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Pages in category "French legendary creatures" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
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.
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]
According to Barry Jean Ancelet, an academic expert on Cajun folklore and professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in America, the tale of the rougarou is a common legend across French Louisiana. [2] Both words are used interchangeably in southern Louisiana. Some people call the monster rougarou; others refer to it as the connor last.
Jetins are small, imaginary creatures from Brittany, mostly mentioned by Paul Sébillot along the coast of Ille-et-Vilaine and on the island of Guernsey.Compared with similar lutins, they are characterized by their great strength, enabling them to throw huge boulders over very long distances, and by their habitat, mainly in rocks and caves on the shore.
French mythology (10 C, 7 P) N. Norman folklore (1 C, 7 P) O. ... Pages in category "French folklore" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total.
French mythology includes the myths of the French people. ... French legendary creatures (6 C, 26 P) B. Basque mythology (2 C, 27 P) Breton mythology and folklore (3 ...
The Tarasque is a creature from French mythology.According to the Golden Legend, the beast had a lion-like head, a body protected by turtle-like carapace(s), six feet with bear-like claws, a serpent's tail, and could expel a poisonous breath.