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Line 6: "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: {{quote\|''Child Rowland to the dark tower came, ''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 ''[[~~Discworld/The Wee Free Men\|~~The Wee Free Men]]'' and even [[Alastair Reynolds]]' 2003 novella ''Diamond Dogs''. The fairy tale was also used in Martin Carthy's song "Jack Rowland" and a radio drama based on the tale. ~~----~~ ~~=== Tropes associated with this work: ===~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Can't Argue with Elves]]: Averted.{{context}} * [[Distressed Damsel]]: Burd Ellen. * [[~~The~~Damsel ~~Fair~~in ~~Folk~~Distress]]: Burd Ellen. * [[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. Line 26 ⟶ 25: [[Category:Childe Rowland]] [[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Public Domain Character]] [[Category:Myth, Legend and Folklore]]