Pointy ears
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Pointy ears or pointed ears are a characteristic of many animals, a genetic disorder in humans, as well as a cliché in popular culture, particularly in the fantasy genre. They are commonly known as "elf ears".
Elf
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An elf 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.
Ängsälvor (Swedish "Meadow Elves") by Nils Blommér (1850)
Title page of Daemonologie by James VI and I, which tried to explain traditional Scottish beliefs in terms of Christian scholarship
Alden Valley, Lancashire, possibly a place once associated with elves
Glasgow Botanic Gardens. Kibble Palace. William Goscombe John, The Elf, 1899.