Der Erlkönig
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thumb|upright=1.3|"Erlkönig" painting, Moritz von Schwind thumb|upright=1.3|The Erlking by Albert Sterner, ca. 1910
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- Carl Loewe composition
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thumb|upright=1.3|"Erlkönig" painting, Moritz von Schwind thumb|upright=1.3|The Erlking by Albert Sterner, ca. 1910
"Erlkönig" () is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It depicts the death of a child assailed by a supernatural being, the Erlking, a king of the fairies. It was originally written by Goethe as part of a 1782 Singspiel, .
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