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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Morella1989 on 2025-08-03 22:27:49+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1656, Swedish maid Karin Svensdotter claimed she had seven children with the King of the Fairies, who took them to his realm. Declared bewitched by Satan, her church was told to pray for her. After her family gave her a silver cross, the faerie man reportedly stopped visiting.