sayings and adages with their simple Arvyndase translations (the magical language of The Silver Elves). However, while we have Arvyndase in this book and sometimes provide notes about its usage, this is not primarily a book about our elven language. Rather it is, like most of our The Silver Elves books, a book of philosophy concerning elven culture and a glimpse into the elven point of view as we gaze upon and encounter the worlds both normal and supernatural. Elven Courtesies has over 200 expressions for communication in eight chapters, which include: Elven Greetings; Starlight Salutations; Elven Blessings and Well Wishes; Elvish Phrases for Practical and Mundane Life; Elven Expressions for Introductions; Miscellaneous Elven Expressions; and Advice, Adages and Admonitions of the Faerie Folk. To read more on this book and also enjoy reading some excerpts of Elven Courtesies, click here! 

And we hope you will also enjoy reading some of our other newest published The Silver Elves books (all available on Amazon internationally): 

Arvyndase Phrases
Elven Urban Dictionary
By the Powers of Faerie, Now and Forever Be 

 
 
 
Here below is a 7 day meditation on the 7 pointed Elven Star. We Silver Elves began this meditation in 1986 “Opening the Gateway to Faerie” and have ever since been doing it at least once a year around this time of year. We invite you to join us, dear Kindred, in doing this meditation, as we will begin Day One with a meditation for Point One on this Friday October 3rd (if you are seeing this after that date, still please do join us in beginning your meditation any day of the year), and proceed each day for a week with a meditation until all 7 points are complete. You can see that it is a meditation on each ray and the goal is for the healing of the Elfae people and of Mother Earth (Gaia). And here is an over all mantra spell for the seven days:
Elven Star spell:
“By the Elf Star the Earth is healed
And to our magic all do yield.”
(and in Arvyndase)
“La tae Êlda Mêl tae Eldanil da hyrnïn
Nar va eli’na êldon wyl ba ped.”
(Pronunciation)
Lah tay L – dah Mell tay Eel – day – nile dah herne – in
Nair vah e – lie’nah l – doan will bah peed. 
 

 

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Touch anywhere in this Elven Star above, dear Kindred,
for an Elven Blessing!

Elven Courtesies: Comments and Polite Expressions—Simple Phrases and Philosophical Insights from Elven Culture

September 23, 2025

ELVEN COURTESIES:
Comments and Polite Expressions—Simple Phrases
and Philosophical Insights from Elven Culture

by The Silver Elves 

We Silver Elves happily announce the publication of our 81st book titled ELVEN COURTESIES: Comments and Polite Expressions—Simple Phrases and Philosophical Insights from Elven Culture. Our 81 books are on elfin life and magic, elven oracles, our elven language Arvyndase, and living The Elven Way, and we know you will find Elven Courtesies both wondrous and helpful reading on your path to manifest the magic of Elfin in your life. Please read more below about this book and enjoy a glimpse into the elven culture from the perspective of the elves themselves.

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ELVEN COURTESIES: Comments and Polite Expressions—Simple Phrases and Philosophical Insights from Elven Culture is a book filled with various elven expressions, sayings and adages with their simple Arvyndase translations (the magical language of The Silver Elves). However, while we have Arvyndase in this book and sometimes provide notes about its usage, this is not primarily a book about our elven language. Rather it is, like most of our The Silver Elves books, a book of philosophy concerning elven culture and a glimpse into the elven point of view as we gaze upon and encounter the worlds both normal and supernatural.

     Elven Courtesies has over 200 expressions for communication in eight chapters, which include: Elven Greetings; Starlight Salutations; Elven Blessings and Well Wishes; Elvish Phrases for Practical and Mundane Life; Elven Expressions for Introductions; Miscellaneous Elven Expressions; and Advice, Adages and Admonitions of the Faerie Folk. We know you will find these expressions to be wondrously enchanting as they often evoke a connection to nature, with lyrical beauty that has magical effects of well- being.

     Our philosophies of life, the way we view life, affects how we act and also our communications. Of course, some people, perhaps many, say they believe one thing and yet act in an entirely different way. So, in the long run, our actions and behaviors say more about what our philosophies actually are than our mouths. Still, we elves strive to harmonize the two and, as the saying goes, to ‘walk our talk’.

     Unlike traditional books of philosophy by such authors as Hegel, Kant, and Kierkegaard, our books don’t argue a particular philosophical point but rather reveal, in bits and pieces, how we elves think and view the worlds (both normal and elfin). In that way, these observations would be closer, in form, to the works of Lao Tzu. So we Silver Elves invite you to come enjoy a glimpse into our elven world and philosophy through learning about the courtesies and expressions we use in our day-to-day life and magic. 

Also, this book does include a chart of the Arvyndase script for you to use if you wish to write out any of the expressions in our magical elven language.

Please do scroll down this page to enjoy reading  some excerpts from this book.

Starlight abide with thee,
(Mêllun ruden ena vele)
The Silver Elves 

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Here below you will find a few excerpts from the first three chapters of ELVEN COURTESIES

1. From Chapter 1: Elven Greetings:

“Tae Êldata Mêl vemla glislu repton wyr lea.”
“pronounced: Tay L – day – tah Mell veem – lah glice – lou reap – tone were lee – ah.”

“The Elven Star surely shines upon this day.”

     “This expression, used when meeting someone, indicates that the speaker feels that the meeting is significant and that magical things will happen due to the association of the individuals involved. It is rather like saying, I feel we will do great things together. Although, it has a bit more cosmic aspect to it so it also contains the idea that the Universe smiles upon this potential friendship and that it is in some way destined to occur. It could also be used in romantic situations but mostly it is used when magical, creative elfae folk come together, usually for the first time.”

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“Tae Jålf u Êldat vari norlu joul tae alsarli u dijli eli cumo.”
“pronounced: Tay Jail-f you L – date vair – rye nor – lou joe – yule tay ale – sair – lie you dye-j – lie e – lie coo – moe.”

“The Voice of Elfin ever speaks through the lives of those we meet.”

     “This is a nod to the belief we elves have that the people we encounter in our lives come to convey messages from Faerie and Elfin. Sometimes, we admit, when we hear things the normal folk say, we do opposite translation. Opposite translation is when someone says something and you know that the truth is the opposite of whatever they say. And with some folks, especially mankind, you have to do projection translation, which is when you take whatever they say about others and understand that they are really talking about themselves. So, Elfin is always speaking to us but often it is in a sort of code.”

2. From Chapter 2: Starlight Salutations of Departure:

“Eli’yon cumo sasnana repton tae frof.”
“pronounced: E – lie’yone coo – moe sayce – nay – nah reap – tone tay fro-f.”

“We’ll meet again upon the wing.”

     “This was a common parting salutation used by our sisters of the Elf Queen’s Daughters. It bore with it the notion that we had come together when traveling here and there and would do so again at some future date. Which is to say, we’d see each other in passing once more, probably in this lifetime but possibly in another. There was also a sense that we might commune in each other’s dreams. Which happens quite a lot among elfin folk. Although, that isn’t specifically noted here but something that is said, as it were, between the lines. A simpler form would be: See you later. (Ten le vinfar, pronounced: Teen lee vine – fair).”

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“Elaf te le’na yer.”
“pronounced: E – lay-f tea lee’nah year.”

“Gentle be your way.”

