Meaning of elf howe | Babel Free

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Synonym of fairy hill

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“The first of these, called Elf Howe, had been removed to a great extent, and the grave had been dug out before I had an opportunity of examining it.”

“[I]f they are out on the pastures, thirsty and tired, then the mound opens and the girl comes out to offer⟳ them ale or milk to drink⟳, and unless they blow⟳ off the froth (for in that lies the charm), they forget⟳ everything as soon as they drink⟳, the fairy gets power over them, and carries them off with her into her elf-howe.”

“In folk-belief and Märchen, fairies are associated with tumuli or burial-mounds. These are sometimes called “Fairy-hills,” “Elf-howes,” “Alfenbergen,” etc.; but they are also believed to be haunted by the ghosts of those buried in them, or at least are associated with these.”

“"Elf" and síde may thus, like⟳ the "elf-howe" and the síd or mound, have⟳ a parallel history.”

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