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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