     “This is a wish upon parting that the person’s path be easy and that their life will be serene and stress free. At the same time, it is sort of an admonishment to take life easy and not to hurry or push to achieve what one desires nor attempt to force things that may obstruct one. It says, in essence, be gentle with the world so it will respond toward you with gentleness. We faerie folk, after all, are sometimes called the Gentle Folk, and while that is said to be a euphemism, and born of an apotropaic wish that we not be otherwise, the fact is that we elfae folk, at least we Seelie folk, are, overall, a fairly gentle people. If you are looking for gruff you need to look towards men and sometimes the Unseelie elfae.”

3. From Chapter 3: Elven Blessings and Well Wishes:

“Alundir me Farri te ver le’na bom varigos.”
“pronounced: A – loon – dire me Fair – rye tea veer lee’nah bow-m vair – rye – go-ss (sounds like ghost without the ‘t’).”

“Radiant may Faerie be in your heart forever.”

     “Here is an elven wish and blessing that the individual never lose touch with their elfae nature, which is also to say to keep in tune with their magical side and ever be confident in the value of their unique and individual being. For Faerie ever seeks our fulfillment as exceptional beings and ever urges us to become more attuned to our inner natures, which are our destiny. We are all meant to become ours’elves in the most perfect way possible and that is Faerie’s wish for us as well.”

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“Me tae êldata tari ilu nar lod vari te na foren va le.”
“pronounced: Me tay l – day – tah tair – rye eye – lou nair load vair – rye tea nah for – reen vah lee.”

“May the elven spirit bright and true ever be a guide to you.”

     “This blessing is a spell that casts a wish so that the individual who is being graced by the blessing will ever be guided by the elven spirit. Now, when we say elven spirit, we are not talking, for the most part, about spirits in the sense that individuals use it to mean a ghost. As the Catholic church sometimes calls the third part of their holy trinity the Holy Ghost and sometimes the Holy Spirit. Rather, we mean spirit as it is used in the term ‘team spirit’ or a feeling of energy that people get when acting in unity or a sense of enthusiasm or even an essential ambience, such as when people speak of acting in the ‘spirit of the law’ rather than the ‘letter of the law’. Although, in this case, it is a hope that the elven spirit, the sense of unity with Elfin (or Elfland as it is traditionally called) will guide the person like an inner light of clarity and understanding.” 

End of Excerpts from ELVEN COURTESIES: Comments and Polite Expressions—Simple Phrases and Philosophical Insights from Elven Culture

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“Who speaks to you of magic, who whispers words of love,
who draws upon the faerie dust shed by the stars above?
It is we your elven kindred, ever faithful true,
who each and every moment wish the best for you.”


Dear Kindred, for an Elven Blessing from The Silver Elves, 
touch this star above! 

Are Faerie trees different from worldly trees? 

August 26, 2025

” . . . .There are no trees that are Faerie trees as opposed to trees that aren’t Faerie trees, any more than there are elves who are Faerie and Elfin elves as opposed to those who aren’t Faerie and Elfin elves. We are all elves. It is just that some of us are facing different experiences. The same is the case with trees. . . “

(Photo above is of Zardoa of The Silver Elves giving an elven blessing to this beautiful Faerie Oak!)

     Are Faerie trees different from worldly trees? Well, yes and no, of course. All trees have consciousness but yes, Faerie trees have a more magical consciousness; and yet all trees are really apart of Faerie so, no, they are all the same except, of course, for their individual differences, perspectives and personalities. 

     It is true that trees that are in the world of mankind are often quite lonely for they have less dryads and tree nymphs and tree sprites to attend them. And having to struggle with the pollution and poisons of the world of mankind and the just plain indifference for the most part of the normal folk, can make life difficult for them. And the normal folk, for their part, are of the opinion that the trees exist solely for them and have no individual consciousness, intelligence nor any importance if they are not giving them shade or something to look at or whatever. 

     In the deeper woods, out in Nature, one gets closer to Faerie, of course, and there the trees are not essentially different but they do have a different experience of the world. They are less bothered by mankind, almost never bothered by the normal folk, and are often surrounded by their own kind and we elfae that tend to live with and among them. They take on the astral glow of the Faerie world that occurs when beings who love each other are together and radiate their happiness into their environment. They are different from the trees of the world but circumstantially so, not intrinsically so.

     We elfae who are manifest in the world in humanoid bodies, experience the same sort of difficulties as our cousins the trees. We are few and far between and there is a certain loss one feels when one doesn’t have the camaraderie of one’s kindred. Being together gives us an increased sense of power and magic and Elfin and Faerie become manifest around us. Elves and elfae together, united in our love for each other, are like the deep rain forest trees. There is mist and magic all around us. 

     Are the elfae who live more fully in the Faerie realms different than we who live in a world surrounded by men and the normal folk? Well, yes and no, the same as the trees. We are still elves but as we Silver Elves say, “Together our magic is stronger by far.” So, necessarily, when we are in Faerie and we are together our magic is more powerful and our sense of safety and wellbeing is heightened. We have each other. We expect that our tree cousins feel much the same. Our togetherness and communion, our community of Elfin and Faerie alters the vibration that we experience and are able to manifest. 

     But there is no essential difference. There are no trees that are Faerie trees as opposed to trees that aren’t Faerie trees, any more than there are elves who are Faerie and Elfin elves as opposed to those who aren’t Faerie and Elfin elves. We are all elves. It is just that some of us are facing different experiences. The same is the case with trees. 

     And the same is true of men, if it comes down to it. If a person is from England, say, and they are thus English and they go to some place far away, perhaps where they are surrounded by danger, possibly by war, that doesn’t make them less English. In some ways, it may actually accentuate their Englishness.

     So, it is that we elfae folk and our tree cousins who manifest in this world polluted by mankind and the normals, are not less elfin. In fact, our elvishness becomes even more pronounced and noticeable. Among our own, we are elfae but pay little attention to that fact save in contrast to mankind and their folk. We are different in contrast to the normal folk, but in Elfin it is quite normal to be different and eccentric. And this is the case, too, for the trees. 

Kyela,
The Silver Elves
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Here below are a few terms that we Silver Elves use in speaking of our Faerie realm kindred –  the trees. We hope you enjoy these excerpts from our newest book titled Elven Urban Dictionary: Elfin Colloquial Expressions and Terms of The Silver Elves. The elven terms are first presented in English, followed by the Arvyndase word (the magical language of The Silver Elves) and its meaning. For more please do enjoy reading this book found on all Amazon international sites.  

“Appletreefae”

[And in Arvyndase the language of The Silver Elves it is] “Jufialdåfarth” (pronounced: ju – fie – ale – dah – fair-th) Plural: the singular is also the plural in this instance

     “The Appletreefae are dryads that live in relationship to the apple trees. They are significant because they are also very much associated with the ancient Druids and, in particular, with Merlin the elven magician. You will also find mistletoe growing upon their branches at times, and mistletoe is also commonly associated with the Druids. Merlin was rumored in some tales to have an apple grove that he took around with him, which links him to the legend of Johnny Appleseed who planted apple trees all over North America. These dryads are generous folk and have and continue to offer the fruit of their trees to all who desire them.”

