They knew the world was round (like a ball) and savoured every bit of science they could learn from the textbooks that might filter their way out of the private academies and into their hands.
unironically i remember watching this video of bhutanese peasants doing exactly this. they wanted to talk to a guy about quantum computing when he said he was a computer scientist and were so disappointed when he knew jack shit about it
these people collected mushrooms for a living and had no internet
scientists and priests knew the world was round peasants weren't exactly formally educated on the implications of shadows indicating noon isn't always the same time
can't trick me that easy man I know the fae lore better than that. The fae wouldn't return a human child they keep them as slaves and to sacrifice to the devil in exchange for their continued immortality
The stories vary and there’s not even a consensus among them what a changeling is. Is it one of the fae pretending to be a human to gain access to human milk? Is it a fae child who is raised as a human unknowingly? Will that fae child discover their proclivities as they grow? Is a changeling a construct which will whither and die, leaving a rotten bulb in the crib? All of these stories are told.
As for the babies who are taken away, what happens to them. Are they lifelong servants? Are they given to the devil like you mentioned? Are they taken away and pampered for all their days? Are they raised until they are adolescents and then tortured to death for fun? All of these stories are told, too.
Even if humans were able to tell a consistent story about the fae, I don’t think it would last long. It would simply be too fun to step in and make the story diverge again.
Oh, absolutely. The amount of disabled children who were tortured and murdered over the tales is harrowing. Although in some areas, mothers were told that being kind to the changeling would get you your child back. Always sounded like regression to me.
peasant mentality
peasants were smarter and more educated than this
They knew the world was round (like a ball) and savoured every bit of science they could learn from the textbooks that might filter their way out of the private academies and into their hands.
unironically i remember watching this video of bhutanese peasants doing exactly this. they wanted to talk to a guy about quantum computing when he said he was a computer scientist and were so disappointed when he knew jack shit about it
these people collected mushrooms for a living and had no internet
scientists and priests knew the world was round peasants weren't exactly formally educated on the implications of shadows indicating noon isn't always the same time
Anti-peasant lies. Likely a priest's hands typed this.
They 100% knew what the sun was like
well based on your username you would know
Not all of us are ancient, actually. I am a changeling because my mother chose both.
can't trick me that easy man I know the fae lore better than that. The fae wouldn't return a human child they keep them as slaves and to sacrifice to the devil in exchange for their continued immortality
The stories vary and there’s not even a consensus among them what a changeling is. Is it one of the fae pretending to be a human to gain access to human milk? Is it a fae child who is raised as a human unknowingly? Will that fae child discover their proclivities as they grow? Is a changeling a construct which will whither and die, leaving a rotten bulb in the crib? All of these stories are told.
As for the babies who are taken away, what happens to them. Are they lifelong servants? Are they given to the devil like you mentioned? Are they taken away and pampered for all their days? Are they raised until they are adolescents and then tortured to death for fun? All of these stories are told, too.
Even if humans were able to tell a consistent story about the fae, I don’t think it would last long. It would simply be too fun to step in and make the story diverge again.
maybe but it must be noted even back when they were the sidhe the fae were objects of fear
Oh, absolutely. The amount of disabled children who were tortured and murdered over the tales is harrowing. Although in some areas, mothers were told that being kind to the changeling would get you your child back. Always sounded like regression to me.