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erlking
[ url-king ]
noun
- a spirit or personified natural power that works mischief, especially to children.
erlking
/ ˈɜːˌɪŋ /
noun
- German myth a malevolent spirit who carries children off to death
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of erlking1
1790–1800; < German öԾ alder (tree) king, J. G. von Herder's mistrans. of Danish ellerkonge, variant of elverkonge king of the elves
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of erlking1
C18: from German öԾ, literally: alder king, coined in 1778 by Herder, a mistranslation of Danish ellerkonge king of the elves
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And in this story, the gold-spinning lie is her own — a tale spun to save two magical maidens from the Erlking.
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“The Erlking,” the first story in “Likes” by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, has all of the elements that appear in the rest of the book.
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This blurring of the real and unreal, of fictional dreams and waking life, is a feature of other stories in “Likes,” such as “The Erlking” or “The Young Wife’s Tale.”
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Georges Schwizgebel – “Erlking,” “Romance”
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Erlking, Liszt arrangement of the, 32.
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