Dalbec is a
folk hero
A folk hero or national hero is a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; ...
from traditional
Quebec folklore. Some tales of Dalbec were published by the folklorist
William Parker Greenough in ''Canadian Folk-Life and Folk-Lore'' (1897).
According to Greenough, he heard several folktales (or ''contes'', as they were called) involving Dalbec, as told by a French-Canadian ''raconteur'' (storyteller), a guide named Nazaire. Dalbec was a hunter, and his adventures are invariably outlandish and concern amazing feats involving overpowering animals:
Along with Ti-Jean and the ''
voyageur''-hero
Jean Cadieux, Dalbec is one of the most well-known characters of Quebec folklore.
See also
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Canadian folklore
References
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Canadian folklore
Culture of Quebec