"elf-dance" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 81:",
          "text": "The Elves are extremely fond of dancing in the meadows, where they form those circles of a livelier green which from them are called Elf-dance (Elfdans).",
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          "text": "This notion as to the cause of the rings being the dancing of the fairies was held by Drayton [...] In Wales, too, the same notion is prevalent, and it is to be found also in Sweden and Belgium, where they call these rings \"elf-dances.\"",
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