Legendes sur le thème : Combat (23 légendes)
Zabelle C. Boyajian, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- The Birth of Vahagn
[Yucetepe (Muş Merkez / Turquie)]
By Boettiger, Louis A. in 1920 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 10/07/26.
Themes: The legend of Vahakn, king and god of Armenians, is very clearly attributable to the Greek period which followed the Persian conquest under Xerxes. Vahakn was deified because of his great valor and made the fire-god of the Armenian people. He was called “Vishapakagh,” uprooter of dragons, since he cleared … Read more
By Boettiger, Louis A. in 1920 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 10/07/26.
Themes: The legend of Vahakn, king and god of Armenians, is very clearly attributable to the Greek period which followed the Persian conquest under Xerxes. Vahakn was deified because of his great valor and made the fire-god of the Armenian people. He was called “Vishapakagh,” uprooter of dragons, since he cleared … Read more
Zabelle C. Boyajian, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- The Birth of Vahagn
[Yucetepe (Muş Merkez / Turquie)]
By Boettiger, Louis A. in 1920 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 10/07/26.
Themes: The legend of Vahakn, king and god of Armenians, is very clearly attributable to the Greek period which followed the Persian conquest under Xerxes. Vahakn was deified because of his great valor and made the fire-god of the Armenian people. He was called “Vishapakagh,” uprooter of dragons, since he cleared … Read more
By Boettiger, Louis A. in 1920 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 10/07/26.
Themes: The legend of Vahakn, king and god of Armenians, is very clearly attributable to the Greek period which followed the Persian conquest under Xerxes. Vahakn was deified because of his great valor and made the fire-god of the Armenian people. He was called “Vishapakagh,” uprooter of dragons, since he cleared … Read more
- The Search for the Treasure near the Building
[Huntsville (Walker County / United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 06/07/26.
Themes: Riverside Ranch is in Nueces County on the Nueces River. Fifty years ago, while the owner was putting up a house near a ford said to have been used by Indians since the most remote times, a Mexican with three pack burros came into camp. He and his animals were … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 06/07/26.
Themes: Riverside Ranch is in Nueces County on the Nueces River. Fifty years ago, while the owner was putting up a house near a ford said to have been used by Indians since the most remote times, a Mexican with three pack burros came into camp. He and his animals were … Read more
[Huntsville (Walker County / United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 06/07/26.
Themes: Riverside Ranch is in Nueces County on the Nueces River. Fifty years ago, while the owner was putting up a house near a ford said to have been used by Indians since the most remote times, a Mexican with three pack burros came into camp. He and his animals were … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 06/07/26.
Themes: Riverside Ranch is in Nueces County on the Nueces River. Fifty years ago, while the owner was putting up a house near a ford said to have been used by Indians since the most remote times, a Mexican with three pack burros came into camp. He and his animals were … Read more
- The Search for the Treasure near the Building
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- Coat of Arms of the Rappoltstein Family
[Ribeauvillé (Haut-Rhin)]
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 03/06/26.
Themes: Blason Chevalier Combat Croisade Défi Duel Guerre Légende historique Noblesse Origine Récompense Roi | Empereur Sarrasin Siège Victoire Among the Alsatian knights who, in the year 1147, went with Emperor Conrad III to the Holy Land to fight the infidels, was Lord Conrad, or Kuno, of Rappoltstein. He proved himself as strong as he was brave when the army of the crusaders was in Syria and besieging Damascus. … Read more
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 03/06/26.
Themes: Blason Chevalier Combat Croisade Défi Duel Guerre Légende historique Noblesse Origine Récompense Roi | Empereur Sarrasin Siège Victoire Among the Alsatian knights who, in the year 1147, went with Emperor Conrad III to the Holy Land to fight the infidels, was Lord Conrad, or Kuno, of Rappoltstein. He proved himself as strong as he was brave when the army of the crusaders was in Syria and besieging Damascus. … Read more
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- Coat of Arms of the Rappoltstein Family
[Ribeauvillé (Haut-Rhin)]
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 03/06/26.
Themes: Blason Chevalier Combat Croisade Défi Duel Guerre Légende historique Noblesse Origine Récompense Roi | Empereur Sarrasin Siège Victoire Among the Alsatian knights who, in the year 1147, went with Emperor Conrad III to the Holy Land to fight the infidels, was Lord Conrad, or Kuno, of Rappoltstein. He proved himself as strong as he was brave when the army of the crusaders was in Syria and besieging Damascus. … Read more
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 03/06/26.
