[UA]: Faeries

[Ian Young]

Stacy Stroud writes regarding faeries...

> Mmm.
> 
> Could be "demons" -- i.e., the spirits of the restless dead.  (If I
recall
> correctly, at least one of the classic theories of faerie origins holds
> that that is, in fact, what they are.)
> 
> Maybe the classic faerie changeling is not a *new* child at all, but the
> original child taken as a host-for-life by some enterprising demon.  (An
> infant inhabited by an adult mind; scary thought.  Weren't changelings
> supposed to have the gleam of preternatural intelligence in their eyes?)

Ooh...what a coink-i-dink, considering the post I just sent off.

How does this strike you?  Can demons somehow bargain with an infant? 
Could the demon displace the soul of the newborn, sending the infant's soul
off to Never-Never Land, while it takes over the newborn body?  Thus, we
have an explanation for both changelings *and* what kind of special,
faerie-like infant soul it takes to actually become a faerie, while most
infant mortalities just lead to a dead baby.

Hmm...I like, I like.

Gone again,
Ian