Elsa's discovery of being the Fifth Spirit in Frozen brings her closer to her parents, as Frozen 2 shows more of their history and how the Northuldra tribes were attacked by Arendelle's soldiers.
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.
Strong and independent. Alongside from Sadness from Disney's Inside Out and Eeyore from the Winnie The Pooh franchise, Elsa is a metaphor for mental health. Ever since she was born, she's always been different while her parents, her sister and her royal subjects are literally powerless.
As the Fifth Spirit, Elsa is able to awaken the four nature spirits of the forest: fire, air, water and earth. Despite her newfound connection with the elements, however, her powers are still primarily ice-based. In a movie all about change, Elsa's unchanging powers are a crack in an otherwise smooth narrative.
It was after that the decision was made to fully commit to the voice calling to Elsa being that of her mother, Iduna. As Marc Smith, Frozen 2's Director of Story, notes in the documentary, the idea "unifies the movie" since it starts with a flashback featuring Iduna and Agnarr, and it brings those elements together.
Frozen 2 revealed that Elsa is the missing Fifth Spirit, which is the reason for Elsa's powers, but a new theory suggests there are actually Eight Spirits. Frozen 2 delved into the origins of Elsa's powers and why she feels so out of place in Arendelle, despite being close with Anna and the Kingdom once again.
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.
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.
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.
In the movie The Little Mermaid (Clements & Musker, 1989), Ariel displays symptoms of disposophobia, which is defined as the fear of getting rid of things.
Elsa (Idina Menzel) demonstrates traits of paranoid personality disorder. She is definitely guarded and suspicious. She is so scared her powers will hurt someone again that she closes herself off. Also, she does not want to strike others with “fear”; Elsa wants to be accepted, not chased away.
Although Elsa's disability is encoded as a magical ice power, the language the film uses to talk about her condition maps on to the experiences of people with physical, mental, and intellectual disabilities in recognizable ways.
Technically she is human like Anna and the rest of their ancestors. Elsa's powers come from the Nature Spirits from the Enchanted Forest, imbuing the first born daughter of Queen Iduna and King Agnarr with the essence of a nature spirit.
Elsa, princess of Arendelle and heiress to the throne, is born with the ability to create and control ice and snow. As a child, she uses her abilities to create a winter wonderland to play in with her younger sister and best friend, Princess Anna.
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?).
According to Myth: A Frozen Tale, the fifth spirit is also known as the “human spirit”, but it is assumed to have been represented by humanity in general before Elsa and Anna's births.
Evan Rachel Wood voices Iduna (Elsa and Anna's mother), and Delaney Rose Stein voices the young Iduna. Alfred Molina voices Agnarr (Elsa and Anna's father), and Jackson Stein voices young Agnarr.
Anna's parents rush her to the sacred realm, where discussions with the trolls reveal that Elsa was born with her powers/ depigmentation and deafness, rather than them being due to illness or accident. Grand Pabbie troll heals Anna but removes her memories of Elsa's magic.
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. Agnarr and Iduna's oldest daughter (Elsa) was born with the power to control ice and snow.
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.
Frozen II: Elsa is an Immortal Goddess | Fandom. In Frozen 2, Elsa dies and comes back to life, revealing not only is she the fifth spirit - alongside water, earth, air, and fire - but is immortal.
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.
No, their mother and her people only took advantage of the gifts nature offered them. They themselves never had any magic of their own and when Elsa showed up and had magic they were fairly shocked and confused.