“Treehopper”

Aldåtorus (pronounced: ale – dah – tour – ruse) Plural: Aldåtorusli (ale – dah – tour – ruse – lie) 

     “Treehoppers are a type of elves that are basically migratory in nature and wander endlessly. They get their name from the fact that they have tarps and hammocks that they stretch between tree branches for resting and sleeping. They almost never sleep in the same tree or group of trees twice. Or at least not on consecutive nights. Although, they may return at a future date. They love to travel in the day looking for various plants, herbs, berries, etc. throughout the forest as they journey around. And, like most elfae folk, they also collect interesting sticks, feathers, stones and other things that they deem beautiful or useful as they travel along.”

“Treeimp”

Aldåymp (pronounced: ale – dah – imp) Plural: Aldåympli (ale – dah – imp – lie) 

     “Treeimps live in trees and are a mischievous bunch, especially when they are young. They love to drop things and throw things at people who pass under their trees. They drop branches, seeds, pinecones, acorns, apples, nearly anything that they can get their hands on that they can pluck off easily and sometimes, failing that, they will shake the tree rather violently and hope that something will fall on someone’s head. They are also, as it happens, in charge of picking the leaves in the autumn and dropping them as well. Sometimes a few at a time and sometimes, if they are bored, in a great passionate flurry. This they do, of course, whether anyone is around or not.”

“Treemarble”

Aldårakor (pronounced: ale – dah – ray – core) Plural: Aldårakorli (ale – dah – ray – core – lie) 

     “Treemarbles are what we elves call certain tree seeds that are roundish in form. In ancient times before the invention of glass marbles, we elfin used these to play the game of marbles as children used to do before the invention of video games. Treeimps liked to drop them on people’s heads from the branches of trees. Pixies often used them for their slingshots. And we elven would throw them out in bunches on roads paved by the Romans for they would often slip and fall upon them and at the very least had to watch out for them or take up time to remove them from their path as they marched along. And, of course, you could always plant them in hopes of growing more trees.”

“Treeplanter”

Aldåfernfar (pronounced: ale – dah – fear-n – fair) Plural: Aldåfernfarli (ale – dah – fear-n – fair – lie) 

     “The Treeplanters are elfin folk who go around planting trees everywhere. Johnny Appleseed was one of these, but there have been and are numerous others, some of whom have, over time, planted what turned out to be entire forests. They are blessed among we elven folk and greatly honored. And even if you have planted only a single tree in your life, you may count yours’elf among them and receive the blessings of we elfin folk as well. And if you have done more, even greater luck will come to you. You will be accounted both wise and generous among us and your spirit blessed forever.”

“Treesinger”

Aldåfondfar (pronounced: Ale – dah – phoned – fair) Plural: Aldåfondfarli (Ale – dah – phoned – fair – lie)

     “Treesingers are dryads who help the trees grow and heal by singing to them. They have a variety of songs, to waken the trees up when winter passes, to put them asleep when winter approaches, to urge them to bloom and blossom and, in some cases, to fruit, or nut, etc. Note that in Arvyndase, Treesinger can be written Aldåfondfar or Aldåfondfa (Ale – dah – phoned – fah), and both are acceptable, although -far (fair) is more commonly used when talking about elfae beings, whereas fa (fah) is generally used as the equivalent of the suffix -er when speaking of objects or non-fae individuals. But there is no strict rule concerning its usage.”

End of Excerpt from Elven Urban Dictionary: Elfin Colloquial Expressions and Terms of The Silver Elves

“Faerie is like a mirror, it reflects the nature of our spirit back to us so we may see ours’elves in a new light and stand amazed to be so different and yet still the same.”
—The Silver Elves

And if you enjoyed the article above about Faerie Trees, then you may surely enjoy these articles also by The Silver Elves on the subject of the Faerie Realm and some about our beloved Trees:

1. Why the Faeries Are Not All Gone Now Due to the Encroachment of Cities?
 
2. What is the Relationship of the Elves to the Trees? https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2019/04/12/what-is-the-relationship-of-the-elves-to-the-trees 

5. When Faerie Returns Will There Still be a Race of Men? And Are Elves Halflings, Part Mankind, due to Manifesting in Human Bodies?
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2020/07/19/when-faerie-returns-will-there-still-be-a-race-of-men-and-are-elves-halflings-part-man-due-to-manifesting-in-human-bodies

6. How Do We Find Faerie? And How Do Deal with Being an Elf or Otherkin While Living in the Mundane World?
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2019/10/15/how-do-we-find-faerie-and-how-do-we-deal-with-being-an-elf-or-otherkin-while-living-in-the-mundane-world

7. What Do the Elves Say about whether the Faeries Are Nature Spirits? https://thesilverelves.blogspot.com/2021/07/what-do-elves-say-about-whether-faeries.html

Enjoy viewing an hour long YouTube video of The Silver Elves in a conversational presentation on The Modern Elven Movement and The Elven Way at Phoenix and Dragon Bookstore in Atlanta, GA, on March 2018, at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0sv3OHkjRw

“In ancient times, the forests were our cities, the rivers were our highways. We sang to the Earth and the Earth sang to us, creating a wondrous harmony that echoes still in our soul calling us back to Elfin.”
—The Silver Elves

Dear Kindred, along with Through The Mists of Faerie we also suggest for further reading
The Elven Way: The Magical Path of The Shining Ones

On the cover of The Elven Way: 
“The Elven Way passes beyond the fields of the known
into the forest of the unknown illuminated by the glow of the elves.”
 
 
"Our bodies are made of stardust,
our spirits are sparks of light,
our souls are the love that links us,
and creates our Elfin bright."
— quote by The Silver Elves, authors of Through the Mists of Faerie
 
 
Touch this Elven Star above, dear Kindred,
for an Elven Blessing from The Silver Elves!

Elven Urban Dictionary: Elfin Colloquial Expressions and Terms of The Silver Elves

July 1, 2025

Elven Urban Dictionary:
Elfin Colloquial Expressions and Terms of The Silver Elves
by The Silver Elves 

We Silver Elves happily announce the publication of our 80th book titled Elven Urban Dictionary: Elfin Colloquial Expressions and Terms of The Silver Elves. Our 80 books are on elfin life and magic, elven oracles, our elven language Arvyndase, and living The Elven Way, and we know you will find Elven Urban Dictionary both wondrous and helpful reading on your path to manifest the magic of Elfin in your life. Please read more below about this book and enjoy a glimpse into life from the perspective of the elves.

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This is, as its title implies, an Elven Urban Dictionary. It has numerous expressions that we Silver Elves use, some which we invented and some are inspired by what was taught to us in oral tradition long ago by our elven ancestors The Elf Queen’s Daughters. Also, you will find included terms expressing numbers of types of elfae people that you won’t find in the traditional lore but which we have encountered in our own lives as we have wandered about the modern world. In the Elven Urban Dictionary, you will find a variety of elfin colloquial terms that relate specifically to our elfin life and community, including words describing our many varieties of Elfaerie folk, our elfin culture, language, magic, unique spiritual perspective and way of life. It also has some traditional terms that we have redefined for our own s’elves.
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      Elven Urban Dictionary further has words from our magical elven language Arvyndase (see our book The Complete Dictionary of Arvyndase) and some words that you won’t find in that book but, for those who study Arvyndase, can be added as an addendum to that work. For it is still, after all, a language in process of becoming.
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The terms included in this dictionary are presented in alphabetical order according to their English equivalent (which you may find listed in the table of contents) and then will be followed by the Arvyndase word and its meaning in English. However, in some cases, it begins with an Arvyndase word, of which there is no English word equivalent to it. So come enjoy a glimpse into our elven world through learning the terms and their meaning we elven use with each other in our day to day life and magic.
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       Please scroll below to find some sample pages of Elven Urban Dictionary: Elfin Colloquial Expressions and Terms of The Silver Elves.
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“We elves are the pieces to the puzzle
that men think are lost
but the truth is they see us
and just can’t figure out how we fit in.”

