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This episode Niamh covers Changelings - the phenomenon of fairies stealing human children (To the waters and the wild/ With a faery, hand in hand...) and leaving grotesque little smartasses in their place.

Sources:

https://encyclopediamythologica.com/changeling#:~:text=Auf%20%2F%20Oaf%20%2F%20Bort,that%20is%20stolen%20by%20fairies.

https://www.duchas.ie/en/src?q=changeling

The Changeling (ML 5058) Irish Versions of a Migratory Legend in Their International Context

Séamas Mac Philib

'WHAT DAMNED YOU?' CHANGELINGS, "MYLINGAR" AND OTHER DEAD CHILD TRADITIONS Emer Dennehy

https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-enduring-legend-of-the-changeling/

https://yamunahrodvitnir.medium.com/changelings-every-parents-nightmare-f53eda489d56

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