Corvismorelike00corvis - Corvis

corvismorelike00corvis - Corvis

More Posts from Corvismorelike00corvis and Others

Top-Tier Villain Motivations

They will be safe. It doesn't matter who else or what else burns as long as They will be safe.

I will be safe. The hunger and the cold will never touch me again.

Fuck any bitch who's prettier(/cooler/better-liked/better at making dumplings) than me.

Yes, Master

Love me. Love me. Love me. Love me. LOVE ME!

I know the terrible things these so-called "heroes" will do if I don't stop them (<- is absolutely wrong)

I don't want a better future, I want a better past!

No other way to get performance art funded these days

This is actually so accurate to my own lived experience. I was comfortable with the label “Asexual” or “Ace-Spec” before, but having this microlabel feels so warm and fuzzy 🥰

finding a term that you’ve never heard before but it resonating with you so deeply is a really cool experience

and that is why research on queer identities, whether gender, sexuality, or romance, is so needed!

Finding A Term That You’ve Never Heard Before But It Resonating With You So Deeply Is A Really Cool
Finding A Term That You’ve Never Heard Before But It Resonating With You So Deeply Is A Really Cool

from Ace Voices by Eris Young


Tags

Folklore - Changelings

Warning - This post will briefly discuss infanticide, discrimination against people with physical and mental disabilities, and the physical abuse of children. Reader discretion is advised.

Please note that this is not the be all and end all account of Changelings. This is a vast and complex feature, one that I'd be naive to think I could fit into a single tumblr post.

What this will be is an introduction to the topic, heavily leaning on Dr Katharine Brigg's 'A Dictionary of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures', a wonderful book you can find here on the Internet Archives:

A Dictionary of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures

The other two main sources of information will be 'A Dictionary of English Folklore' by Jacqueline Simpson and Steve Roud, and 'Changling' by J. A. MacCulloch.

That all out of the way, let's explore the being known as the Changeling.

---

An important concept to come to terms with when dealing with folk belief is this; It is far easier to believe there is a reason behind tragedy than that nature is without reason. Folklore gives an explanation for the unexplainable.

This does not mean our forefathers or contemporaries are or were less intelligent than we are today. We in the 21st century are not the peak of human development, one brief trip around any social media platform will show you we are not above fabrication for the sake of comfort.

For those already familiar with the concept of a Changeling, you may have found it odd that I use the word comfort here. Is it not comforting, though? To have something to blame for what was often seen as a misfortune?

Many of us live today in societies where assistance and support is given for the care and wellbeing of children and adults with disabilities. As a neurodivergent woman in the UK, I am afforded certain aids and accommodations in order to support my place in society. This did not exist in the past.

While not as wholly absent as is often portrayed in popular media, medicine as we understand it was a very different field, even just a little over 100 years ago.

The first x-ray under clinical conditions took place in Birmingham on the 11th of January 1896. The first neuroimaging technique used to look at the ventricular system in the brain was in America in 1918 where filtered air was injected into the lateral ventricles of the brain. The first use of neuroimaging to look at blood vessels within the brain was in Portugal in 1927. The first commercial ultrasound machine was not produced until 1963. The first not invasive CAT scan did not come about until 1973.

Dissection of deceased persons could be used to examine the body, but while the patient was living, medicine was almost entirely blind.

What does all this talk of medicine have to do with Changelings?

"In societies where the belief in fairies was strong, it was held that they could steal human babies and substitute one of their own race; the latter would never thrive, remaining small, wizened, mentally abnormal, and ill-tempered. A baby whose defects were not obvious at birth but appeared in the first year or two could thus be explained as not truly human."

Wilson and Round. A Dictionary of English Folklore. 2016

A Changeling was an individual, more often a child but not always, who was though to be an imposter, a fairy sneaked in and swapped for the human. While often associated with Gaelic regions today due to their strong tradition of fairy folklore, stories of Changelings can be found right across Europe, though their exact supposed parentage shifts from region to region.

