Elf 🧝
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The elf emoji, depicting a mystical being with long pointed ears, long hair, and green clothing. This emoji is used to express elves, fantasy themes, Lord of the Rings, and Christmas. Common usage includes 'Like an elf🧝' 'Like Legolas🧝' or 'Christmas elf🧝' This is the gender-neutral version. Added in Unicode 10.0 in 2017 as part of the fantasy emoji series.

Elves are supernatural beings appearing in Norse and Germanic mythology, and have become widely depicted in modern fantasy thanks to J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit,' and Peter Jackson's film trilogies. The emoji can represent characters like Legolas, Galadriel, and Elrond from Lord of the Rings, Dobby and Kreacher (house-elves) from Harry Potter, characters from 'The Witcher' series, Santa's Christmas elves, and Buddy from the film 'Elf.' It's widely used during Christmas season, in fantasy genre discussions, cosplay events, and Halloween. The emoji captures the mystical, ethereal quality associated with elves in Western fantasy literature.