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The Ellyllon (the plural of ellyll) are the pigmy elves who haunt the groves and valleys, and correspond pretty closely with the English elves.

Etymology

The English name was probably derived from the Welsh el, a spirit, elf, an element; there is a whole brood of words of this class in the Welsh language, expressing every variety of flowing, gliding, spirituality, devilry, angelhood, and goblinism. The bells of the Digitalis or fox-glove are called Menyg Ellylon, or the Elves'-gloves

Beliefs

The main belief states that they are the souls of the ancient Druids, which, being too good for hell, and not good enough for heaven, are permitted to wander upon earth till the judgment day, when they will be admitted to a higher state of being (Welsh mythology.)

Ellyllon , is also doubtless allied with the Hebrew Elilim, having with it an identity both of origin and meaning. [Pughe's 'Welsh Dictionary.' (Denbigh, 1866)]

Quote

The poet Davydd ab Gwilym, in a humorous account of his troubles in a mist in the year 1340, says:

Yr ydoedd ym mhob gobant
Ellyllon mingeimion gant.
There was in every hollow
A hundred wrymouthed elves.