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An elf (pl. elves) is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic folklore.
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elves modern english early old beings people word german medieval also however like folklore germanic beliefs often thought century fairy
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elf | is a | man | 0.90 | text |
| Old Norse alfr | instance of | with medieval Germanic terms | 0.80 | text |
| Albiorix.Personal names provide the only evidence for elf in Gothic | instance of | These names may have been influenced by Celtic names beginning in Albio- | 0.80 | text |
| which must have had the word | instance of | These names may have been influenced by Celtic names beginning in Albio- | 0.80 | text |
| kobolds | instance of | Even though Wichtelmänner are akin to beings | 0.80 | text |
| dwarves | instance of | Even though Wichtelmänner are akin to beings | 0.80 | text |
| brownies | instance of | Even though Wichtelmänner are akin to beings | 0.80 | text |
| the tale was translated into English by Margaret Hunt in 1884 as The Elves | instance of | Even though Wichtelmänner are akin to beings | 0.80 | text |
| the Shoemaker | instance of | Even though Wichtelmänner are akin to beings | 0.80 | text |
| Andrew Lang | instance of | in which nineteenth-century scholars | 0.80 | text |
| the Grimm brothers collected fairy stories from folklore | instance of | in which nineteenth-century scholars | 0.80 | text |
| in some cases retold them freely.A pioneering work of the fantasy genre was The King of Elfland's Daughter | instance of | in which nineteenth-century scholars | 0.80 | text |
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