av fortellerkunstner | jul 12, 2021 | In English
Folk tales and legends can be violent. Is it because they were written down at a time when this was part of everyday life? Take, for example, the Norwegian folk tale The Blue Ribbon, which can be found in the collection of Asbjørnsen and Moe. There it is violence...
av fortellerkunstner | des 10, 2015 | In English
If your child were traded for one of the faery people’s or unseen people’s children, the replaced child would be a changeling. This could happen if you did not take certain precautions after the baby was born and before it was baptized. If it was baptized, it was...
av fortellerkunstner | jun 18, 2015 | In English
Here follows the second part with a list and some explanation concerning characters in Norwegian folklegends. See the first part here. Bytting – Changelings A child was swapped with one of the ”unseen” children. This could happen if you did not take certain...