A Changeling child (or adult) would be sickly, weak, often paralysed, fuss and cry incessantly, display erratic emotions, either refuse food or never cease from eating, be 'mentally and (or) physically deformed'.

The method for dealing with this 'imposter' individual is often to torment them into fleeing and returning the 'stolen' human. The recorded incidents of this range from the purely cruel to the absolutely horrific.

Warning the extracts below are not pleasant reading, you have been warned.

Folklore - Changelings

Briggs. A Dictionary of Fairies: Hobgoblins... 1976

Exposing in the above circumstance means to leave the child outside alone, either overnight, or for longer stretches of time until they perished, or in this circumstance the human baby was returned.

Folklore - Changelings

MacCulloch. Changling. 1908.

I hope I am stating the obvious here when I say that these children were not in any way shape or form anything but human children.

Some may have been suffering from infantile diseases and conditions such as infantile paralysis, some might have had Down's Syndrome, or been on the non-verbal part of the Autism Spectrum, or Epileptic, or suffered from a hearing impairment. The list of conditions and causes of what might have been seen as 'Changeling' behaviour could fill pages upon pages of text.

I believe at this point it is important to restate my initial point:

It is far easier to believe there is a reason behind tragedy than that nature is without reason. Folklore gives an explanation for the unexplainable.

These children were supposedly born 'normal' before 'changing'. When you remove all ability to examine what is happening within the human body, when you also remove the ability for individuals to communicate and share information quickly and easily over great distances, when you live in a time and place where there is no support at all for children and adults with additional needs, you are confronted with a set of pressures and desperations utterly unfamiliar to a large proportion of the readership of this post.

I am not in any way shape or form condoning what was done to these children. I aim only to give context, and describe circumstances surrounding these practices.

For more information I would like to direct you to the three sources mentioned above, as well as 'A History Of Intelligence And Intellectual Disability The Shaping Of Psychology In Early Modern Europe' by C.F. Goodey which can also be found on the Internet Archive here:

A History Of Intelligence And Intellectual Disability The Shaping Of Psychology In Early Modern Europe

I hope that proved informative, if not overly pleasant.

you have to be able to defend people who are receiving unjust treatment even if they annoy you even if you personally find them extremely annoying you still have to be able to stand up and say "well thats fucked up"

*opening a book* this better not have any themes or motifs

people really do struggle to not see tumblr as either the perfect website who can do no wrong OR evil malicious bastards who cannot be trusted.

its just a website guys calm down.

5 months ago

Somebody needs to write a fanfic. I should write a fanfic.

Y’know, maybe it should never have been shocking that as the son of an amputee, Jayce has no trouble seeing the beauty in imperfections and how they make us who we are.

Jayce didn’t encounter his first disability with Viktor, or in his own household when his leg was broken, but with his mother when she lost her fingers to the cold on the day the mage (Viktor) saved them both. Her disability wasn’t a weakness to Jayce, it was a product of profound strength battling the elements to save her and her son’s life.

Beginner Witch Tips - Kitchen Witch Edition

The oven can be your hearth. If a spell or ritual requires a hearth, your stove is just that. That being said, do not set anything on fire in your oven. Bad! No!

You don't need separate kitchen and altar herbs, although it is handy.

Some crystals can be used in kitchen magic, but I don't recommend putting them in or on anything other than a crystal on top of firm dough as it rests/rises. Secure crystals onto mixing equipment or spoons, or forgo using them at all.

Listen to witchy music as you cook or bake. I promise atmosphere is almost everything! It helps me focus. I recommend Peter Gundry.

While pets are cute and certainly carry spiritual energy with them, try to keep them out of the kitchen while you cook, especially if you have a certain intention you're trying to carry into your food. Their presence can distract you, throw off the energy you have accumulated, or otherwise disrupt the process. Once you're more confident with your kitchen witchery, their presence won't be such a big deal.

Take your time. It's okay. Sometimes it takes a while to truly clock into your spiritual energy while you're actively moving about and busy working, especially if you're used to practicing while sitting or standing in one spot. Remember - energy flows with you, not just around you.

