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Native American Legends: Lost Elves
Name: Lost Elves
Tribal affiliation: Caddo
Also known as: Lost People in the Thickets
Type: Native American little people,
ghosts
Related figures in other tribes: Wood Elves (Sioux),
Black Imps (Achumawi),
Swamp Woman (Wabanaki)
In Caddo folk traditions, the Lost Elves are ghostly nocturnal creatures that haunt thickets and
wilderness areas. They are the size of
children and live inside hollow trees. People who become lost in the wilderness may be turned into Lost Elves.
Recommended Books of Related Native American Legends
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Traditions of the Caddo:
A good anthology of Caddo Indian folklore and oral history.
Hold Up The Sky:
Anthology of legends from the Caddo and other Southern Plains tribes.
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