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''''' | '''''Tam Lin''''' was the 39th ballad in ''[[Child Ballads]]'', a collection of ballads by [[Francis James Child]]. | ||
It told a story how a young woman named Janet saved a man named Tam Lin from the [[Mab|Fairy Queen]]. It contained a warning for fair maidens not to go to [[Carterhaugh]] and described the final fight over Tam Lin between Janet and the Fairy Queen, whereby Janet kept holding Tam Lin's hand despite the Fairy Queen turning him into various animals. | It told a story how a young woman named Janet saved a man named Tam Lin from the [[Mab|Fairy Queen]]. It contained a warning for fair maidens not to go to [[Carterhaugh]] and described the final fight over Tam Lin between Janet and the Fairy Queen, whereby Janet kept holding Tam Lin's hand despite the Fairy Queen turning him into various animals. | ||
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[[Thomas Laneford]] believed that this ballad had been based on real events and that he was another victim of the same Fairy Queen, who introduced herself as Mab to him. | [[Thomas Laneford]] believed that this ballad had been based on real events and that he was another victim of the same Fairy Queen, who introduced herself as Mab to him. | ||
The ballad helped [[April MacLean]] figure out how to release someone from Mab's control. ([[AUDIO]]: | The ballad helped [[April MacLean]] figure out how to release someone from Mab's control. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Gifted (audio story)}}) | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Folk songs from the real world]] | ||
