The Changelings | Swedish Folk Tales

In this video we hear two local folk tales about changelings ("bortbyting" in Swedish) from Sweden. These are children or babies who have been kidnapped and replaced with troll or other supernatural children.
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Story:
"The Changelings" in
Swedish Fairy Tales (1890)
Herman Hofberg
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  • @whytho9950
    @whytho99502 жыл бұрын

    Changelings always scared me as a kid. But now I'm more fascinated by them.

  • @AnnaBridgland

    @AnnaBridgland

    2 жыл бұрын

    As a mother it's a super interesting but also scary part of folklore for me, especially when you read the real-life cases 😔

  • @just_extremely_confused

    @just_extremely_confused

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AnnaBridgland yeah.....especially the cases were mothers tortured their kids thinking they were changelings.

  • @athenahitchin7738
    @athenahitchin77382 жыл бұрын

    You forgot to add the sad links with disabled and physically deformed infants. As a person who lived her life with hydrocephalus even with the morbidness of the stories found a connection to changeling myths as many versions claim the way to treat my condition was to give us back to the fae.

  • @AnnaBridgland

    @AnnaBridgland

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes I'd definitely mention it if I was going in depth on the topic, though this video was just a reading of 2 stories from the book :)

  • @ALCHEMICORACLE

    @ALCHEMICORACLE

    Ай бұрын

    thank you so much for sharing this

  • @just_extremely_confused
    @just_extremely_confused2 жыл бұрын

    The thought of changelings always creeped me out,the thought of an importer living with u is horrible.Great stories as always.

  • @AnnaBridgland

    @AnnaBridgland

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes definitely creepy stuff!

  • @catyear75
    @catyear752 жыл бұрын

    Unsettling yet wonderful stories Anna ! Thanks for sharing them !

  • @AnnaBridgland

    @AnnaBridgland

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome as always!

  • @phaex2288
    @phaex22882 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love your videos and i started watching them today

  • @AnnaBridgland

    @AnnaBridgland

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @analogdefector6033
    @analogdefector6033 Жыл бұрын

    Glad you resurfaced this week... it's made excellent algorithmic suggestions to re-watch some of your excellent work on my phone and TV. I hate that I discovered your channel so late. I honestly joined your Patreon the very night I came across it. I really love some of the mythology and folklore channels here, but yours is by far the best. And your voice is like opium. I've yet to read your fairy tale that I bought for kindle because for some reason, it's incompatible with my device. (which is the most up-to-date, so I don't understand) I still haven't watched the video from that selection here, but I'm looking forward to it. Thanks for your work. I hope you and your family are well.

  • @fadirasho5684
    @fadirasho5684 Жыл бұрын

    Cool story.

  • @butter6442
    @butter64422 жыл бұрын

    Just subscribed. Love lore!

  • @AnnaBridgland

    @AnnaBridgland

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great, thank you!!

  • @GoodNeutralEvilChaos
    @GoodNeutralEvilChaos Жыл бұрын

    Hello, I want to make a story based on the changeling. Would you mind if I asked your opinion on it?