Themes: Blason Chevalier Combat Croisade Défi Duel Guerre Légende historique Noblesse Origine Récompense Roi | Empereur Sarrasin Siège Victoire Among the Alsatian knights who, in the year 1147, went with Emperor Conrad III to the Holy Land to fight the infidels, was Lord Conrad, or Kuno, of Rappoltstein. He proved himself as strong as he was brave when the army of the crusaders was in Syria and besieging Damascus. … Read more
Juliano Zasso (1833-1889), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hayk defeats Bel
[Van (Adilcevaz, Ararat (Doğubayazıt / Turquie)]
By Boettiger, Louis A. in 1920 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 02/06/26.
Themes: Armenians do not call themselves Armenians nor their country Armenia. They are descendants of Haic, as the legend goes, who was the son of Togarmah, the son of Japhet, who was the son of Noah, and they call their country Haiasdan after the patriarchal progenitor of their people.* Haic dwelt … Read more
By Boettiger, Louis A. in 1920 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 02/06/26.
Themes: Armenians do not call themselves Armenians nor their country Armenia. They are descendants of Haic, as the legend goes, who was the son of Togarmah, the son of Japhet, who was the son of Noah, and they call their country Haiasdan after the patriarchal progenitor of their people.* Haic dwelt … Read more
[Van (Adilcevaz, Ararat (Doğubayazıt / Turquie)]
By Boettiger, Louis A. in 1920 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 02/06/26.
Themes: Armenians do not call themselves Armenians nor their country Armenia. They are descendants of Haic, as the legend goes, who was the son of Togarmah, the son of Japhet, who was the son of Noah, and they call their country Haiasdan after the patriarchal progenitor of their people.* Haic dwelt … Read more
By Boettiger, Louis A. in 1920 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 02/06/26.
Themes: Armenians do not call themselves Armenians nor their country Armenia. They are descendants of Haic, as the legend goes, who was the son of Togarmah, the son of Japhet, who was the son of Noah, and they call their country Haiasdan after the patriarchal progenitor of their people.* Haic dwelt … Read more
Juliano Zasso (1833-1889), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hayk defeats Bel
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- Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
[Brownsville (Cameron County / United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 28/04/26.
Themes: The Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma were fought on May 8 and 9, respectively, 1846. The battlefield of the latter lies about three miles from old Fort Brown on the Rio Grande. According to John Lewis, who was foreman on the Collins Ranch in Cameron County, … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 28/04/26.
Themes: The Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma were fought on May 8 and 9, respectively, 1846. The battlefield of the latter lies about three miles from old Fort Brown on the Rio Grande. According to John Lewis, who was foreman on the Collins Ranch in Cameron County, … Read more
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- Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
[Brownsville (Cameron County / United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 28/04/26.
Themes: The Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma were fought on May 8 and 9, respectively, 1846. The battlefield of the latter lies about three miles from old Fort Brown on the Rio Grande. According to John Lewis, who was foreman on the Collins Ranch in Cameron County, … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 28/04/26.
Themes: The Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma were fought on May 8 and 9, respectively, 1846. The battlefield of the latter lies about three miles from old Fort Brown on the Rio Grande. According to John Lewis, who was foreman on the Collins Ranch in Cameron County, … Read more
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- Kalalau Valley
[Volcano (Hawaii County, Haena (Kauai County / United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 26/04/26.
Themes: Many years after Pele’s angry sister Na-maka-o-ka-hai had driven her from the island of Kauai, and after the land had many dwellers therein, a quarrel arose between two of the highest chiefs of the island. They were named Koa and Kau. It did not become an open conflict immediately, but … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 26/04/26.
Themes: Many years after Pele’s angry sister Na-maka-o-ka-hai had driven her from the island of Kauai, and after the land had many dwellers therein, a quarrel arose between two of the highest chiefs of the island. They were named Koa and Kau. It did not become an open conflict immediately, but … Read more
[Volcano (Hawaii County, Haena (Kauai County / United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 26/04/26.
Themes: Many years after Pele’s angry sister Na-maka-o-ka-hai had driven her from the island of Kauai, and after the land had many dwellers therein, a quarrel arose between two of the highest chiefs of the island. They were named Koa and Kau. It did not become an open conflict immediately, but … Read more
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 26/04/26.
