Elsa Is The Fifth Elemental Spirit The simple version is that her ice powers were a gift from the spirits, bestowed on her because of the actions of her mother, Queen Iduna, in saving her father, King Agnarr, during the battle between the people of Arendelle and Northuldra.
Elsa (and Anna, I guess) serves as the bridge between the spirits and the humans. Her ice powers can tame every one of the elemental spirits; ice cools the fire, slows the water and the wind, and I'd assume it can also calm the earth giants, even though that's not explicitly shown in the movie.
She died and was reborn to take on her true form like has happened in so many stories before. With that transformation, Frozen 2 has made Elsa an immortal spirit now. Like how Frozen 2's other four spirits appear as animals but more than just that, Elsa still appears human but is more than just that.
According to Iduna, Ahtohallan is considered a spirit and is the "mother" of all the other spirits. According to Iduna's notes, Ahtohallan is the source of the magic in the Enchanted Forest as well as those of the spirits, including Elsa's powers.
Unbeknownst to Agnarr, Iduna is actually a Northuldran and was the girl that rescued him on the day of his father's death. Because of the kingdom's negative feelings towards the Northuldra, Iduna kept her heritage a secret for many years, though she finally told him everything shortly before their deaths.
The implication, and it's only ever just that, is that Elsa and Anna's mother is herself somehow attuned to the magical forces such that Elsa was given the gift of superpowers. (Why Anna never received such powers is equally vaguely defined: just as Elsa and Anna's father had no powers, so too would she be power-free.
The symbolic explanation for why Elsa froze is more straightforward. Elsa freezes in response to the trauma of discovering her family's colonial past. Similar to the plot in Frozen, Elsa is overcome with emotion and loses control of her powers — she is so overwhelmed by her own ice magic that she is literally frozen.
The directors have confirmed that Elsa and Anna are both the fifth spirit, as in that their bond is what united the Enchanted Forest and Arendelle, though Elsa is still considered the OFFICIAL fifth spirit.
It has a slot for November 2024 and November 2025 for “untitled Disney animation”, according to Business Insider. Again, assuming that Frozen 3 is following the same release pattern as its predecessors, it's safe to bet that it will be released November 26, 2025.
Elsa discovered that the call was used by Iduna to summon the Wind Spirit to save Agnarr. Elsa also discovered other memories of her mother, from Elsa's own childhood and those that took place before she was born.
In conclusion, Elsa is only the fifth spirit because of her mothers sacrifice of her powers. Queen Iduna was the fifth spirit all along and chooses to save King Agnarr knowing that as a royal, she would need to be with him to have her royal daughters.
After Elsa finds out she is the fifth spirit in Frozen 2, a new Disney+ short reveals that Elsa wasn't the first fifth spirit to unite the elements. Frozen 2 revealed that Elsa is the Fifth Spirit — but not the first. Frozen 2 expands on the lore and people of Arendelle and delves into the franchise's elemental magic.
Based on what Anna and Yelena said, it seems Ahtohallan rewarded Iduna's selfless action by granting Elsa with the power to control ice. So basically Ahtohallan had the intention to create a champion for itself, someone who would bridge the two worlds (maybe to prevent another incident?).
After Iduna (Evan Rachel Wood), a member of the Northuldra tribe, rescues Agnarr (Alfred Molina), the son of King Runeard, during a battle between the Arendellians and the Northuldra people, the four elemental spirits gift their daughter Elsa with ice magic as a reward for Iduna's selfless act.
Indeed, as there are no condoms or any other reliable form of birth control in the frontier, there's a real possibility that Ennis really did impregnate Elsa. Sadly, before 1883 could even drop any clues that Elsa was pregnant, Ennis died in the next episode while Elsa died during the finale.
Elsa was also planning to split from the group to stay with Sam, but after many goodbyes, everyone decided they were going to Oregon anyway. Even Elsa decided to leave her boyfriend so she could find out where Oregon was, while planning to return to the plains in June to reunite with him.
Why didn't Elsa's mom tell her husband she saved him?
Due to the bad blood between their people, Iduna kept both her heritage and her rescue of Agnarr in the forest a secret for many years, though she finally confessed everything to him shortly before their deaths.
When Elsa's ice palace is under attack, the colour of her ice changes depending on her current emotion. For instance, the ice is yellow when she combats Duke Westleton and his soldiers. However, the ice becomes purple or turns into a dark colour when she struggles to control her magic. The colour reflects her fear.
Elsa from Frozen was originally intended to be an evil queen with an army of snow monsters. That's according to the animated film's producer Peter Del Vecho, who says they completely re-wrote the ending. "When we started off, Anna and Elsa were not sisters," he told EW. "They weren't even royal.
The fact that granting Anna powers would invalidate or at least muddle the spirit-human bridge concept is only part of the issue. Aside from the logistical problem it poses, a sudden manifestation of magic in Anna would also take away from the beauty of her character.
In the Disney animated film "Frozen" and its sequel "Frozen II," Elsa's hair changes from blonde to white. This change is symbolic of her growing power and control over her abilities to create and control ice and snow.
Sixteen-year-old Iduna harbors a dark secret. On the surface, she is an Arendellian village girl, an aspiring inventor, and the best friend of Prince Agnarr, but she is also secretly Northuldra. Ever since the day the forest fell, Arendellians have despised and distrusted Northuldra with a vengeance.
