Isiko laseJalimane licebile emasikweni nasezinganekwaneni lapho imikhovu imvamisa yibona abahola phambili. Ngakho-ke, abantu basedolobheni babenenkolelo yokuthi laba balingisi abancane babanga amahlaya ayingozi kakhulu futhi babangela izifo emfuyweni, kubantu futhi, kubangele namaphupho amabi kulabo abalele. Empeleni, 'i-albtraum', igama lesiJalimane elithi 'iphupho elibi', lisho 'iphupho le-elf'.
Indlela yasendulo i-aldbruck, ngakolunye uhlangothi, kusho ukuthi 'ingcindezi yegobongo' ngoba bekukholelwa ukuthi amaphupho amabi akhiqizwa ingcindezi eyenziwa yizidalwa ezincane ekhanda lalowo olele. Ngalo mqondo, inkolelo yaseJalimane yemikhovu iyahambelana nenkolelo-ze yaseScandinavia mayelana 'nemara' futhi futhi iyafana nezinganekwane ezihlobene namademoni incubus kanye ne-sucubus.
Ezinye izindaba ziveza inkosi yakwa-goblin ezungezwe yi-elves yayo kanye nasenkingeni enkulu yaseJalimane ye-Middle Ages (Nibelungenlied) umfana omncane ogama lakhe lingu-Alberich udlala indima ebalulekile.. "Alberich" lihunyushwe ngokwezwi nezwi ngokuthi "goblin elizimele", okwathi kamuva lavela ukuthi lisho "i-dwarf-goblin". Lokhu kuguqulwa sekuvele kubonakala ku-Eddas yakuqala. U-Alberich, wathatha igama elithi Alberon ngesiFulentshi futhi wafaka esiNgisini njengo-Oberon, inkosi yama-elves no-fairies kumdlalo wamahlaya omangalisayo "Iphupho Lasebusuku LaseMidsummer" likaWilliam Shakespeare.
Inganekwane ye- UDer Erlkönig Ngokusobala ukuthi iqhamuka eDenmark ezikhathini zakamuva, kube yingxoxo mpikiswano. Igama lihumusha ngokwezwi nezwi ukusuka esiJalimeni njenge "King Alder" kangcono kakhulu kunenguqulo yalo yesiNgisi ejwayelekile: "Elf King." NgesiJalimane yaba ngu-Elfenkönig. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kuye kwaphakanyiswa kaningi ukuthi i-Erlkönig inguhumusho olubi lwe-Danish Elverkonge yokuqala noma i-elverkonge, okusho ukuthi "inkosi ye-elf".
Ngokomlando waseJalimane nowaseDenmark, i-Erlkönig imele isazi sokufa, njengenganekwane embi yezinganekwane zase-Ireland, ozovela kuphela kumuntu oqulekile embhedeni wokufa. Ngokwenkulumo yakhe, isikhubekiso sizoqonda ukuthi hlobo luni lokufa esizoba nalo: inkulumo ebuhlungu isho ukufa okubuhlungu, izinkulumo ezinokuthula zisho ukufa okunokuthula.
Ezinganekwaneni ze-Brothers Grimm, Umenzi wezicathulo nemikhovu, iqembu lezidalwa ezincane ezinqunu elibiziwe UHeinzelmännchen basiza umenzi wezicathulo ukwenza umsebenzi wakhe ovuza umsebenzi wakhe ngokubanika izingubo ezincane; bejabule ngesipho sabo, bagijima ibanga elide kangangoba abasaphinde babonwe.
Izidalwa ezinemilingo nezikhohlakele ezisaphila eJalimane, uma ungabukeka kahle.
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