Mélusine: The Serpent Fairy Queen of French Folklore and the Secret That Destroyed Everything
Mélusine is one of the most important figures in French medieval folklore and one of the most psychologically rich supernatural […]
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La Vouivre: The Winged Serpent of Eastern France and the Jewel That Makes Her Vulnerable
La Vouivre is a creature from the folklore of eastern France, particularly the Franche-Comté, Burgundy, and Jura regions, and she
Bisclavret: The 12th Century French Poem About a Good Man Trapped in Wolf Form by His Wife’s Betrayal
Bisclavret is a lai, a short narrative poem, written by the Anglo-Norman poet Marie de France around 1170, and it
Loup-Garou: The French Werewolf and the Curse That Lasted Seven Years
The Loup-Garou is the werewolf of French tradition, and it differs from the German and Eastern European werewolf in one
The Beast of Gévaudan: The Real Wolf Attacks That Gripped France and Were Never Fully Explained
Between 1764 and 1767 in the Gévaudan region of south-central France, something killed between sixty and a hundred people, mostly
Jean Grenier: The French Boy Who Said a Stranger Gave Him a Wolf Skin and Nobody Knew What to Do With Him
In 1603 in the Landes region of southwestern France, a thirteen year old boy named Jean Grenier was arrested after
Gilles Garnier: The Hermit of St Bonnot and the Werewolf Trial That Shocked France
In 1573 in the Franche-Comté region of France, a hermit named Gilles Garnier was arrested, tried, and executed for being