Start small. Start with something simple like pancakes. For example: add a dash of vanilla to your pre-made batter mix to invoke self-love.

Write down things as you continue to work. Document what you're comfortable with, what you feel like you're good at, your project, and everything you feel you might want to. As you continue to work on that journal, you can go back and see how you've progressed!

Happy baking! Remember, your mood affects your project; negative emotions = negative influence.

As always, blessed be <3

Support your local witch on Ko-Fi!

10 months ago

I cannot believe there's absolutely no way to watch free shows and movies anymore, there are too many paid streaming platforms and pirating websites have viruses and ads preventing you from watching it uninterrupted((.)) id rather follow the rules and purchase media moving forward because it is too inconvenient. Seriously, free and no ads or viruses with 1080p streaming is DEAD.

  • coriolanuswife
    coriolanuswife liked this · 1 week ago
  • awolfnamedaliac
    awolfnamedaliac reblogged this · 1 week ago
  • violetfairydust
    violetfairydust reblogged this · 1 week ago
  • mindofmim
    mindofmim liked this · 1 week ago
  • noyzinerd
    noyzinerd reblogged this · 1 week ago
  • stephyandthepeeps
    stephyandthepeeps liked this · 1 week ago
  • aliceuuu-is-missing
    aliceuuu-is-missing liked this · 1 week ago
  • ariadnehayes
    ariadnehayes liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • slytherpuffdust
    slytherpuffdust liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • xigbarbiegirlx
    xigbarbiegirlx reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • stelamaris
    stelamaris reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • kafka-ish
    kafka-ish liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • chriswritblr
    chriswritblr reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • violet-2084-turkish-warrior
    violet-2084-turkish-warrior liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • cityboys-modelgirls
    cityboys-modelgirls liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • whiskeyskin
    whiskeyskin liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • renofdragons
    renofdragons reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • kanakn
    kanakn liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • bobthecatbruh
    bobthecatbruh liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • willowthegremlin
    willowthegremlin liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • catharinamarea
    catharinamarea liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • fihyn
    fihyn liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • aoifethephoenixqueen
    aoifethephoenixqueen liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • travellersdimansion
    travellersdimansion liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • waterdhaviancheeses
    waterdhaviancheeses reblogged this · 3 weeks ago
  • tuliipathetic
    tuliipathetic liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • rozalinkass
    rozalinkass liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • zuzspa03
    zuzspa03 liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • honeybeeznuts
    honeybeeznuts liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • fnafsunandmoon
    fnafsunandmoon liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • legendarybarbariancowboy
    legendarybarbariancowboy liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • eebbapanda1
    eebbapanda1 liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • valkatra
    valkatra reblogged this · 3 weeks ago
  • valkatra
    valkatra liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • vvitchprince
    vvitchprince reblogged this · 3 weeks ago
  • arctic-spring
    arctic-spring liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • sana-kal
    sana-kal liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • gimme1margarita
    gimme1margarita liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • gimme1margarita
    gimme1margarita reblogged this · 3 weeks ago
  • oweeel-on-a-towel
    oweeel-on-a-towel liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • melancholysanatomy
    melancholysanatomy liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • banana-revenge
    banana-revenge reblogged this · 3 weeks ago
  • analopie
    analopie liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • bananahomo
    bananahomo liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • beesbabbles
    beesbabbles liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • krys-reblogs
    krys-reblogs reblogged this · 3 weeks ago
  • camwoodstock
    camwoodstock reblogged this · 3 weeks ago
  • cha-cha-arts
    cha-cha-arts reblogged this · 3 weeks ago
  • tiredstarlight
    tiredstarlight liked this · 3 weeks ago

They/She/Xer/Xem I may post writing of mine? I’m not sure. Free 🍉. Into ATLA, BNHA, Sonic, Arcane, many fandoms! Will post/reblog about those probs

52 posts

Explore Tumblr Blog
Search Through Tumblr Tags