Wild Women [Wildë Frauën]
of Germany resemble the Ellë-maids of Scandinavia. Like them, they are very beautiful, have long flowing hair, and live in hills. (See Wunderburg.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.