User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-21371438-20130920092409/@comment-3277384-20130920131602

Not all Elder makes natural disaster. For example, Chamaleos and Teostra...

I think Elders are mainly creatures of unknown classification which may have mystical powers. Another example, Uknown Rathian is a sort of Elder Dagon.