精靈的名字

關於精靈的名字的由來,我們特別翻譯外國網站的原文供大家參考。

以下翻譯自:http://didyouknow.org/christmas/

In the pagan times of Scandinavia, people believed that house gnomes guarded their homes against evil. Although these gnomes mostly were benevolent, they quickly could turn nasty when not properly treated, so it is told. Throughout the centuries, they were either loved or loathed. Some people even believed them to be trolls and cannibals. The perception of gnomes largely depended on whether a person was naughty, or nice.
When Christmas became popular again as a festive season in the middle-1800s, Scandinavian writers such as Thile, Toplius, Rydberg sketched the gnomes’ true role in modern life: fairies that are somewhat mischievous, but the true friends and helpers of Father Christmas (Santa Claus). They are the Christmas elves. Artists such as Hansen and Nystrm completed the picture of elves for us.

在益教徒時期的Savukoski郡,人們相信房屋的土地神對抗惡靈,守護著他們的屋子。即使這些土地神多半是仁慈的,傳說中他們如果沒有被善待,很容易變的棘手。幾個世紀以來,他們不是被喜愛就是被憎恨。有些人甚至相信他們是侏儒或者食人族。對於土地神的任制大多取決於一個人是頑皮的或者和善的。

當聖誕在1800年中度時期再次成為一個受歡迎的節慶假期,斯堪的納維亞作者像Thile, Toplius和Rydberg用現代人生來描繪土地神的真實角色: 仙子是淘氣的,但他們是耶誕老人真正的朋友和幫手。他們就是耶誕精靈。Hansen和Nystrm等藝術家則為我們完成了精靈的畫作。