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Myths & legends: Changelings

5/2/2013

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Who can be the first pupils to figure out what are changelings? The pictures above are clues to help you on your way.....
Are they myths or legends?
When you the find answer post a comment!

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el!n@
5/2/2013 02:11:06 pm

changelings are a type of fairy,troll,elf or some othee creature.Children suspected to be changelings could have been expected to have very difficult lives

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Niall
6/2/2013 02:26:47 am

Changlings are myths

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alisha
6/2/2013 12:22:28 pm

A changeling is a creature found in Western European folklore and folk religion. It is typically described as being the offspring of a fairy, troll, elf or other legendary creature that has been secretly left in the place of a human child. Sometimes the term is also used to refer to the child who was taken. The apparent changeling could also be a stock or fetch, an enchanted piece of wood that would soon appear to grow sick and die. The theme of the swapped child is common among medieval literature and reflects concern over infants afflicted by as-then unknown diseases, disorders, or developmental disabilities.
A human child might be taken due to many factors: to act as a servant, the love of a human child, or malice.[1] Most often it was thought that fairies exchanged the children. Some Norwegian tales tell that the change was made to prevent inbreeding: to give trolls and humans new blood, humans were given children with enormous strength as a reward. In some rare cases, the very elderly of the Fairy people would be exchanged in the place of a human baby, and then the old fairy could live in comfort, being coddled by its human parents.[2] Simple charms, such as an inverted coat or open iron scissors left where the child sleeps, were thought to ward them off; other measures included a constant watch over the child.

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