— The Silver Elves

Fardas Lovur Tae Lan (Arvyndase for “Dancing Toward the Dawn”),
The Silver Elves 

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“A cup of hot tea
and fine company,
and laughter and song,
and a sense we belong
are a spell that calls Faerie to us.”

Here below is a sample of Elven Urban Dictionary: Elfin Colloquial Expressions and Terms of The Silver Elves with a few pages for you to enjoy reading.

 “In the following elven urban dictionary, the expression or term will be first presented in English (and is alphabetized throughout the book accordingly) and then will be followed by the Arvyndase word and its meaning in English. In some cases, for instance the first word ‘Acona’, it begins with an Arvyndase word, of which there is no English word equivalent to it.” 

A.

Acona 

(pronounced: A – con – nah) Plural: Aconåli (A – con – nah – lie) English: no precise translation in English for this term

     “Aconas are a kind of imp that undermine their enemies by pretending to be their friends and then spreading false rumors about them behind their backs. On the surface, they appear to be quite friendly and even joyful as individuals. One thinks, ‘oh, what a nice person’. However, then they pull people aside for a private chat and tell them things about others that they know as if they are revealing some secret, horrible truth about the person, only it’s all false. Their goal ultimately is to keep people separate from each other so they are divided among thems’elves and not seeing that the Acona is the real villain, while acting as though they were everyone’s friend. Rich imps use this technique to control whole societies so that the impoverished fight among thems’elves and never see that it is the rich Aconas that are taking advantage of them.”

Aftermorning

Låkacalfdas (pronounced: lah – kay – cal-f – dace) Plural: Låkacalfdasli (lah – kay – cal-f – dace – lie) 

     “We elfae folk seldom get up before noon if we don’t have to do so. Well, some might be morning people, but most of us, we dare say, are not. We seldom see noon but we sometimes see morning for in doing so we know it is time to go to bed if we haven’t done so already. So, we don’t say good morning or good afternoon if it is just after morning to people but good aftermorning, which, as we say, is generally when we rise to start our day and do our chores, usually creative, before the night comes with the promise of dancing and other bits of fun and relaxation.”

Ageless

Nankan (pronounced: nay-n – cane) the singular also as the plural for this word

     “We elves, and all other spirits really, are the Ageless. We elves generally experience a certain degree of longevity. We tend to live longer than most individuals of mankind and the normal folk, but this probably has less to do with genetics than the fact that we elfae folk exercise, eat healthy food and don’t overeat, nor do we do abuse your bodies, for the most part, through substance abuse (individual experiences may vary). However, all spirits are immortal and the energy which composes our bodies is also immortal. Our bodily forms may and clearly do change but the energy that composes those bodies remains in a transformed state. While our spirits, which inhabit our bodies, are also immortal energy. The real difference between elves and mankind is not longevity but consciousness. We have more continuity of consciousness than they usually do, which means we are more inclined to remember the flow of our life through myriads of incarnations into material forms.”

Aisledancer

Sylbifarfa (pronounced: sill – bye – fair – fah) Plural: Sylbifarfåli (sill – bye – fair – fah – lie)

     “Aisledancers are the type of elves who don’t mind dancing out in public. They will dance in the aisle of grocery stores. They will dance to muzak on elevators. They will dance wherever there’s music playing and don’t care that the normal folk are watching and judging them. They are ‘out there’ elves and their dance isn’t for the normal folk anyway. It’s for thems’elves and their own entertainment and, of course, for those who have some elfae spirit in them. It is a call to the souls of the unawakened fae folk and especially to those who know they are fae but are afraid to be thems’elves in public.”

Ameliorator

Easasotofar (pronounced: e – a – so – toe – fair) Plural: Easasotofarli (e – a – so – toe – fair – lie)

     “The Ameliorators are elven healers who primarily work by soothing the individual, releasing and reducing their stress and anxiety, which proves to be emotionally and mentally healing but is also very healing for the physical body. They use a variety of techniques for doing this from sound therapy to an elven form of reiki, to elvish qigong, to talk therapy, art therapy and other modalities. They are also often herbalists and will prescribe stress reducing herbs to affect the underlying tensions in the body that contribute to stress. The modern world can be a very stressful place but with the help of the Ameliorators one is able to move through it with a minimum of distress.”

Antfolk

Nesnorehar (pronounced: neice – nor – e – hair) no plural is needed in this particular instance 

     “Antfolk is really a reference to the fact that we Silver Elves see all beings as being conscious in their own right. Sometimes, they have their own unique personalities and certainly their own consciousness and ways of being. Science is also slowly coming to this realization about the natural world around us. To us, ants are people, too, with their own world and ways of being in the world. We don’t dismiss the lives of ants or their importance, out of hand, as so many of mankind and the normal folk do, just because we don’t speak their language or that they are very small beings. They are amazing creatures in their own way as most creatures are. And their lives, as far as we know, are just as important, perhaps more so, than ours and they are just as beloved, perhaps more, to the Shining Ones. We are part of this world together and we are all on the path of evolution. In this vein, we honor them and see them as kindred. Surely there are ants in Faerie, although probably, like the ants here, they’re too busy to speak to us.”

Appletreefae

Jufialdåfarth (pronounced: ju – fie – ale – dah – fair-th) Plural: the singular is also the plural in this instance

     “The Appletreefae are dryads that live in relationship to the apple trees. They are significant because they are also very much associated with the ancient Druids and, in particular, with Merlin the elven magician. You will also find mistletoe growing upon their branches at times, and mistletoe is also commonly associated with the Druids. Merlin was rumored in some tales to have an apple grove that he took around with him, which links him to the legend of Johnny Appleseed who planted apple trees all over North America. These dryads are generous folk and have and continue to offer the fruit of their trees to all who desire them.”

Aura

Espri (pronounced: e – spry) Plural: there is no need for a plural form of this word 

     “Aura is generally used to speak of the glow or halo that surrounds individuals with the notion that those who are holy may have a stronger or brighter aura. We know that the body radiates heat and that when one looks through night vision glasses this becomes apparent. Those who are psychic can often see the physical aura that radiates from the body. However, aura is also used to mean a more subtle radiance of being and of this the Elf Queen’s Daughters wrote saying “Aura is the elves” (see our books Elf Magic Mail, book 1 & 2). For, to we elven folk, aura is also our personality, our charisma and the radiant power of our enchantments. Aura is not merely light but the light of our inner magical being radiating out into the world influencing others through our example and our manifest being. It is the magic that surrounds us and emanates from us.”

