The Probert Encyclopaedia of Norse Mythology

ERI-KING

Eri-King is the English form of the name given in German and Scandinavian poetical mythology to a personified natural power which devises and works mischief, especially to children. Goethe's celebrated poem Der Erikonig (literally the 'elf-king') rendered this malicious spirit universally known.
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