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(obsolete) A changeling or elf child; a child left by fairies.
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The companion of Saint Nicholas in Dutch folklore, depicted as a blackamoor.
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(European folklore, also figuratively) In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature that was secretly exchanged for a human infant. In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to demons, devils, or witches.
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In Hindu folklore, the ghost of a low-caste woman who died during childbirth or menstruation.
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A traditional Central American healer.
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(Norse mythology) A member of the race of Dǫkkálfar, creatures who live underground.
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(Buddhism) An evil spirit.
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(fantasy) A member of a fictional race of creatures which combine the qualities of, or are hybrids of, dwarves and elves.
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(fantasy) An elf, one of a particular group of elves, or an elflike creature.
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(rare) Of or relating to Andrew Eldritch (born Andrew William Harvey Taylor, 1959), English goth and rock musician.
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(fantasy) Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse álfar (through Tolkien's Eldar).
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(Anglo-Saxon and Britain mythology and folklore) Maliciously wounded or sickened by having been shot by an elf.
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The world or realm of elves.
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Obsolete spelling of elf [(Norse mythology) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.]
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Belonging to, or relating to, elves.
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Alternative form of elvenfolk [Elves.]
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Alternative spelling of Elfland [The land of the elves. Home of the elves.]
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An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
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Alternative form of elvenfolk [Elves.]
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An elflike saying, based on fictional depictions such as the movie Elf or puns on the word elf.
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One who believes in elves.
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All elves, considered as a group.
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The land of the elves. Home of the elves.
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Knowledge, science, study, or history of elves.
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A compellation for an elf.
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(rare, poetic) Pertaining to elm trees; in which elms grow.
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(uncommon) Elven, elfin, pertaining to elves.
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Originally, a female elf, a fairy, a nymph; (by extension) any elf.
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(Kent) Alternative spelling of elven (“an elm”) (a tree of the genus Ulmus, particularly the wych elm or Scots elm (Ulmus glabra)) [Originally, a female elf, a fairy, a nymph; (by extension) any elf.]
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Of or having to do with elves; elven.
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(fantasy) A fictional, large, humanoid, mobile talking tree in works by J. R. R. Tolkien.
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(obsolete) an incubus; a nightmare
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Alternative form of erlking [(mythology) In German literature and modern pseudo-mythology, a malicious elf or spirit who preys on children.]
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(mythology) In German literature and modern pseudo-mythology, a malicious elf or spirit who preys on children.
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(fantasy) A person who is half elven and half human by birth.
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(fantasy) Of half or partial elf heritage or descent
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Having characteristics similar to the character Heathcliff, especially dark, brooding, intense, tortured, possessive, aggressive, and/or uncivilized.
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(mythology) A troll that lives in or under a hill.
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(sculpture) A sculpture of a standing female figure carrying a water vessel on her head.
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(mythology, fantasy) A woman who comes from a frozen climate.
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(Georgian mythology) an ugly anthropomorphic spirit
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An aboriginal evil spirit; a sorcerer.
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(Norse mythology) A daylight dwelling elf or nature spirit (as opposed to the underground dwelling dark elves or dwarves).
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A kind of otherworldly humanoid figure sometimes seen during dimethyltryptamine (DMT) hallucinations.
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Mythical creatures that are human from the waist up and fish from the waist down.
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(fantasy) A young male merperson, male equivalent of mermaid
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A demon-like being in Japanese folklore, portrayed by men in ogre masks and traditional straw capes during a New Year's ritual of admonishing badly-behaved children.
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A beautiful young man, like the mythological Greek Narcissus
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A malicious spirit in Caribbean folklore, a vampire taking the form of an old woman.
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Alternative form of undine (“water-sprite”) [A female water-sprite or nymph.]
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Alternative form of hupia [In Taino mythology, the spirit of a person who has died; a ghost.]
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(fantasy) Of, pertaining to, or sharing similarities with an orc.
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A demon or spirit, in certain Native American cultures.
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(mythology, fantasy) A nymph or female spirit associated with a river.
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Mythical hills of Irish and Scottish folklore, home of the sidhe race; fairyland, faerie.
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(New Zealand) An evil spirit.
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Resembling or characteristic of a Tartar.
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A person who has an extended knowledge and is also a fan of the works and fantasy world (Middle-Earth) of J. R. R. Tolkien; used especially when referring to a fan of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
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an undead wizard, who achieved godhood after his demise with great power.
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(fantasy) An elf which inhabits woodland, usually depicted as a subrace of elf.
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Alternative form of wood-elf [(fantasy) An elf which inhabits woodland, usually depicted as a subrace of elf.]
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