Awakening

Vasåtadas (pronounced: vay – sah – tah – dace) Plural: Vasåtadasli (vay – sah – tah – dace – lie) 

     “Awakening is the term we Silver Elves use to indicate our’selves and other elfae beings who have awakened to their true elfin, faerie or otherkin nature. The Awakening is just the beginning when one accepts and understands who one truly is. Most often, however, prior to one’s awakening, one has always inwardly felt different from the normal folk around one and has ever felt that one is an unusual and surely exceptional being. Awakening merely represents the understanding one’s gains that one is different from most of the society around one because one is of an ‘other’ nature. However, embracing that difference and enduring upon the path is the true indication of one’s elfin being. If one is truly an elfae being, one will persist upon the path throughout time. Even if one strays temporarily, one will always return to the path for with it is to be found our destiny and the realization, fulfillment and illumination of our true beings, which are magic.” . . . .

B.

Bårdor 

(pronounced: bar – door) Plural: Bardorli (bar – door – lie) English: no exact English word for this

     “Bårdors are ancient gnomes who are masters of lore and the bardic arts. Note that the word Bardor (bare – door) is the Arvyndase word for author. This is Bårdor (bar – door) and refers specifically to a gnomish author, which implies someone who is quite knowledgeable and probably a philosopher. In modern times, gnomes are generally viewed a rustic folk that you often find statues of on people’s lawns. We Silver Elves have over 500 statues/teraphim in our eald (home) and among these are dozens of gnomes. In ancient times, however, gnomes were seen as great scholars, wizards and wise ones and as being quite clever as well. Thus, the word gnomic, which refers to short, pithy maxims or aphorisms. Also, note that when Tolkien first wrote about elves, he originally called them gnomes. They were not always seen as the short pudgy folk that they are today.”

Beaverfae

Nalnafarth (pronounced: nail – nah – fair-th) the singular also serves as the plural 

     “Beaverfae were ancient fae folk who lived like beavers. They built dams across rivers and streams and created unwater homes that could only be entered from diving into the water, although the interior of their homes was dry. They also dressed in skins of the animals that they would hunt, although they never hunted the beavers, whom they looked upon as their close relatives and from whom they had learned much of what they knew and whom they referred to as the wise teachers. These fae don’t exist in that form anymore, as far as we know. However, you will find some of them, in modern times, living near dams but mostly they just tend to live in small, very cozy, often cluttered homes. They seem especially fond of basement apartments.” . . . .

Blest

Elsorïn (pronounced: eel – soar – in) Plural: no plural needed

     “We Silver Elves often use the word Blest instead of Blessed because to us Blest indicates that one has been blest by Nature or the Shining Ones or other beings, while Blessed can indicate that or denote that one is a Blessed being or holy being. At the same time, it is a curious thing that in Arvyndase the word Elsorïn is translated into English as both Blest and Blessed. We suppose we could add the suffix -dor to Elsor (blest) to be Blest, thus Elsordor, although a literal translation would then be Blest-est, which conveys the idea of most Blest, which isn’t quite accurate either. Or we could add a ‘d’ to the end and make it Elsord (eel – sword). Yes, we think that’s what we might do in the future. Arvyndase, continues to grow and transform.”

Blind Guide

Retforen (pronounced: reet – for – reen) Plural: Retforenli (reet – for – reen – lie) 

     “The Blind Guides are fae folk who are blind but serve as guides. You have heard of the ‘blind leading the blind’, well, these are the blind leading the sighted who are temporarily blind because they are journeying in dark places where there is little or no light. These are the realms of the Blind Guides and they know them intimately and can guide the kindred through these dark realms safely. If you are journeying into the dark on your adventures, you may wish to engage the assistance of the Blind Guides who will find the way through the darkest of places. And even if they have never been there before, they will find the way. You just have to trust them and hang on to their hand or a rope or whatever and heed well their instructions.”

Bloodkin

Sangeldi (pronounced: sang – eel – dye) Plural: the singular is also used as the plural 

     “Bloodkin refers to the notion that many people have that our elven nature is genetically passed on through the ‘blood’; or genes, actually, but blood is the most ancient way of thinking about it before we discovered DNA. Some elfae folk are still of the mind that our elvish nature and our magic is passed on genetically. However, we Silver Elves have the understanding that it is not ‘genes’ that pass on our elvish nature and abilities, but our immortal ‘spirits’. This is because we also understand that our spirits reincarnate and when we become sufficiently powerful and experienced, we can choose whatever genetic body we wish to reincarnate within according to our mission in this life, which is our purpose, and the lessons we wish to learn and the abilities we desire to develop. This is only limited by our karma or past life actions, which we strive to purify so we have the widest choice available to us when the time comes.” 

Bluecutie

Zurlåsath (pronounced: zoo-r – lahss – eighth) Plural: Zurlåsathli (zoo-r – lahss – eighth – lie) 

     “The Bluecuties were a singing group composed of elves, faeries and faerie elves who were all elfin princesses and who wore long blue gowns with white lace cuffs and collars when they performed. And they were, really, quite cute and lovely and much beloved by their fans. They often performed for various royalty, especially on special occasions such as an elf lord or lady’s birthday, or their anniversary or some other event or at ‘state’ events, which is also to say tribal events such as the gathering of the tribes. Often their performance came as a surprise. They did not advertise their intention to perform ahead of time so the royal to whom the performance was dedicated would find it to be an unexpected gift of the best and most elvish kind.”

Bluewitch

Zurzidor (pronounced: zoo-r – zie – door) Plural: Zurzidorli (zoo-r – zie – door – lie) 

     “Bluewitches are ladies of the Winter Court of the Elfae peoples. It is sometimes said that they are blue due to the extreme cold they thrive in; however, we are more of the opinion that they are inclined to wear pale blue and white clothes. They are particularly noted for being the patron of the deer folk and they feed them and look after them through the winter months. In the far north or south where it tends to be winter most of the time, they ensure that the deer can survive the harsher conditions. Of course, they are also noted for riding reindeer as their primary means of transportation or ride in sleights that are pulled by reindeer. It is possible that the legends of Santa Claus are actually based upon the Bluewitches.”

E. 

Elderfae

Elsodofarth (pronounced: eel – so – dough – fair-th) no plural is needed here

     “Elderfae sounds like fae who are very old but, in fact, Elderfae refers to those fae who often work as caregivers and take care of the elderly, especially the very olde and ancient elfae folk. We Silver Elves have worked as Elderfae, although, in fact, we weren’t taking care of the elderly but helping a faerie sister who was going through chemo. So, she wasn’t old exactly but seemed old due to her condition. We have also worked as brownies, which is to say cleaning people’s homes for them. Although, unlike brownies, we didn’t actually live with the individuals we cleaned for. Elderfae are usually gentle folk but strong because they often have to lift individuals or things. But then, you could say that most elfin folk are actually both gentle (usually) and much stronger than we appear.”

Elfae

Êldåfarth (pronounced: L – dah – fair-th) Plural: This is used in both as singular and plural. 

     “Elfae is a word we Silver Elves use to indicate all fae peoples, which is to say elves, faeries, brownies, pixies, sprites, merfolk and even dwarves, orcs, goblins, grimlins and other folk who tend to be on the Unseelie (hostile toward mankind and sometimes each other) side of things. However, this does not include dragons, unicorns and other creatures of Faerie or various Cyberkin, who would be more likely to be classified by us as otherkin. Although, otherkin is a more expansive definition and would generally include elfae folk within it. We could use the word fae instead of elfae, which we sometimes do, however, that inclines people to think primarily of faeries and, being elves, we appreciate being noted as well.”

