Monday, 20 January 2020

MIDWIFE TO THE OTHERWORLDLY WOMAN

  A legal declaration made in 1671.  The location is Sweden.  The motif of "midwife to a dairy" is found in various folk stories.  This does not mean it could not have actually happened on occasion.  The fact that the midwife's husband, a clergyman, signed a legal document to this effect adds weight to the possibility of its truth.  The term troll used here may be applied rather loosely to otherworldly beings.

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