• French folklore encompasses the fables, folklore, fairy tales and legends of the French people. Occitan literature - were songs, poetry and literature...
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    Irish folklore Manx folklore Hebridean mythology and folklore Scottish folklore Welsh folklore Dutch folklore Alpine folklore Spanish folklore French folklore...
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    Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. This includes oral traditions such as tales,...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • Folklore is the eighth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was a surprise album, released on July 24, 2020, via Republic Records...
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  • Lou Carcolh (category French folklore)
    Lou Carcolh, or the Carcolh, is a mythical beast from French folklore. It's described as a large, slimy, snail-like serpent with hairy tentacles and a...
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  • The term is chiefly used with regard to elves and fairies in European folklore, and in modern English is rarely used in reference to spirits. The belief...
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  • Caribbean folklore includes a mix of traditions, tales, and beliefs of the Caribbean region. Caribbean folklore was shaped by a history filled with violence...
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    Fairy (category Articles containing Old French (842-ca. 1400)-language text)
    anthropomorphic, found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often with...
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    Ankou (category French folklore)
    Cornish (an Ankow in Cornish), Welsh (yr Angau in Welsh) and Norman French folklore. Ankou appears as a man or skeleton wearing a black robe and a large...
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  • extensive holdings related to Quebec folklore and folk artifacts. Dalbec (folklore) Canadian folklore French folklore Greenough, William P. (1897). Canadian...
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    Graoully (category French folklore)
    In French folklore, the Graoully (spelled as Graouli, Graouilly, Graouille or Graully) is a creature with the appearance of a dragon. According to legend...
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  • Matagot (category French folklore)
    A matagot or mandagot is, in the oral traditions of French folklore, a spirit in the form of an animal, frequently a black cat, though rat, fox, dog,...
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    Gargoyle (category French folklore)
    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...
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    Dahu (category French folklore)
    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...
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    Saint Guinefort (category French folklore)
    Saint Guinefort (French pronunciation: [ɡin.fɔʁ]) was a legendary 13th-century French greyhound that received local veneration as a folk saint. Guinefort's...
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  • Romani folklore encompasses the folktales, myths, oral traditions, and legends of the Romani people. The Romani were nomadic when they departed India during...
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    Revenant (redirect from Revenant (folklore))
    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...
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    Arnold van Gennep (category French ethnographers)
    and his significant works in modern French folklore. He is recognised as the founder of folklore studies in France. He went to Paris to study at the Sorbonne...
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    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...
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    Reynard the Fox (category French folklore)
    traditional European folklore. The specific character of Reynard is thought to have originated in Lorraine folklore, from where it spread to France, Germany, and...
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    Nicolas Flamel (category French folklore)
    Nicolas Flamel (French: [nikɔla flamɛl]; c. 1330 – 22 March 1418) was a French scribe and manuscript seller. After his death, Flamel developed a reputation...
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  • 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...
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    the well-known beast fable tradition of French folklore, or a more obscure such tradition in Jewish folklore as it appears in Mishlè Shu'alim. The near-contemporary...
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    Paladin (category French folklore)
    Italian paladino. Modern French has paladin, Spanish has paladín or paladino (reflecting alternate derivations from the French and Italian), while German...
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    Qatari folklore largely revolves around sea-based activities and the accolades of renowned folk heroes. Like elsewhere on the Arabian Peninsula, folktales...
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    English folklore consists of the myths and legends of England, including the English region's mythical creatures, traditional recipes, urban legends, proverbs...
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    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...
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    Roland (category French folklore)
    Roland (French pronunciation: [ʁɔ.lɑ̃]; Old Frankish: *Hrōþiland; Medieval Latin: Hruodlandus or Rotholandus; Italian: Orlando or Rolando; died 15 August...
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