Themes: Many years after Pele’s angry sister Na-maka-o-ka-hai had driven her from the island of Kauai, and after the land had many dwellers therein, a quarrel arose between two of the highest chiefs of the island. They were named Koa and Kau. It did not become an open conflict immediately, but … Read more
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- Kalalau Valley
- The Battle at Fort Casa Blanca
[Sandia (Jim Wells County / United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/04/26.
Themes: Old Casa Blanca, which is several miles from the railroad switch by that name, stands on the Nueces River in what is now Jim Wells, but was once a part of Nueces County. “Of the history of this old ruin,” says Mrs. Sutherland, “no one knows a word.” The record … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/04/26.
Themes: Old Casa Blanca, which is several miles from the railroad switch by that name, stands on the Nueces River in what is now Jim Wells, but was once a part of Nueces County. “Of the history of this old ruin,” says Mrs. Sutherland, “no one knows a word.” The record … Read more
- The Battle at Fort Casa Blanca
[Sandia (Jim Wells County / United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/04/26.
Themes: Old Casa Blanca, which is several miles from the railroad switch by that name, stands on the Nueces River in what is now Jim Wells, but was once a part of Nueces County. “Of the history of this old ruin,” says Mrs. Sutherland, “no one knows a word.” The record … Read more
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/04/26.
Themes: Old Casa Blanca, which is several miles from the railroad switch by that name, stands on the Nueces River in what is now Jim Wells, but was once a part of Nueces County. “Of the history of this old ruin,” says Mrs. Sutherland, “no one knows a word.” The record … Read more
- Ara and Sémiramis
[Van (İpekyolu / Turquie)]
By Boettiger, Louis A. in 1920 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 09/04/26.
Themes: Dating back to the Assyrian invasion which took place during the seventh and eighth centuries before Christ, one of the oldest of Armenian legends, that of Semiramis, queen of Assyria, and Ara, king of Armenia, is told.* Ara was very beautiful, and Semiramis, having heard speech of his beauty for … Read more
By Boettiger, Louis A. in 1920 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 09/04/26.
Themes: Dating back to the Assyrian invasion which took place during the seventh and eighth centuries before Christ, one of the oldest of Armenian legends, that of Semiramis, queen of Assyria, and Ara, king of Armenia, is told.* Ara was very beautiful, and Semiramis, having heard speech of his beauty for … Read more
[Van (İpekyolu / Turquie)]
By Boettiger, Louis A. in 1920 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 09/04/26.
Themes: Dating back to the Assyrian invasion which took place during the seventh and eighth centuries before Christ, one of the oldest of Armenian legends, that of Semiramis, queen of Assyria, and Ara, king of Armenia, is told.* Ara was very beautiful, and Semiramis, having heard speech of his beauty for … Read more
By Boettiger, Louis A. in 1920 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 09/04/26.
Themes: Dating back to the Assyrian invasion which took place during the seventh and eighth centuries before Christ, one of the oldest of Armenian legends, that of Semiramis, queen of Assyria, and Ara, king of Armenia, is told.* Ara was very beautiful, and Semiramis, having heard speech of his beauty for … Read more
- Ara and Sémiramis
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- Devils Den
[Rogersville (Webster County / United States)]
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 31/03/26.
Themes: In the age primeval, when the earth was fresh from the Creator’s hands, and the trees had put on their earliest verdure, the Evil Spirit—whom the Great Spirit had cast out of Paradise—roamed over the earth, and had his home in a cave under the mountains. When the chill of … Read more
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 31/03/26.
Themes: In the age primeval, when the earth was fresh from the Creator’s hands, and the trees had put on their earliest verdure, the Evil Spirit—whom the Great Spirit had cast out of Paradise—roamed over the earth, and had his home in a cave under the mountains. When the chill of … Read more
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- Devils Den
[Rogersville (Webster County / United States)]
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 31/03/26.
Themes: In the age primeval, when the earth was fresh from the Creator’s hands, and the trees had put on their earliest verdure, the Evil Spirit—whom the Great Spirit had cast out of Paradise—roamed over the earth, and had his home in a cave under the mountains. When the chill of … Read more
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 31/03/26.
