Do Elves And Fairies Have Physical Forms?

"To make my small elves coats." Illustrations to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, A. Rackham, common domain

   Among some people in modern belief elves and fairies are often assumed to be entirely insubstantial, that is they are described in the same terms as ghosts or other incorporeal spirits and are said to have no physical forms that can be touched or interacted with. This view has