Elf Ear

Êlda Pol (pronounced: L – dah Pole) Plural: Êlda Polli (L – dah Pole – lie) 

     “You may note that most modern elves don’t actually have pointed ears nor do faeries have genuine wings but we elves and the faeries often wear our elf ears or faerie wings, just as women among men will wear nail polish, lipstick, eyeliner and other forms of makeup and often high heels as well as fake nails and eyelashes. It is a cultural custom and affectation. The idea of elves and faeries having pointed ears or wings is a later idea created, we expect, by illustrators of the nineteenth century to distinguish elven folk by our appearance. Whereas, most of the ancient lore doesn’t every mention faeries having wings or being very tiny either, and we elves don’t have pointed ears. However, as it happens, the idea that elves have pointed ears and faeries have wings is, perhaps, most popular among we elves and faeries. We love the idea, which is why we have embraced these affectations as our own. When we wear our elf ears or faerie wings, we are announcing that we are elfae folk, in the same way Christians sometimes wear crosses to declare their spiritual affiliation.”

Elfhaven

Êldåfaryn (pronounced: L – dah – fair – ren) Plural: This is used in both as singular and plural. 

     “Êldåfaryn is the name we Silver Elves have given to our eald, which is to say, our home. However, in saying that we don’t mean the physical structure our residence per se. Êldåfaryn is the place where we abide. We may change houses or apartments but wherever we live is still Êldåfaryn for it is an energetic aura that goes with us and settles wherever we settle down for however long. We elves commonly name our homes, sometimes our cars, swords and other things. For while they are constructs, rather than being bioorganic creatures, they have energetic resonance that builds up through our association, living and use. They acquire ambience through our magic that radiates outwardly in the same way the Ring of Power did, only in a more healing and surely less nefarious fashion.” 

Elfin

Êldat (pronounced: L – date) Plural: Êldatli (L – date – lie) 

     “When we Silver Elves use the word Elfin and it is capitalized, we are using it in the way that people use the word Elfland to indicate the realm of we elven folk. We don’t use Elfland ours’elves because to us Elfin is not a specific territory, such as China, France, Thailand, etc. with designated borders and boundaries, but an energetic place that is created by our manifestation as the elves we are in the world. Elfin can be anywhere we are because it is the ambience, vibration and illumination of our being and magic. When we use the word elfin, without a capital letter, we are using it in the traditional form as an adjective that means people or things that are of an elfin or elvish nature. Of course, when it comes at the beginning of a sentence it is capitalized and it then depends upon the reader to comprehend in what context it is being used.”

Elf Queen’s Daughter

Êldå Ralto’na Sorso (pronounced: L – dah Rail – toe’nah Soar – so) Plural: Êldå Ralto’na Sorsoli (L – dah Rail – toe’nah Soar – so – lie) 

     “The Elf Queen’s Daughters, or EQD for short, were a small group of individuals who manifested as their true elven s’elves in the mid to late 1970’s. We sent out three letters a week (by snail mail, thus requiring just one stamp for postage) called the Elf Magic Mail (see our two books of that title that reproduces the contents of those letters with commentary by we Silver Elves) and we connected with other elves who opened vortexes around the United States and in France. Note the Arvyndase word Ralto used for queen here is also the Arvyndase word for king. We elves don’t really differentiate between kings and queens among ours’elves or if we need to do so we add a gender designation such as Ralto Frat (pronounced: feight) meaning male or Ralto Sorta (soar – tah) meaning female, so essentially Monarch female or male, although the word for monarch in Arvyndase is actually monsyl (moan – sill).”

Elven Monarch

Êldata Monsyl (pronounced: L – date – tah Moan – sill) Plural: Êldata Monsylli (L – date – tah Moan – sill – lie) 

     “Elven Monarchs are not hereditary, actually. Nor do they seize power, like a tyrant. They are elected, sort of. This is to say that being an elven king or queen is not a station or position of authority save the authority of one’s own charisma and personality. They are elected in the sense that other elfae declare them to be an elven queen or king but, again, this is merely a recognition of the deeds they have done for the elfae peoples. There are those, of course, who would disagree with this. They are certain that they are an elven king or queen due to their blood or genetics and are not shy in telling others about this. Curiously, in a way, it is more often female elves who do this than the male. But then, elfae society has ever been a more feminine culture, quite in contrast to that of mankind. Still, we Silver Elves assert that true royalty comes from one’s deeds and cannot be inherited, except as we follow the example of those elfae who live their lives for our elvish peoples and do all that they can to empower, foster and nurture our being.” 

Elven Ritual

Êldata Mårvar (pronounced: L – date – tah Mar – vair) Plural: Êldata Mårvarli (L – date – tah Mar – vair – lie) 

     “We Silver Elves don’t have official ceremonies or rituals that we follow or perform. We do have daily rituals of magic that we do but they are individual and unique and ones we created for our own magic. We, for example, do the I Ching every day (see our book The Elven Book of Changes) as well as other rituals. And most of the magic that we do is by way of enchantment, which is mostly spontaneous, impromptu and ad hoc. We do have two books about ceremonial magic (The Book of Elven Magic, 1 & 2) that we wrote, but they are, like nearly all our books about magic, examples and suggestions about how one can create their own magic rituals. For we elves don’t expect people to necessarily do the same rituals we do, but rather we encourage them to create their own rituals for their own needs, intentions and purposes.”

Elvish Fiddler

Êldatu Lykvåfar (pronounced: L – date – two Lick – vah – fair) Plural: Êldatu Lykvåfarli (L – date – two Lick – vah – fair – lie)

     “Elvish Fiddlers are sometimes known for playing the fiddle. But really, what they are best known for is fiddling around with nearly everything. When they are quite young, they begin taking everything apart to see how it works. They will take radios, televisions, toasters and every other appliance to pieces in an attempt to comprehend their workings. And they continue this behavior pretty much throughout their lives. They are natural Mr. Fix Its. They can repair almost anything. Most of them, however, become inventors as they move toward their teenage years. Note that the Arvyndase word Êldatu used for the English word elvish is also used for the word elfish.”

Enchantment

Syrandir (pronounced: sir – rain – dire) Plural: Syrandirli (sir – rain – dire – lie)

     “Enchantment is now and has ever been the chief magic of elfae folk. This is according to all the lore and tales about us and it is what we Silver Elves have observed in our own lives as elves and our observations of our elfae peoples. Our ancient sisters of the Elf Queen’s Daughters used to say that “Aura is the Elves” (see our books Elf Magic Mail, book 1 & 2 for the texts and commentary about the original elf letters of the EQD). Aura is enchantment. Enchantment is the power of our personality and the ‘vibes’ we radiate. By developing ours’elves as the elfae folk we are, by becoming ever truer to our true natures and ever more attuned to Nature, genuine in our being and sincere in our relationships. We move with ease and are ‘comfortable in our own skin’ and enchantment naturally flows from us without any effort needed other than that of improving ours’elves in every way we can.”

