Elves

Elves are divided into two main sorts: small, sprightly creatures that thrive in causing mischief and tall, graceful beings with strong magic like those inTolkiens trilogy . The first are classified into many sorts, pixies, leprechauns, gremlins, santa's little helpers and more, but all love tricks. In one instance a farmer caught a leprechaun by not blinking, for a leprechaun cannot escape if you do not take your eyes off it, and forced it to mark the spot in red where his treasure was: under a bush among many others. When the farmer left to get his spade he found that the leprechaun, after being allowed to escape, had marked every other bush in red as well!
The latter are much more majestic.They are sometimes grouped into light elves ,high elves and dark elves ,those being the cold of heart. In Tolkien mythology , elves cannot die by old age or sickness, only by the point of the sword. Some stories say that elves have strong majic and can controll the elements at will. In all cases these elves are a powerful ally in the world of fantasy.