Elf (disambiguation)
# Elf (disambiguation)

An elf is a mythological creature, originally from Germanic mythology.

Elf or Elves may also refer to:

## Entertainment

### Fictional entities

* Christmas elf
* Elves in fiction, of the fantasy genre:
   * Elf (Dungeons & Dragons)
   * Elf (Middle-earth), in J. R. R. Tolkien's work
   * Elves (Discworld), in Terry Pratchett's work
   * House-elf, a magical creature in Harry Potter

### Film, television and media

* Elf (film), a 2003 American Christmas comedy film
   * Elf (musical), based on the film
* Elf (band), an American band
   * Elf (album), their 1972 album
* Elves (film), a 1989 American horror film
* Lego Elves, a toy line and media franchise that began in 2015
* Elves (TV series) a 2021 Danish television series

## Politics

* Earth Liberation Front, an international environmentalist political group
* Environmental Life Force, an American radical environmental group
* Eritrean Liberation Front, a main independence movement in Eritrea
* Essential Living Fund, an English welfare assistance scheme
* European Liberal Forum, a think-tank
* European Liberation Front, a neo-fascist group

## Science and technology

* Electron localization function
* ELVES, a type of upper atmospheric lightning
* Enceladus Life Finder, a proposed NASA astrobiology mission to Saturn's moon Enceladus
* Extremely low frequency, electromagnetic radiation (radio waves) with frequencies from 3 to 30 Hz
* Eretis, a genus of butterfly
* Microtia elva, a species of butterfly

### Computing

* COSMAC ELF, a single-board computer kit based on the RCA 1802 microprocessor
* Executable and Linkable Format (.elf), a file format for executable files
* Extended Log Format, a text format for web server log files
* Elf, a tablet in the NOVO7 series

## Vehicles

* Ekolot JK 01A Elf, a Polish motorglider
* Isuzu Elf, a truck model
* Riley Elf, an automobile
* USS Elf (SP-81), a United States Navy patrol boat
* Elf (yacht), an American racing yacht
* Pesa Elf, a Polish electric multiple unit
* Elf, a tugboat taken into British Empire service as Empire Belle

## Organisations

* Elf Aquitaine, a French oil company
* ELF Corporation, a Japanese eroge game studio
* Elvish Linguistic Fellowship, an organization that studies the invented languages of J. R. R. Tolkien
* Endangered Language Fund, an American linguistic group
* Environmental Law Foundation, a British charity
* Estonian Nature Fund, an environmental organization
* European Lacrosse Federation
* European League of Football, a professional American football league based in Europe
* Eyes Lips Face, an international cosmetics brand

## Other uses

* English as a lingua franca
