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From Scandinavian elves, Basque iratxoak to Mayan alux, there seem to be multiple disconnected cultures with a common "little people who live in the woods" myth, are there theories as to the origins of these mythologies?

by /u/DonVergasPHD in /r/AskHistorians

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