Gelfling
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Gelflings are elf-like beings who populated the fictional world of Jim Henson's 1982 movie The Dark Crystal.
Jen and Kira are the only two known survivors of a massacre perpetrated by the diabolical vulture-like Skeksis upon their race. Gelflings can speak in the languages of animals and upon physical contact with one can another share thoughts, memories, and emotions in a process called dreamfasting. Female gelflings can also fly, utilizing retractable birdlike wings (something that Jen only found out by accident, through observation). Jen and Kira were instrumental in fulfilling the prophecy that restored the crystal to its natural state.