Usually means: Mystical figure abducts children, folklore.
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  1. erlking: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Erlking, erlking: Wordnik
  3. erlking: Wiktionary
  4. erlking: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. erlking: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Erlking, erlking: Dictionary.com
  7. Erlking, The erlking: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Erlking: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. erlking: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Erlking: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. erlking: FreeDictionary.org
  12. erlking: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Erlking: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Erlking)

noun:  (European folklore) In German literature and modern folklore, a malicious elf or spirit who preys on children.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of erlking [(European folklore) In German literature and modern folklore, a malicious elf or spirit who preys on children.]

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