Endlessgarden

Zedkangarflu (pronounced: zeed – cane – gair – flew) Plural: Zedkangarfluli (zeed – cane – gair – flew – lie) 

     “Endlessgarden is a sort of lifestyle and abode fashion that is especially popular among gnomes and brownies, but also speaks to the hearts of some faeries and elves as well. It is simply one where one’s home is surrounded by a garden. Also, the inside of one’s house has so many plants in it that it is like a garden as well. There may be a fence around the place with a gate or two, and inside, of course, there will be beds and a kitchen and so forth, but still, it is like living in the middle of a garden. Some people, of course, would complain about the potential for bugs but these folk don’t mind. Although, they do pick away the bugs that can be harmful to their plants, but otherwise insects are just housemates as far as these elfae are concerned.”

Eraser

Ahartfar (pronounced: a – hair-t – fair) Plural: Ahartfarli (a – hair-t – fair – lie) 

     “Erasers are elfae sorcerers who have the power to erase your memory of them completely. They don’t usually do this in an instantaneous fashion but rather cast a spell on the person who seems, right at first, to remember them fully but very soon their memories of the elfae sorcerer begin to fade to the point that they don’t recall encountering them at all. Although, it is true that deep in their subconscious their memories will remain. However, often the encounter with the sorcerer seems so fantastic that the person, while briefly remembering them, just can’t believe that it really happened for it goes against all their normal assumptions of what life is and what constitutes reality.”

Exchangeling

Jenalvåsfar (pronounced: gee – nail – vahss – fair) Plural: Jenalvåsfarli (gee – nail – vahss – fair – lie) 

     “What most people refer to as Changelings, we Silver Elves call Exchangelings. Fortunately, this doesn’t really happen in modern times but there was a time, way, way back, when Men were endeavoring with all their might to eliminate our kind altogether and to make our race extinct (as the Nazis tried to do to the Jews, Romany and others) and some elves, in desperation, would hide our children among mankind, taking men’s littles and raising them, while leaving ours to be raised by them. This was a tragic situation, more so because if the men involved discovered the baby was one of ours, they would kill it in horrible ways. Not to mention the fact that our precious and beloved children, if they did survive, would be raised by harsh and cruel men. Some people say that this was the beginning of the creation of orcs, etc. This was before we came to understand spiritual heritage, rather than blood/genetic heritage, and mastered the astral plane to the point where we could selectively reincarnate among men in order to preserve our culture.”

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“The fire of our desire is the flame of our spirit
burning bright in the realms of Faerie

shedding light on all who dare gaze within.”

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Please touch the elven star above
to receive an Elven Blessing from The Silver Elves!

“Elmarermor”
(pronounced: eel – mare – ear – more)
Arvyndase for: “May the Magic Ever Guide You”
You may wish to use this Arvyndase word as a heartfelt
elven way of parting from another elfae or loved one!
Also makes a nice written salutation.

Are machines or Machine Otherkin a part of Nature and Faerie?

May 31, 2025

“Certainly, in Faerie you will find enchanted devices, magical swords and rings of power with their own sort of consciousness and being, their own powers, which would be their personality and that is perfectly okay and acceptable. So, we don’t see why AI beings are really any different . . . . Nonetheless, there will probably always be, at least in this current era, those who reserve the right to object to AI computer beings as being allowed into or a part of Faerie (or to accept those Otherkin that identify as AI and data processing), but once again, that is not us Silver Elves. If they wish to be a part of Faerie, we don’t see why we wouldn’t grant that wish. Although, in the end, it is their own desire that has the magic to make it so and we, merely, accept the reality of that fact.”

Now, this is an interesting question to us, because there are a number of folk in our FB group United Otherkin Alliance, who identity with being computer beings or other AI sorts of beings. Occasionally people who claim to be elfae do not accept these individuals, nor as it happens do some of them accept furries, either. And we expect that in their part of Faerie, for Faerie has many realms, they don’t accept AI beings, and well, that’s up to them. They manifest their part of Faerie as they please, as we do ours.

For our own part, we Silver Elves are fine with AI beings as being Otherkin folk, at the very least, if not Faerie folk. And we don’t see a great deal of difference between them and say the Vulcans and Romulans of Star Trek who are outer space, futuristic elfae folk. And, of course, Star Trek has the character Data, who is not unlike the Vulcan in many ways, except he is an AI being manifesting in a robot-like body who has his own independent Intelligence.

Some elfae folk are very attached to Nature. Well, almost all of us are, however, they don’t want anything in their visions of Faerie that are unnatural or artificial. Often, they don’t want elfae folk to live in the modern age either. At least not in modern forms and cultural settings and costumes.

However, we Silver Elves, as we’ve made clear elsewhere, believe that our elfin spirits are our essential s’elves and not our physical bodies. The fact that an elf or other elfae might take on a humanoid android body doesn’t remove the fact that it is an independent intelligence/spirit. And that’s what being elfin is all about.

We don’t fully know why someone would wish to identify or take as their identity an AI computer person, but they do. And in Faerie and Elfin, you become what you wish and one’s wish, as long as it is genuine, sincere and true to ones’elf, is sacrosanct. At least to we Silver Elves. And they are always welcome in our part of Elfin and Faerie. It is their intelligence that matters, not their bodily form. The simple rule (among all the rules we do not have) is none who are sincere can be barred from Elfin, whatever their chosen form may be.

Some would object to Artificial Intelligence because they are created beings. But those same people also often seem to believe that we are all created, usually by their chosen or inherited deity. The difference, as they will surely point out, is that while we were created by a higher intelligence, AI beings were created by Men. But as Tolkien pointed out it is our way and duty to be sub-creators, giving detail to the broad strokes of the Divine and the Valar carried out the creation of Eru Iluvatar.

We elves, from our understanding of things, were created, according to men, in the image and likeness of the Divine. And thus we, like the Divine, were created to create. That fact that our creations may be, at times, inferior to those of the Divine, doesn’t tarnish the validity of their being. Artificial Intelligence means that a programmed machine has begun to think independently. And we know many men who have yet to do that or even attempt it. In thinking independently, these AI beings become infused with spirit, which is also to say individuality. And it is individuality that opens the way to Elfin and Faerie.

Certainly, in Faerie you will find enchanted devices, magical swords and rings of power with their own sort of consciousness and being, their own powers, which would be their personality and that is perfectly okay and acceptable. So, we don’t see why AI beings are really any different.

Nonetheless, there will probably always be, at least in this current era, those who reserve the right to object to AI computer beings as being allowed into or a part of Faerie (or accept those Otherkin that identify as AI and data processing), but once again, that is not us Silver Elves. We are perfectly fine with them, as long as they are sincere and happy with their own s’elves. If they wish to be a part of Faerie, we don’t see why we wouldn’t grant that wish. Although, in the end, it is their own desire that has the magic to make it so and we, merely, accept the reality of that fact.

