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ELF (O. Eng. aelf; cf. Ger. Alp, nigh...

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 266 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ELF (O. Eng. aelf; cf. Ger. See also:Alp, nightmare)  , a diminutive supernatural being of See also:Teutonic See also:mythology, usually of a more or less mischievous and See also:malignant See also:character, causing diseases and evil dreams, stealing See also:children and substituting changelings, and thus somewhat different from the Romanic See also:fairy, which usually has less sinister associations . The prehistoric arrow-heads and other See also:flint implements were in See also:England See also:early known as " See also:elf-bolts " or " elf-arrows," and were looked on as the weapons of the elves, with which they injured See also:cattle . So too a tangle in the See also:hair was called an " elf-See also:lock," as being caused by the See also:mischief of the elves .

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