Finland's Värttinä performing "Maahinen Neito" live in Helsinki, 2003.
Maahinen Neito (Earth-maiden) is a song in the gypsy tradition based on the myth of the Maahinen, a human-like spirit or elf which dwells underground. The maahinen women will sometimes come above ground and change their own child to a human baby. In most cases the changelings don´t acclimate to the new place, and they have to be given back.
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