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changeling: a standalone construct

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Folklore studies

the folk belief that fairies took a human child and left one of their own, which scholars connect to how communities explained illness or disability.

In folklore studies, changeling refers to the folk belief that fairies took a human child and left one of their own, which scholars connect to how communities explained illness or disability. This meaning comes from Eberly (1988) in Folklore.[1]

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belief4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructsfolk group1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructfolklore1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

  1. Eberly, S. S. (1988). Fairies and the Folklore of Disability: Changelings, Hybrids and the Solitary Fairy. Folklore, 99(1), 58-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/0015587x.1988.9716425

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