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