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Williams syndrome ( WS ), also Williams–Beuren syndrome ( WBS ), is a genetic disorder that affects many parts of the body. [3] Facial features frequently include a broad forehead, underdeveloped chin, short nose, and full cheeks. [3] Mild to moderate intellectual disability is observed in people with WS, with particular challenges with ...
Elf. Ängsälvor (Swedish "Meadow Elves") by Nils Blommér (1850) An elf ( pl. elves) is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic folklore. Elves appear especially in North Germanic mythology, being mentioned in the Icelandic Poetic Edda and Snorri Sturluson 's Prose Edda . In medieval Germanic -speaking cultures, elves generally seem ...
Huldufólk or hidden people are elves in Icelandic and Faroese folklore. They are supernatural beings that live in nature. They look and behave similarly to humans, but live in a parallel world. They can make themselves visible at will. Konrad von Maurer cites a 19th-century Icelandic source claiming that the only visible difference between normal people and outwardly human-appearing ...
Elfin facies. Elfin (Elven) facies is the form of facies in which the patient has facial characteristics like those traditionally associated with elves. It is characterized by a prominent forehead, widely spaced eyes, an upturned nose, an underdeveloped mandible, dental hypoplasia, and patulous lips. [1]
Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi (Japanese); Kira Vincent-Davis (TV), Carli Mosier (OVA) (English) The female lead characters of Elfen Lied, left to right: Mayu, Yuka, Nyu, Nana. Kaede (楓), also known as Lucy (ルーシー, Rūshi) and Nyu (にゅう, Nyū), is a diclonius girl and the main protagonist of the series. She is assumed to be fifteen ...
In J. R. R. Tolkien 's writings, Elves are the first fictional race to appear in Middle-earth. Unlike Men and Dwarves, Elves are immortal, though they can be killed in battle. If so, their souls go to the Halls of Mandos in Aman. After a long life in Middle-earth, Elves yearn for the Earthly Paradise of Valinor, and can sail there from the Grey ...
Queen of Elphame [1] or "Elf-hame" (- hame stem only occurs in conjectural reconstructed orthography [2] [3] ), in the folklore belief of Lowland Scotland and Northern England, designates the elfin queen of Faerie, mentioned in Scottish witch trials. In ballads and contemporary texts, she is referred to as Queen of Elphane, Elphen, or the Fairies.
Elves in fiction. A post-Tolkien interpretation of a fantasy elf, from the Wesnoth fantasy setting, 2011. In many works of modern fantasy, elves are depicted as a race or species of pointy-eared humanoid beings. These depictions arise from the álfar of Norse mythology influencing elves in fantasy as being semi-divine and of human stature ...