~ * DAOINE SIDHE- CHANGELING * ~ by luciferino
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In European folklore and folk belief, a changeling is the offspring of a fairy, troll, elf or other legendary creature that has been secretly left in the place of a human child. The apparent changeling could also be a stock, an animated piece of wood that would soon appear to die. Other claimed changelings would be identified by their wizened appearance, voracious appetite, malicious temper, inability to move, and other unpleasant traits.[1] Medieval chronicles record instances of this, which is one of the oldest known pieces of folklore about fairies.[2] The motivation for this conduct stems from the desire to have a human servant, the love of a human child, or from malice.[3] Some people believed that trolls would take unbaptized children. Beauty in children and young women, particularly blond hair, attracted the fairies.[4] In Scottish folklore, the children might be replacments for fairy children in the tithe to Hell[5]; this is best known from the ballad of Tam Lin.[6] Some folklorists, who held that the fairies were memories of inhabitants of various regions in Europe who had been driven into hiding by invaders, held that changelings had actually occurred; the hiding people would exchange their own, sickly children, for the healthy children of the invaders.[7]
The reality behind many changeling legends was often the birth of deformed or retarded children. Among the diseases with symptoms that match the description of changelings in various legends are spina bifida, cystic fibrosis, PKU, progeria, homocystinuria, William's syndrome, Hurler's syndrome, Hunter's syndrome, and cerebral palsy. The greater proneness of boys to birth defect correlates to the belief that boy babies were more likely to be taken.[8]
Most often it was thought that faeries exchanged the children, and simple charms, such as an inverted coat, were thought to ward them off.
According to some legends, it is possible to detect changelings, as they are much wiser than human children. When changelings are detected in time, their parents have to take them back. In one tale of the Brothers Grimm, there's an account of how a woman, who suspected that her child had been exchanged, started to brew beer in the hull of an acorn. The changeling uttered: "now I am as old as an oak in the woods but I have never seen beer being brewed in an acorn", then disappeared.[9]
Comments (43)
Dragonluna1
Awesome!!!
Niha
Oh this is awesome! Great job! Love the outfits and the hair! WOnderful work!
Surama
Ahww..I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MariaAJMD
This is gorgeous!!! Love it! hugs Maria
missgrin
Gorgeous!!
juleyanne
Oooo nice....a sheer joy to view! :)
TheAnimaGemini
Fantastic. And the Story behind it is wonderfull. excellent!!!!
Magick_Lady
excellent render and postwork , also interesting story ;)
swtmelode
Beautiful work!! They are so cute & I enjoyed the story behind the meaning!! Excellent :)
Nouschka
That a lovely szene! And the characters looking very nice. You choosed the perfect background for them
angelbearzs
that is very beatiful secne!!!:)
zhaanman
man I love the look of the scenery as well as the characters very cool textures.
awadissk
Fantastic work!!!!!!!!!!
Kath13
Delightful!
Aral3D
Gorgeous stuff Ori!!!!and stunning image!!!I really love it and them!!!Smack Lara
oiram
super orietta...smack.
Niekra
Beautiful. I love the story behind it.
leehilliard
really awesome. great legend telling too. well done.
3Dillusions
How cool is this, love the hair and ears :)
stormsong
lovely and stunning render! :) Love the soft colors and their poses.
LENK911
FANTASTIC WORK. THEY ARE AWESOME.
anitalee
Excellent
ilona
Wow Ori ... this is magnificent.. fabulous image in each detail!!!
RubyT
I love your art so much, and I love when you post that you illistrate your art with a lesson in what we cannot really see!
Krid
..beautiful magical scene with excellent details
DINGOH
fantastic Poser wawwww
richard57
excellent!!!! very very good job
folkvangar
Excellent!
tallpindo
And you have to do it on Wednesday...to make it legal. Some refuse to make confession insisting there is no one to benefit from the acts of contrition inspired by the deed. "Why an empty penance", they cry! I like how you never take on duality. There is a single mindedness to your imagery.
Thorak
Awesome!! Scene, Poses, Lights.. ALL PERFECT!!