Substitute Child Over time, fairy costumes have been used by children on the day of Halloween and while playing pretend. Children wanted to become fairies for a day; however, little do these children know that some fairies had the intent to become the children themselves. During the medieval times, a “Changeling”, they would call themselves, were fairies that wanted human attention and affection. The changeling would be put in place of a human child to act as if it were real human being. The changeling does have a fairy mother and father but at times it would be so invested in the human child’s life it would often never come back. Legend has it that the child who has been taken to the changeling’s family will never return to their original
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The folklore of a “Changeling” has been told in many several ways due to different times, being linked to diseases that closely relate to a changeling’s physical features, and is being used in …show more content…
A changeling appears as a child in the movie, Changeling, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Angelina Jolie. The film starts out in Los Angeles, California during the late 1920s. A women who is a telemarketer goes home one day to realize her nine year old son has gone missing. In the midst of it all, more children undergo the missing children epidemic. Several months have passed in hopes of finding the mother’s young child and the LAPD ultimately do, or so they thought. When presented her “child”, the mother starts to frantic, stating that her child is still missing and this other young boy cannot be hers. During those times, the LAPD didn’t want to be humiliated for their actions and always wanted to be right. The mother had to communicate and accept the fact that he is her son. A changeling appears in this film by the child who isn’t hers and appears alike in features of her actual son. The child is replaced by a “substitute child” and is later discovered. Further down the movie, the mother discovers that this young boy isn’t as tall and is circumcised which her son isn’t. The films’ title is named Changeling to capture the folklore in the child, but the films’ main focus is the kidnapping and murders. This shows that changelings are not forgotten just hidden behind entertainment
The folklore of a “Changeling” has been told in many several ways due to different times, being linked to diseases that closely relate to a changeling’s physical features, and is being used in …show more content…
A changeling appears as a child in the movie, Changeling, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Angelina Jolie. The film starts out in Los Angeles, California during the late 1920s. A women who is a telemarketer goes home one day to realize her nine year old son has gone missing. In the midst of it all, more children undergo the missing children epidemic. Several months have passed in hopes of finding the mother’s young child and the LAPD ultimately do, or so they thought. When presented her “child”, the mother starts to frantic, stating that her child is still missing and this other young boy cannot be hers. During those times, the LAPD didn’t want to be humiliated for their actions and always wanted to be right. The mother had to communicate and accept the fact that he is her son. A changeling appears in this film by the child who isn’t hers and appears alike in features of her actual son. The child is replaced by a “substitute child” and is later discovered. Further down the movie, the mother discovers that this young boy isn’t as tall and is circumcised which her son isn’t. The films’ title is named Changeling to capture the folklore in the child, but the films’ main focus is the kidnapping and murders. This shows that changelings are not forgotten just hidden behind entertainment