Violence

Violence

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...
Bytting/Changeling – #FolkloreThursday

Bytting/Changeling – #FolkloreThursday

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...