changeling

Japanese: changeling
changeling

…Infants and young children are exposed to various dangers, especially before baptism, when devils, witches, or fairies replace babies with evil children and place them in cradles. In English, they are called changelings or elf children. They are characterized by deformity, stunted growth, abnormal appetite, and crying, and there is a common tale of a frightened, confused, and exhausted parent on their way to a pilgrimage site in search of a miracle, throwing the baby on their back into the water from a bridge, and finding their normal child back in the cradle at home. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "changeling" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…乳幼児は種々の危難にさらされているが,特に洗礼前の嬰児を,悪魔や魔女や妖精が魔性の子と取り替え,揺籃に入れておくというのが〈取替子〉である。英語ではchangelingまたはelf childという。異形,発育停止,異常な食欲や泣声などを特徴とし,恐れ困惑し疲弊した親が,霊験を求めて巡礼地へ向かう途中,背中の子を橋上から水中に投ずると,家にある揺籃には正常なわが子が戻っているというような説話が一般的にみられる。…

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