*Prefacing this post to say I do not have a lot of knowledge of world mythologies and folklore and may be using the wrong terminology or examples but have no malicious intentions.

Apologies in advance for the amount of times the word 'mythologies' is included in this post!

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This is something I've been curious about for a while. As someone who loves to read fantasy but doesn't have a lot of knowledge of world mythologies and folklore, how important is it to you as a reader that the mythology be accurate to existing mythologies.

I can understand in stories that are heavily influenced by Greek Mythology you would be pulling your hair out if there was a god named Zeus who presided over the ocean, or a god called Thor but it has no other Norse related elements, but are people bothered by Elf/Fae/Nymph type creatures who do not follow the relevant folk lore?

Can folklore be inspired by exisiting mythologies but changed and "made up" for the premise of the book, or is it the general consensus that if an Elf…