Changelings

A look at European changeling myths including what changelings are, the folklore surrounding them and the historic cases behind the tales. This episode includes a story by the brilliant DD Storyteller. Go to ww.ddstoryteller.co.uk for more of her work. For more history and folklore facts and stories, please follow me on: Instagram: Facebook: Sources: A Pocket Guide to Superstitions of the British Isles by Steve Roud. A Treasury of British Folklore: Maypoles, Mandrakes and Mistletoe by Dee Dee Chainey. Changelings: Or Beware the Baby Snatchers of the Fairy Kingdom by W.B. Yeats and Varla Ventura Fairy Folklore: The Unchanging Appeal of Changelings by Alison Littlewood ( ) Fairy Scapegoats: A History of the Persecution of Changeling Children by Richard Sugg ( ) Orkneyjar: The Heritage of the Orkney Islands by S. Towrie (ww.orkneyjar.com). Vaesen: Spirits and Monsters of Scandinavian Folklore by Johan Egerkrans.

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Changelings is an episode from History and Folklore Podcast by Holly Medland.

This episode is 34:05 long.

This episode was published on Oct 13, 2020.

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