Changeling
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A changeling, also historically referred to as an auf or oaf, is a human-like creature found throughout much of European folklore. According to folklore, a changeling was a substitute left by a supern
Der Wechselbalg by Henry Fuseli, 1781
Devil swapping a child in crib with changeling called Killecroff ―Illustrated by Gustav Doré, Saintine (1862) Mythologie du Rhin
Changeling.
The devil steals a baby, leaving a concealed changeling. Early 15th-century detail of "The Legend of St. Stephen" by Martino di Bartolomeo
Fairy
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A fairy is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, generally described as anthropomorphic, found in the folklore of multiple European cultures, a form of spirit, often with magical, metaphysic
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…often the changeling was a supernatural being made magically to look like the kidnapped human. Supernatural beings blamed for stealing children included fairies, demons, trolls, nereids and many others. Usually, the kidnapped human was a child; but there were cases, particularly in Scandinavia and Ireland, where…
Falero Luis Ricardo Lily Fairy 1888
Title page of a 1603 reprinting of Daemonologie
Illustration of a fairy by C. E. Brock
A resin statue of a fairy