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Elf-arrow

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Elf-arrows or, in English folklore, pixie arrows,^[1] were arrowheads of flint used in hunting and war by the Pre-Indo-Europeans of the British Isles and of Europe generally, as they still are among native people elsewhere.{{cn|date=January 2017}} Elf-arrows derived their name from the folklore belief that the arrows fell from the sky, and were used by the elves to kill cattle and inflict elfshot on human beings.^[2]

Elf-arrows were sometimes worn as amulets, occasionally set in silver, as a charm against witchcraft.^[3]

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1. ^Carrington, C. E. & Jackson, J. Hampden. "[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ods8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=pixy-arrows&source=bl&ots=WMrYwtFAh6&sig=3yygs4WHNrNCM4UhWk7K_3jlOnA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiMkozC0ovKAhUDuhQKHTcvAcIQ6AEIKDAC#v=onepage&q=pixy-arrows&f=false A History of England]" CUP Archive, 1919. p. 3
2. ^Merriam -Webster Dictionary: Elf Arrow
3. ^Electric Scotland. "Scottish Charms and Amulets" Elf-Arrows

3 : Archaeological artefact types|English folklore|Witchcraft

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