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Jetins
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 Lutin, 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. They also have a habit, much feared by humans, of kidnapping beautiful babies to replace them with their old-fashioned Changeling, changelings. Pierre Dubois gives many details on the appearance of Jetins in ''La Grande Encyclopédie des lutins''. Etymology and terminology The name varies from Jetins to J'tins or J'tuns. These names derive from the Jetins' habit of throwing rocks (and hence the word "''jeter''", which means "to throw" in French). Françoise Morvan assumes that, like the Fions to whom they are closely related, they come from the Fairy, fairies of English folklore, notably because of their habitat in sea ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fions
Fions are lutin-like creatures of the Little people (mythology), little people, mostly mentioned in the maritime folklore of Upper Brittany. They might be of England, English origin. Most of the stories about them come from Paul Sébillot's collections in the late 19th century. Characterized by their habitat in the rocks and Houle (geomorphology), caves of Brittany's northern shores, the Fions lead a military life in community with the Houles fairy, ''houles'' fairies, as their servants. Organized into battalions, they are said to wage war on a golden ship. According to tales, they own and graze livestock, and sometimes give enchanted objects or food to humans. Pierre Dubois (author), Pierre Dubois and Joann Sfar featured a Fion in the comic strip series ''Petrus Barbygère'', in 1996 and 1997. Terminology, origin and gender The origin of the name "Fions" is not known, and its usage remains unclear. For Walter Evans-Wentz, the term seems to have originally referred to fairies, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutin
A () is a type of hobgoblin (an amusing goblin) in French folklore and fairy tales. Female lutins are called (). A ''lutin'' (varieties include the '' Nain Rouge'' or "red dwarf") plays a similar role in the folklore of Normandy to household spirits in England, Germany and Scandinavia. ''Lutin'' is generally translated into English as: brownie, elf, fairy, gnome, goblin, hobgoblin, imp, leprechaun, pixie, puck, jetin or sprite. It sometimes takes the form of a horse saddled ready to ride, and in this shape is called Le Cheval Bayard.Brewerpp.283-84 Lutins sometimes tangle people's or horses' hair into elf-locks. A French fairy tale, " Le Prince Lutin", written in 1697 by Marie Catherine d'Aulnoy has a description of the "air, water and terrestrial ''lutin''": "You are invisible when you like it; you cross in one moment the vast space of the universe; you rise without having wings; you go through the ground without dying; you penetrate the abysses of the sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little People (mythology)
Little people have been part of the folklore of many cultures in human history, including Ireland, Greece, the Philippines, the Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand, Flores, Flores Island, Indonesia, and Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native Americans. Native American folklore The indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native peoples of North America told legends of a race of "little people" who lived in the woods near sandy hills and sometimes near rocks located along large bodies of water, such as the Great Lakes. Often described as "hairy-faced dwarfs" in stories, petroglyph illustrations show them with horns on their head and traveling in a group of 5 to 7 per canoe. The Pryor Mountains of Montana and Wyoming are said to house "fairy rings" Other legends say the little people, if seen by an adult human, would beg them not to say anything of their existence and would reward those who kept their word by helping them and their family out in times of need. From tribe to tribe there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breton Mythology
Breton mythology is the mythology or corpus of explanatory and heroic tales originating in Brittany. The Bretons are the descendants of insular Britons who settled in Brittany from at least the third century. While the Britons were already Christianised in this era, the migrant population maintained an ancient Celtic mythos, similar to those of Wales and Cornwall. Breton mythology has many gods and mythical creatures specifically associated with nature cults. In this tradition of gods and creatures rooted in nature, there exist traces of certain Breton Catholic saints. * Ankou * Bugul Noz * Fions * Iannic-ann-ôd * Jetins * Korrigan * Cannard Noz * March Malaen * Morgens * Morvan, legendary chief of the Viscounty of Léon * Morvarc'h * Tadig Kozh (Placide Guillermic) * Tréo-Fall * Ys See also * Cornish mythology * Matter of Britain * Mythology in France * Welsh folklore * Welsh mythology Welsh mythology (also commonly known as ''Y Chwedlau'', meaning "T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houle (geomorphology)
Houle, or more rarely goule, is the name given to cavities, particularly in rocks by the sea or in river banks,Ridel, Elisabeth, ''Les Vikings et les mots : L'apport de l'ancien scandinave à la langue française'' (in French), éditions errance, Paris, 2009, . and to caves and grottos in the cliffs of the Normandy coast, the Channel Islands and the north coast of Upper Brittany. An important folklore is associated with these places, due to the supposed presence of the ''Houles'' fairies, Fions and Jetins. Etymology Originally a Norman word, it has also spread to neighboring regions, as can be seen in the various dictionaries relating to this dialect. According to Joret, in his ''Dictionnaire du patois du Bessin'', ''hōle'', ''houōle'' has the meaning of "hollow where fish hide", then for Jean Fleury in ''Patois de la Hague'', it means "a hole, a cave, especially in rocks". In Maze, ''Dictionnaire du patois du Havre'', the term has the meaning of "cavity where fish retreat" f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houles Fairy
Houles fairies () are Fairy, fairies specific to the English Channel, Channel coast, stretching from Cancale to Tréveneuc in Upper Brittany, to the Channel Islands, and known from a few fragments of stories in the Cotentin Peninsula, Cotentin region. They live in coastal caves and caverns known as ''Houle (geomorphology), houles''. Reputed to be magnificent, immortality, immortal and very powerful, they are sensitive to salt. Rather benevolent, the swell fairies described in local stories live in communities, do their own laundry, bake their own bread or tend their own flocks, marry male fairies and are served by warrior goblins called Fions. They come to the aid of humans in many ways, providing food and enchanted objects, but get angry if anyone disrespects them or acquires the power to see their disguises without their consent. Paul Sébillot's collections, in French language, French and Gallo language, Gallo, have yielded some fifty Narrative, tales and fragments of Legend, leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