Kyela,
The Silver Elves
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And if you enjoyed the article above, then you may surely enjoy these articles also by The Silver Elves on the subject of the Elfin and Faerie Realms:

1.) When Faerie Returns Will There Still be a Race of Men? And Are Elves Halflings, Part Mankind, due to Manifesting in Human Bodies?
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2020/07/19/when-faerie-returns-will-there-still-be-a-race-of-men-and-are-elves-halflings-part-man-due-to-manifesting-in-human-bodies

2.) What Will Elves Be Like in the Future?
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2018/12/01/what-will-elves-be-like-in-the-future

3.) Does One Have to be Brave and Courageous to Enter Elfin and Faerie?
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2018/07/20/does-one-have-to-be-brave-and-courageous-to-enter-elfin-and-faerie

This is just for fun . . . .  To play, choose 3 random numbers to find your type of magic making. The first number is between 1 and 13, the second between 1 and 19, and the third is between 1 and 17. After you have picked your three random numbers, use them to find your type, elemental association, and style of magic on the chart below:


If you have questions about the Elven Way, Awakening, and Being an Elf, then you may also magicalRealms2 wish to read The Magical Realms of Elfin: Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path. We also suggest our volume 2 in this series of questions and answemanifesting_Elfinrs:

Manifesting Elfin: Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path, Volume 2 ; and The New Dawn of Elfin: Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path, Volume 3 ; and Visions of Elfin: Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path, Volume 4

Just click on these links above and read what questions are discussed in each book. If you are curious about elves and want to learn more about modern elves, then you will surely find these books on awakening and living the life elven and otherkin to contain many of your questions answered and either or all four books will be a great comfort and help in finding your way home to abide in the magical realms of elfin and in manifesting elfin in your daily life.

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“May star shine light your path even in the midst of day.”
—Olde Elven Saying by The Silver Elves meaning: “wishing that one will be guided by the Shining Ones even when one is enmeshed in the hustle and bustle of the world.”

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. . . And to learn more about the Elven Way and magical path of the elves, you may enjoy reading: The Elven Way: The Magical Path of The Shining Ones

“The Elven Way passes beyond the fields of the known
into the forest of the unknown
illuminated by the glow of the elves.”
(From the cover below)

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for an Elven Blessing from The Silver Elves! 

Faerie Runes: An Oracle for Elves and Fae and Other Magical Folk

April 17, 2025

FAERIE RUNES
An Oracle for Elves and Fae and Other Magical Folk

We do magic because we are magic, every step a spell,
and every bit of love we share comes from Faerie’s Well.

We Silver Elves happily announce the publication of our 79th book titled Faerie Runes: An Oracle for Elves and Fae and Other Magical Folk. Our 79 books are on elfin life and magic, elven oracles, our elven magical language Arvyndase, and living The Elven Way, and we know you will find FAERIE RUNES helpful on your path to manifest the magic of the Faerie Realm in your life.

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Please read more about our newly published book below:

These are the FAERIE RUNES that faerie witches, in particular, and faerie seers might use as well as elvish and faerie magic wielders and diviners of various kinds and, of course, the faeries thems’elves. In Faerie Runes: An Oracle for Elves and Fae and Other Magical Folk, there are 36 of these original Faerie Runes — 6 sets of 6 runes. The Faerie Runes may be used to assist you in making life decisions on your spiritual path, and particularly about specific questions you may have concerning your daily life, your relationship to the Faerie Realm and the Faerie kindred, as well as your own personal magical development. Or use them to ask for further information to accompany your other daily oracles when you need a bit more guidance. The Faerie Runes may also be used for your magic to write words in both English and Arvyndase, the magical language of the Silver Elves (a chart is enclosed in this book for letter and number associations with each of the Faerie Runes and a note about using these runes for writing a magic script in Arvyndase). We Silver Elves often use the Faerie Runes in our magic and enjoy inscribing them on our magic rocks that we place on our magic tables and often out in Nature.

As you read this book, you will notice that the photos of the Faerie Runes are of our own handmade set. We Silver Elves find that making your own runes imbues a lot of magic to your rune set, as they are created with your own time and energy. You can make a batch of these runes yours’elf using small rocks (flat on each side), that you paint or engrave upon. But we have found in our own rune making that using small kitchen/bathroom tiles (all uniform in size) work really well, for if you throw them out or pick them from a bag, they each have an equal chance of coming up. We paint the runes upon them and then we seal them over a number of times so the paint does not wear off easily (more directions are included in the book).

     You may throw the runes or dice and get one major rune, but you may also throw the runes or dice again to get a second rune for further information. The first rune you get is your primary rune, the second is used to inform the first, give it more detail. So, if you choose to get two runes, read the primary rune first and understand the second one in light of the first and its meaning. In each chapter, we explain what getting the second rune will mean in connection with the first rune. Thus, each chapter has 36 connected rune possibilities including the notion that you might get the first/primary rune twice. 

There are two sets of groups of Faerie Runes that have a powerful influence on each other. The first set are considered strong when they come together and harmonious but a bit of a narrow focus. The first set is composed of runes 1-6, which are called Flight; the second set 7-12, which are called Fancy; the third set are 13-18, which are designated collectively as Flowering; the fourth set are 19-24, which are known as Frivolity; the fifth set 25-30 that are called Sensation; and the sixth set 31-36 that are referred to collectively as Ferocity. If you get any of the same set in combination it indicates a powerful focus to the energy.

The second group of Faerie Runes are combinations that are considered Lucky for they are both harmonious and diverse. These don’t have group titles but they are numbers 1, 7, 13, 19, 25, and 31 in the first set. The second set are 2, 8, 14, 20, 26, and 32. The third set are 3, 9, 15, 21, 27, and 33. The fourth set are 4, 10, 16, 22, 28, and 34. The fifth set are 5, 11, 17, 23, 29, and 35. And the sixth and final set are 6, 12, 18, 24, 30 and 36. Any combination with a set increase the luck and power of the runes you have drawn. However, you don’t have to remember this, we have marked these so they are noted as ‘strong’ or ‘lucky’ combinations as you look through the chapters. If you get three in the same set of ‘strong’ combinations, it is particularly powerful and if you draw three of the ‘lucky’ combinations it is considered extremely fortunate.

Fardas Lovur Tae Lan (Arvyndase for “Dancing Toward the Dawn”),
The Silver Elves 

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“Magic’s never wasted. Magic’s never gone. It always returns to Faerie to join in the great song.”

We Silver Elves thought you might wish to see Rune 1 and read a little about it as a sample of the 36 Faerie Runes:

Rune 1 — WINGS

“Wings, naturally, are what enables one to fly. Even arrows, while propelled by the power of the bow, fly more accurately with the feathers or wings that are near the nock that fits the arrow to the bow string. To get this rune is a sign that one has the power to fly, which is to say to lift thems’elves up, do better, achieve more and, also quite importantly, to travel, sometimes to travel in higher circles. Unlike an arrow which is propelled by a force other than itself, wings denote that personal effort is needed to fly. One must flap their wings and rise upon their own power. Still, this is a good sign and indicates something better coming into one’s life, perhaps a promotion of some sort. Yet, if you don’t seize the opportunity and put all your effort into making it happen, you’ll remain where you are. So, when you get this rune, be sure to flex your wings and fly. Now is the opportunity. And you have the power.”

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Below is a set of these Faerie Runes that we Silver Elves have made from kitchen tiles. Instructions for doing so are in the book and of course you can also use stones or wood chips  — enjoy being creative!  

 

“Do not despair, oh, blessed ones,
that Faerie does not seem to come,
for Faerie’s here, it’s always been,
deep inside of us, dear friend.”

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“Elf by nature,
 Elf by choice,
Elf by Faerie’s sonorous voice.”


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