Der Erlkönig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Der Erlkönig (often called just Erlkönig ) is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It depicts the death of a child assailed by a supernatural being, the Erlking or "Erlkönig" (suggesting the liter...
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The story opens with a long descriptive passage depicting the stark and gloomy atmosphere of the woods in late October. ... The story goes on to describe the Erlking’s way of life. He lives alone in an orderly one-room house, surviving on the wild foods he gathers in the woods and the milk of a white goat.
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I picked "Der Erlkönig", mainly because it was the shortest, but I soon became interested in the ballad's story. "Erlkönig" means King of the Elves. According to German and Danish folklore, this supernatural being appears to someone just about to die.
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Who's riding so late through th' endless wild? The father 't is with his infant child; He thinks the boy 's well off in his arm, He grasps him tightly, he keeps him warm. My son, say why are you hiding your face ? Oh father, the Erlking 's coming apace, The Erlking 's ... What th' Erlking whispers so close to my ear?
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The deep woods where the story is set is a lonely, melancholy place, giving in to the creeping coldness of the oncoming ... The Erlking, a man, experiences the wilderness of sexuality as its master, its king. The narrator, a woman, experiences it as a loss of self. She feels herself becoming smaller as they make love.
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Change Player Size ... Watch this video in a new window ... This is a clip from the fabulous sand (yes, sand) animation by Ben Zelkowicz, done in 2002. The music is Schubert's famous lied, Der Erlkönig [the Erlking]. It has been screened at many festivals,...
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Kings without Privilege: David and Moses in the Story of the Bible's Kings; Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly ; ... erl-king / ˈərl ˌki ng / • n. (in Germanic mythology) a bearded giant or goblin who lures little children to the land ...
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There is a lesser English version, The Erl-King by Sir Walter Scott, loosely based on Goethe's poem, and a machine translation from German to "English", by Babelfish. ... For the last Erlkönig story here, but historically first there is Herder's poetic recounting of the Danish folktale, in its final published form.
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