Themes: In the age primeval, when the earth was fresh from the Creator’s hands, and the trees had put on their earliest verdure, the Evil Spirit—whom the Great Spirit had cast out of Paradise—roamed over the earth, and had his home in a cave under the mountains. When the chill of … Read more
[Hot Springs (Garland County / United States)]
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 29/03/26.
Themes: In the mountains of the Ozarks, in a cave as dark as midnight and so deep it could not be sounded, lived the Dragon Mogmothon, who feasted on the souls of the departed. His eyes were like globes of livid fire, which lighted up the cavern, and his voice was … Read more
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 29/03/26.
Themes: In the mountains of the Ozarks, in a cave as dark as midnight and so deep it could not be sounded, lived the Dragon Mogmothon, who feasted on the souls of the departed. His eyes were like globes of livid fire, which lighted up the cavern, and his voice was … Read more
[Hot Springs (Garland County / United States)]
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 29/03/26.
Themes: In the mountains of the Ozarks, in a cave as dark as midnight and so deep it could not be sounded, lived the Dragon Mogmothon, who feasted on the souls of the departed. His eyes were like globes of livid fire, which lighted up the cavern, and his voice was … Read more
By Buel, James W. in 1880 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 29/03/26.
Themes: In the mountains of the Ozarks, in a cave as dark as midnight and so deep it could not be sounded, lived the Dragon Mogmothon, who feasted on the souls of the departed. His eyes were like globes of livid fire, which lighted up the cavern, and his voice was … Read more
[Dublin (Dublin City / Irlande)]
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 27/03/26.
Themes: One of the best, most honest-minded and most industrious of men is John Kearns of Irishtown; and while engaged with his well-cared horse in drawing sand for some building improvements at the Star of the Sea Church, he put the following query to the superintendent: “Did you iver hear the … Read more
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 27/03/26.
Themes: One of the best, most honest-minded and most industrious of men is John Kearns of Irishtown; and while engaged with his well-cared horse in drawing sand for some building improvements at the Star of the Sea Church, he put the following query to the superintendent: “Did you iver hear the … Read more
[Dublin (Dublin City / Irlande)]
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 27/03/26.
Themes: One of the best, most honest-minded and most industrious of men is John Kearns of Irishtown; and while engaged with his well-cared horse in drawing sand for some building improvements at the Star of the Sea Church, he put the following query to the superintendent: “Did you iver hear the … Read more
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 27/03/26.
Themes: One of the best, most honest-minded and most industrious of men is John Kearns of Irishtown; and while engaged with his well-cared horse in drawing sand for some building improvements at the Star of the Sea Church, he put the following query to the superintendent: “Did you iver hear the … Read more
[Station Island (Donegal / Irlande)]
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 21/03/26.
Themes: [...] In the old pagan times a Peistha, or water serpent, of immense girth and of still greater trail, was believed to haunt the celebrated Lough Derg, in the northern parts of Ireland. Sometimes his horrid head and open jaws were seen above the surface, as if drawing in the … Read more
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 21/03/26.
Themes: [...] In the old pagan times a Peistha, or water serpent, of immense girth and of still greater trail, was believed to haunt the celebrated Lough Derg, in the northern parts of Ireland. Sometimes his horrid head and open jaws were seen above the surface, as if drawing in the … Read more
[Station Island (Donegal / Irlande)]
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 21/03/26.
Themes: [...] In the old pagan times a Peistha, or water serpent, of immense girth and of still greater trail, was believed to haunt the celebrated Lough Derg, in the northern parts of Ireland. Sometimes his horrid head and open jaws were seen above the surface, as if drawing in the … Read more
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 21/03/26.
Themes: [...] In the old pagan times a Peistha, or water serpent, of immense girth and of still greater trail, was believed to haunt the celebrated Lough Derg, in the northern parts of Ireland. Sometimes his horrid head and open jaws were seen above the surface, as if drawing in the … Read more
[Moray (Moray / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (6 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/02/26.
Themes: Two celebrated ghosts existed, once on a time, in the wilds of Craig-Aulnaic, a romantic place in the district of Strathdown, Banffshire. The one was a male and the other a female. The male was called Fhuna Mhoir Ben Baynac, after one of the mountains of Glenavon, where at one … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (6 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/02/26.
