Frenchfolklore encompasses the fables, folklore, fairy tales and legends of the French people. Occitan literature - were songs, poetry and literature...
Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. This includes oral traditions such as tales,...
This is a list of giants and giantesses from mythology and folklore; it does not include giants from modern fantasy fiction or role-playing games (for...
of French-Canadian folklore were created in New France, such as the exploits of the hunter Dalbec, and the voyageur Jean Cadieux. The earliest French-Canadian...
Lou Carcolh, or the Carcolh, is a mythical beast from Frenchfolklore. It's described as a large, slimy, snail-like serpent with hairy tentacles and a...
Caribbean folklore includes a mix of traditions, tales, and beliefs of the Caribbean region. Caribbean folklore was shaped by a history filled with violence...
Cornish (an Ankow in Cornish), Welsh (yr Angau in Welsh) and Norman Frenchfolklore. Ankou appears as a man or skeleton wearing a black robe and a large...
anthropomorphic, found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and Frenchfolklore), a form of spirit, often with...
extensive holdings related to Quebec folklore and folk artifacts. Dalbec (folklore) Canadian folkloreFrenchfolklore Greenough, William P. (1897). Canadian...
In Frenchfolklore, the Graoully (spelled as Graouli, Graouilly, Graouille or Graully) is a creature with the appearance of a dragon. According to legend...
A matagot or mandagot is, in the oral traditions of Frenchfolklore, a spirit in the form of an animal, frequently a black cat, though rat, fox, dog,...
Jo; Claudel, Calvin (1945). "Hunting the Dahut: A French Folk Custom". The Journal of American Folklore. 58 (227): 21–24. doi:10.2307/535332. JSTOR 535332...
church, from any evil or harmful spirits. A French legend that sprang up around the name of St. Romanus (French: Romain; fl. c. 631–641 AD), the former chancellor...
In folklore, a revenant is a spirit or animated corpse that is believed to have been revived from death to haunt the living. The word revenant is derived...
In Breton folklore, a Korrigan (pronounced [kɔˈriːɡãn]) is a fairy or dwarf-like spirit. The word korrigan means in Breton "small-dwarf" (korr means dwarf...
Nicolas Flamel (French: [nikɔla flamɛl]; c. 1330 – 22 March 1418) was a French scribe and manuscript seller. After his death, Flamel developed a reputation...
English folklore consists of the myths and legends of England, including the English region's mythical creatures, traditional recipes, urban legends, proverbs...
the well-known beast fable tradition of Frenchfolklore, or a more obscure such tradition in Jewish folklore as it appears in Mishlè Shu'alim. The near-contemporary...
traditional European folklore. The specific character of Reynard is thought to have originated in Lorraine folklore, from where it spread to France, Germany, and...
and his significant works in modern Frenchfolklore. He is recognised as the founder of folklore studies in France. He went to Paris to study at the Sorbonne...
amusement of locals and tourists alike. The term folklore (which is rendered identically in both French and Dutch) is used in Belgium in a much wider sense...
Saint Guinefort (French pronunciation: [ɡin.fɔʁ]) was a legendary 13th-century French greyhound that received local veneration as a folk saint. Guinefort's...
Italian paladino. Modern French has paladin, Spanish has paladín or paladino (reflecting alternate derivations from the French and Italian), while German...
Romani folklore encompasses the folktales, myths, oral traditions, and legends of the Romani people. The Romani were nomadic when they departed India during...
The Wild Hunt is a folklore motif occurring across various northern European cultures (motif E501 per Thompson). Wild Hunts typically involve a chase led...
In mythology and the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a character in a story (god, goddess, spirit, human or anthropomorphisation) who exhibits...