Motif
changeling substitution and recovery
changeling_substitution_and_recovery
A motif of the Otherworld and Enchanted Realm family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
norse
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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI / CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS; lines 8943-9039 confidence: high
Popular superstition said dwarfs sought human wives or stole unbaptized children and substituted their own puny, wizened babies, called changelings.
Dwarfs steal unbaptized children, substitute dwarf babies, and return the stolen child when their own offspring is distressed.
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