Themes: Two celebrated ghosts existed, once on a time, in the wilds of Craig-Aulnaic, a romantic place in the district of Strathdown, Banffshire. The one was a male and the other a female. The male was called Fhuna Mhoir Ben Baynac, after one of the mountains of Glenavon, where at one … Read more
[Moray (Moray / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (6 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/02/26.
Themes: Two celebrated ghosts existed, once on a time, in the wilds of Craig-Aulnaic, a romantic place in the district of Strathdown, Banffshire. The one was a male and the other a female. The male was called Fhuna Mhoir Ben Baynac, after one of the mountains of Glenavon, where at one … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (6 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 17/02/26.
Themes: Two celebrated ghosts existed, once on a time, in the wilds of Craig-Aulnaic, a romantic place in the district of Strathdown, Banffshire. The one was a male and the other a female. The male was called Fhuna Mhoir Ben Baynac, after one of the mountains of Glenavon, where at one … Read more
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- Berwick-upon-Tweed
[Lintalee (Scottish Borders, Berwick-upon-Tweed (Northumberland / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (5 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 14/02/26.
Themes: Sir James Douglas, the companion of Bruce, and well known by his appellation of the “Black Douglas,” was once, during the hottest period of the exterminating war carried on by him and his colleague Randolph against the English, stationed at Linthaughlee, near Jedburgh. He was resting, himself and his men, … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (5 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 14/02/26.
Themes: Sir James Douglas, the companion of Bruce, and well known by his appellation of the “Black Douglas,” was once, during the hottest period of the exterminating war carried on by him and his colleague Randolph against the English, stationed at Linthaughlee, near Jedburgh. He was resting, himself and his men, … Read more
[Lintalee (Scottish Borders, Berwick-upon-Tweed (Northumberland / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (5 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 14/02/26.
Themes: Sir James Douglas, the companion of Bruce, and well known by his appellation of the “Black Douglas,” was once, during the hottest period of the exterminating war carried on by him and his colleague Randolph against the English, stationed at Linthaughlee, near Jedburgh. He was resting, himself and his men, … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (5 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 14/02/26.
Themes: Sir James Douglas, the companion of Bruce, and well known by his appellation of the “Black Douglas,” was once, during the hottest period of the exterminating war carried on by him and his colleague Randolph against the English, stationed at Linthaughlee, near Jedburgh. He was resting, himself and his men, … Read more
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- Berwick-upon-Tweed
[Tomintoul, Blacksboat (Moray / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 26/01/26.
Themes: “Lateone night, as my grand-uncle, Lachlan Dhu Macpherson, who was well known as the best fiddler of his day, was returning home from a ball, at which he had acted as a musician, he had occasion to pass through the once-haunted Bog of Torrans. Now, it happened at that time … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 26/01/26.
Themes: “Lateone night, as my grand-uncle, Lachlan Dhu Macpherson, who was well known as the best fiddler of his day, was returning home from a ball, at which he had acted as a musician, he had occasion to pass through the once-haunted Bog of Torrans. Now, it happened at that time … Read more
[Tomintoul, Blacksboat (Moray / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 26/01/26.
Themes: “Lateone night, as my grand-uncle, Lachlan Dhu Macpherson, who was well known as the best fiddler of his day, was returning home from a ball, at which he had acted as a musician, he had occasion to pass through the once-haunted Bog of Torrans. Now, it happened at that time … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 26/01/26.
Themes: “Lateone night, as my grand-uncle, Lachlan Dhu Macpherson, who was well known as the best fiddler of his day, was returning home from a ball, at which he had acted as a musician, he had occasion to pass through the once-haunted Bog of Torrans. Now, it happened at that time … Read more
[Lochbuie (Argyll and Bute Council / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 19/01/26.
Themes: About three hundred years ago, Ewen Maclaine of Lochbuy, in the island of Mull, having been engaged in a quarrel with a neighbouring chief, a day was fixed for determining the affair by the sword. Lochbuy, before the day arrived, consulted a celebrated witch as to the result of the … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 19/01/26.
Themes: About three hundred years ago, Ewen Maclaine of Lochbuy, in the island of Mull, having been engaged in a quarrel with a neighbouring chief, a day was fixed for determining the affair by the sword. Lochbuy, before the day arrived, consulted a celebrated witch as to the result of the … Read more
[Lochbuie (Argyll and Bute Council / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 19/01/26.
