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French fairy tales are particularly known by their literary rather than their folk, oral variants. Perrault derived almost all his tales from folk sources, but rewrote them for the upper-class audience, removing rustic elements. The précieuses rewrote them even more extensively for their own interests. [1]
The mythologies in present-day France encompass the mythology of the Gauls, Franks, Normans, Bretons, and other peoples living in France, those ancient stories about divine or heroic beings that these particular cultures believed to be true and that often use supernatural events or characters to explain the nature of the universe and humanity.
The rougarou legend has been spread for many generations, either directly from French settlers to Louisiana (New France) or via the French Canadian immigrants centuries ago. In the Creole and Cajun legends, the creature is said to prowl the swamps around Acadiana and Greater New Orleans, and the sugar cane fields and woodlands of the regions.
French folk songs (7 C, 24 P) U. UFO sightings in France (5 P) W. Witchcraft in France (1 C, 11 P) Pages in category "French folklore" The following 59 pages are in ...
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Parallels have been drawn with the French legends of the Graouilli in Metz, [126] [127] and the Gargouille of Rouen defeated by St. Romanus. [128] A legendary dragon or dragon-like marine creature reported to have appeared in Vietnam's Halong Bay has been called the "Tarasque" after the famed creature of Tarascon. [129] [130]
Juliette, or Key of Dreams, a 1951 French film based on the 1930 play of the same name; Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons, a 1960 British thriller directed by W. Lee Wilder and starring George Sanders; Landru (titled Bluebeard in the U.S.), a 1963 French drama directed by Claude Chabrol starring Charles Denner, Michèle Morgan, and Danielle Darrieux
A lutin (French pronunciation:) is a type of hobgoblin (an amusing goblin) in French folklore and fairy tales. Female lutins are called lutines (French pronunciation:). A lutin (varieties include the Nain Rouge or "red dwarf" [1]) plays a similar role in the folklore of Normandy to household spirits in England, Germany and Scandinavia.