The Queen of Elfan's Nourice

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The Queen of Elfan's Nourice or The Queen of Elfland's Nourice is Child ballad number 40.

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A mortal woman laments being taken from her four-day-old son. The Queen of Elfland promises that if she nurses the queen's child, she will be returned. The Queen then points out their path, as she pointed it out to Thomas the Rhymer: the road to Elfland, rather than to Heaven or Hell.

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