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"Childe Rowland" is notably referenced in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[King Lear]]'' (Act III, scene 4), when Edgar, posing as mad Tom and rambling incoherently, has the lines:
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''His word was still 'Fie, foh, and fum
''I smell the blood of a British man.' '' }}
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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* [[Can't Argue with Elves]]: Averted.{{context}}
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* [[The Fair Folk]]{{context}}
* [[Girl in the Tower]]
* [[Our Elves Are Better]]{{context}}
* [[Screw You, Elves]]{{context}}
* [[Space Whale Aesop]]: Never run around a church widdershins, or evil elves will kidnap you.
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