Home›Sources›Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and IdentitySourcesElves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and IdentityCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/elves-in-anglo-saxon-england-matters-of-belief-health-gender-and-identity.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/elves-in-anglo-saxon-england-matters-of-belief-health-gender-and-identityCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-elves-in-anglo-saxon-england-matters-of, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/elves-in-anglo-saxon-england-matters-of-belief-health-gender-and-identity}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXElves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity, Alaric Hall's 2007 study from Boydell Press, is a linguistic and textual reassessment of Anglo-Saxon elf belief, arguing Old English words for elves carried a wider range of meaning than the older elf-shot diagnosis model allows. Its strength is that it is a peer-reviewed academic monograph built on close philological analysis of the primary charm texts. Its limit is that Hall's specific vocabulary-based reading of elf-shot is one scholarly position, set against Karen Louise Jolly's earlier Christian-vernacular reading in the same debate.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (11 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Reliability tier 1: a peer reviewed academic monograph from Boydell Press, Anglo-Saxon Studies series, built on close philological analysis of the primary charm texts, one side of a named ongoing scholarly debate.NotesWell-attestedA linguistic and textual reassessment of Anglo-Saxon elf-belief, arguing that Old English words for elves carry a wider range of meaning than the older "elf-shot" diagnosis model allows and that the charms' language of shooting may be figurative. Scope note: covers the specific vocabulary-based objection to the elf-shot aetiology attributed to Hall in the Wid Faerstice article.CitationAuthorWell-attestedAlaric HallPublisherWell-attestedBoydell Press (Anglo-Saxon Studies 8)Publication YearWell-attested2007URLWell-attestedhttps://boydellandbrewer.com/book/elves-in-anglo-saxon-england-9781843835097/Source TypeWell-attestedacademic monographCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithAnglo-Saxons, Cultures Well-attested This source names Anglo-Saxons directly: "Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity, Alaric Hall's 2007 study from Boydell Press, is a linguistic and textual reassessment of Anglo-Saxon elf belief, arguing..."Source Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and IdentityAlaric Halltier 1Saxons, Cultures Well-attested This source names Saxons directly: "Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity, Alaric Hall's 2007 study from Boydell Press, is a linguistic and textual reassessment of Anglo-Saxon elf belief, arguing..."Source Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and IdentityAlaric Halltier 1Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds.Disposition By TopicSources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.Well-attested9ArticlesThe Elf-Shot QuestionSourcesElves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and IdentityHolds2SourcesElves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and IdentityComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year