1) Character in poem 2) Figure in Goethe ballad 3) Mythic humanoid 4) Subject of a Goethe ballad
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Erlkönig is a name from German folklore for the figure of a spirit or `king of the fairies`. ==Origin== According to Jacob Grimm, the term originates with a Scandinavian (Danish) word, ellekonge `king of the elves`, or for a female spirit elverkongens datter `the elven king`s daughter`, who is responsible for ensnaring human beings to sati...
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• (n.) A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of a spirit natural power supposed to work mischief and ruin, esp. to children.
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Erl'king` noun [ German
erlkönig , from Danish
ellekonge elfking.] A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of a spirit or natural power supposed to work mischief and ruin, esp. to children.
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a spirit or personified natural power that works mischief, esp. to children.
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