"huldre" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1896, William A. Craigie, Scandinavian Folk-lore, page 167:",
          "text": "One time a huldre was present at a gathering, where everyone wanted to dance with the pretty stranger, but in the midst of the merriment, the young fellow who was dancing with her, caught sight of her long tail.",
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        "A type of supernatural being in the shape of a beautiful woman with a cow's tail."
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        "(Norwegian folklore) A type of supernatural being in the shape of a beautiful woman with a cow's tail."
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          "ref": "1828, T. Crofton Croker, Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland, volume 3, page 138:",
          "text": "In Norway, the Huldre drive cattle before them, which are as blue as they are themselves.",
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          "ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 27:",
          "text": "\"Well, the first time I came across the huldre, I was about eight or nine years old, and it was somewhere up on the main road between Bjerke and Mo.\"",
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          "ref": "1978, Katherine M. Briggs, The Vanishing People, page 76:",
          "text": "The mention of the tail relates the wood-fairy to the Huldre who were very beautiful except for a long tail which they always tried to hide, as the Wood Elves hid their hollow back.",
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