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In French mythology or folklore, Dames Blanches (meaning literally white ladies) were female spirits or supernatural beings, comparable to the Weiße Frauen of both Dutch and German mythology. The Dames Blanches were reported in the region of Lorraine and Normandy .
A white lady ghost reportedly appeared in 1486, 1540, 1554 and 1677 as a harbinger of misfortune. [9] A variation of the tale holds that the white lady of the Plassenburg is the unfortunate widow Bertha of Rosenberg from Bohemia, overthrown by the heathen Perchta. [10]
La dame blanche (French pronunciation: [la dam blɑ̃ʃ], The White Lady) is an opéra comique in three acts by the French composer François-Adrien Boieldieu.The libretto was written by Eugène Scribe and is based on episodes from no fewer than five works of the Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott, including his novels Guy Mannering (1815), The Monastery (1820), and The Abbot (1820). [1]
Dame Blanche or La Dame Blanche (French for "White Lady") may refer to: Dame blanche (dessert), comprising ice cream, whipped cream, and molten chocolate; Dame Blanche (resistance), an underground network in German-occupied Belgium during World War I; Dames blanches, female spirits or supernatural beings in French folklore and mythology
La Dame Blanche (French; lit. ' The White Lady ') was the codename for an underground intelligence network that operated in German-occupied Belgium during World War I.It was named after a German legend that foretold the fall of the Hohenzollern dynasty would be signaled by the appearance of a woman in white.
Prior to her tour, a French music label released Warwick’s This Empty Place record featuring a white woman on the cover. So when she first appeared in concert at the Paris Olympia Hall, many ...
The Lady in White (French: Le Dame en blanc), also known as The Woman in White, is an 1880 oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Marie Bracquemond.It depicts the artist's half-sister Louise Quivoron, who often served as a model for her paintings.
White Woman is a 1933 film by Stuart Walker. White Woman or White Women may also refer to: White Women, a 2014 album by Chromeo; White Women, a 1997 album by William Carlos Williams "White Women", a 1976 song by Sparks from Big Beat "White Women", a 1984 song by Jonas Hellborg from Elegant Punk