- Changeling Legends from the British Isles edited by D. L. Ashliman, University of Pittsburgh 1998-2002 Return to: Changelings: An Essay by D. L. Ashliman. D. L. Ashliman's folktexts, a library of folktales, folklore, fairy tales, and mythology. The Changeling. A poem by James Russell Lowell. The Changeling. A ballad by John Greenleaf Whittier. German Changeling Legends. Scandinavian Changeling ...www.pitt.edu/~dash/britchange.html