Themes: About three hundred years ago, Ewen Maclaine of Lochbuy, in the island of Mull, having been engaged in a quarrel with a neighbouring chief, a day was fixed for determining the affair by the sword. Lochbuy, before the day arrived, consulted a celebrated witch as to the result of the … Read more
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 19/01/26.
Themes: About three hundred years ago, Ewen Maclaine of Lochbuy, in the island of Mull, having been engaged in a quarrel with a neighbouring chief, a day was fixed for determining the affair by the sword. Lochbuy, before the day arrived, consulted a celebrated witch as to the result of the … Read more
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- Sesere , 2004
[Badu Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (9 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 10/01/26.
Themes: Once upon a time a man named Sesere lived by himself at a place called Seserenegegat, in the island of Badu. One day Sesere took his bow and arrow, and went on the reef at low tide to look for fish; walking along, he came to that portion of the … Read more
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (9 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 10/01/26.
Themes: Once upon a time a man named Sesere lived by himself at a place called Seserenegegat, in the island of Badu. One day Sesere took his bow and arrow, and went on the reef at low tide to look for fish; walking along, he came to that portion of the … Read more
Robert MAST, Art d'Australie
- Sesere , 2004
[Badu Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (9 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 10/01/26.
Themes: Once upon a time a man named Sesere lived by himself at a place called Seserenegegat, in the island of Badu. One day Sesere took his bow and arrow, and went on the reef at low tide to look for fish; walking along, he came to that portion of the … Read more
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (9 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 10/01/26.
Themes: Once upon a time a man named Sesere lived by himself at a place called Seserenegegat, in the island of Badu. One day Sesere took his bow and arrow, and went on the reef at low tide to look for fish; walking along, he came to that portion of the … Read more
- The Child Upi
[Badu Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (5 minutes) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 25/11/25.
Themes: Once upon a time a baby-boy named Upi lived in Badu. One day his mother, wanting to go into the bush to make her garden and not wishing to take Upi with her, put him in a basket, which she hung up in the house near the open door. A … Read more
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (5 minutes) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 25/11/25.
Themes: Once upon a time a baby-boy named Upi lived in Badu. One day his mother, wanting to go into the bush to make her garden and not wishing to take Upi with her, put him in a basket, which she hung up in the house near the open door. A … Read more
[Badu Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (5 minutes) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 25/11/25.
Themes: Once upon a time a baby-boy named Upi lived in Badu. One day his mother, wanting to go into the bush to make her garden and not wishing to take Upi with her, put him in a basket, which she hung up in the house near the open door. A … Read more
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (5 minutes) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 25/11/25.
Themes: Once upon a time a baby-boy named Upi lived in Badu. One day his mother, wanting to go into the bush to make her garden and not wishing to take Upi with her, put him in a basket, which she hung up in the house near the open door. A … Read more
- The Child Upi
- The storm
[Mabuiag Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (< 1 minute) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 14/11/25.
Themes: There was once a Mabuiag woman named Uga, who went along with the mari of a good-looking man named Tabepa (or Tabepa mari). The latter lived at Pulu, a small island off the far side of Mabuiag. The mother of Uga said to her, " Don't you go along with … Read more
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (< 1 minute) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 14/11/25.
Themes: There was once a Mabuiag woman named Uga, who went along with the mari of a good-looking man named Tabepa (or Tabepa mari). The latter lived at Pulu, a small island off the far side of Mabuiag. The mother of Uga said to her, " Don't you go along with … Read more
- The storm
[Mabuiag Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (< 1 minute) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 14/11/25.
Themes: There was once a Mabuiag woman named Uga, who went along with the mari of a good-looking man named Tabepa (or Tabepa mari). The latter lived at Pulu, a small island off the far side of Mabuiag. The mother of Uga said to her, " Don't you go along with … Read more
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (< 1 minute) (difficult reading) added by Fabien
Published on 14/11/25.
Themes: There was once a Mabuiag woman named Uga, who went along with the mari of a good-looking man named Tabepa (or Tabepa mari). The latter lived at Pulu, a small island off the far side of Mabuiag. The mother of Uga said to her, " Don't you go along with … Read more
- Battle versus Dorgai
[Mabuiag Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 12/11/25.
Themes: A long time ago, in a village on the lee side of Mabuiag, a young girl cried in the night for food, but her mother either would not or could not give her anything to eat. