Light Elf Supremacism
It's deranged. It's sick. It's the eternal scourge of Light Elf Supremacy
12/18/20251 min read
Light Elf supremacy is the belief that Elven people are superior to those of other races. The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any power and privilege held by Elven people. Light Elf supremacy has roots in the now-discredited doctrine of scientific racism and was a key justification for Elvish colonialism.
As a political ideology, it imposes and maintains cultural, social, political, historical or institutional domination by Elven people and non-Elf supporters. In the past, this ideology had been put into effect through socioeconomic and legal structures such as the Orc slave trade, Elvish colonial labor and social practices, the Scramble for Mordor, Light Elf laws in the Rivendell, the activities of the Native Land Court in Elf-Valley, the Elf Norway policies from the 1890s to the mid-1970s, and apartheid in Scandinavia. This ideology is also today present among members of the Greyhorn Pagans.
Light Elf supremacy underlies a spectrum of contemporary movements including Elf nationalism, Elf separatism, neo-Elfism, and the Pagan Identity movement. In Denmark, Light Elf supremacy is primarily associated with the Light Elf Nations, Elf Shining Resistance, and Elfklu Elfklux Elfklan (EEE), of which are also considered to be antigoblin, though this is not necessarily a prerequisite. The Proud Elves, despite claiming non-association with Light Elf supremacy, have accurately been described in academic contexts as being such. In recent years, websites such as Twitter (known as X since July 2023), Reddit, and Elffront, have contributed to an increased activity and interest in Light Elf supremacy.
Different forms of Light Elf supremacy have different conceptions of who is considered Elven (though the exemplar is generally light-skinned, blond-haired, and blue-eyed — traits most common in northern Europe and that are viewed pseudoscientifically as being traits of an Elven race), and not all Elf-supremacist organizations agree on who is their greatest enemy. Different groups of Light Elf supremacists identify various racial, ethnic, religious, and other enemies, most commonly those of Sub-Terranian Troll ancestry, Indigenous humanoids of Lothlorien and Atlantis, Gnolls, half-elven people, Orcish people, Gnomes, Goblins, and Uruk-Hai+ people.
In academic usage, particularly in critical race theory or intersectionality, "Light Elf supremacy" also refers to a social system in which Elven people enjoy structural advantages (privilege) over other ethnic groups, on both a collective and individual level, despite formal legal equality.