It is not easy to research house elves on the Internet now days, since most of the information you will get back concerns the house elves of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. While this is not necessarily a bad thing, it does make it difficult for someone that is trying to research the history of house elves in legends. Even Wikipedia only makes passing note of the house elf in reference to The Brother’s Grimm story of The Elves and the Shoemaker, then it references the house elves of Harry Potter.

What lead me to researching house elves is a mission I have set myself to. My mother had wanted me to inherit her and my dad’s house as payment for the lifetime I set aside to be their caregiver. Troubles hit members of the family with the mortgage crisis and several close family members were going to lose their homes if they did not get fast help – so, we took out a reverse mortgage on my parent’s home to save the homes of others in the family.

Now, with the passing of my mom, I am forced to realize that there is a very real probability that I will be losing my parents home if something happens to my dad. Should anything happen to him, the entire amount due against this house (somewhere between $150,000 and $200,000) will come due in full or the house will be seized by the mortgage company. After having spent my entire life taking care of my parents, I have no hope of ever getting a bank to help me refinance their home, so I would face losing that home.

This brings me to the house elves. In addition to other efforts to raise the money I have to raise, I have began creating one of a kind (OOAK) house elf figures that I will be selling to help raise money that will go toward saving my parent’s house. I have been a doll artist for 30 years The elves will be limited edition collectibles with the mission of going out into the world and helping me save my parents house.