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[http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=steel&book=english&story=childe "Childe Rowland"] is a [[Fairy Tale]], the most popular version having been published by [[
The fairy tale details how four children of a queen, Childe Rowland, his two older brothers and his sister, Burd Ellen, were playing ball near a church. Rowland kicked the ball over the church and Burd Ellen went to retrieve it, inadvertently circling the church "widdershins", or opposite the way of the sun, and disappeared. Rowland went to [[Merlin]] to ask what became of his sister and was told that she was taken to the Dark Tower by the King of Elfland, and only the boldest knight in Christendom could retrieve her. The remainder of the tale follows Childe Rowland's attempt to save his sister, venturing to the Dark Tower of Elfland.
"Childe Rowland" is notably referenced in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[
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It is on the grounds of the ''King Lear'' lines that Joseph Jacobs called the King of Elfland's palace "the Dark Tower" in his version, as this name was not in the immediate source he used.
"Childe Rowland" has been referenced in many works, including [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[Dark Tower]]'' series, Lord Dunsany's 1924 novel ''The King of Elfland's Daughter'', Alan Garner's 1965 novel ''Elidor'', [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[
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* [[Space Whale Aesop]]: Never run around a church widdershins, or evil elves will kidnap you.
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