Card Trivia:Oneiros, the Dream Mirror Erlking


 * This is the first "Dream Mirror" Fusion Monster.
 * Unlike the other members of the "Dream Mirror" archetype, thus far it also lacks a counterpart card.
 * This card's name is derived from two mythic beings.
 * The first is the Oneiroi, the Greek personifications of Dreams, which could on rare occassions be sent by the gods as warnings. In the poet Ovid's writings, Oneiros was a second name used for Morpheus, and its plural, Oneiroi, could be used to refer to all three of the dream gods: Morpheus, Ikelos and Phantasos.
 * The second is the Erlkonig, or Erlking, a forest-dwelling spirit of Germanic folklore. There were many stories surrounding the Erlking, describing him as a wandering spirit, possibly a king of the fae or the elves. He was sometimes associated with the Wild Hunt, a cavalcade of ghosts or dark spirits that hunted forever in the woods by night. Early depictions have one of the Erlking's daughters kidnapping and killing unwary men as they travel through the woods. However, the famous interpretations by Goethe and Schubert paint the Erlking himself as the malevolent antagonist, who steals away the souls of those unlucky enough to escape the forest, particularly children.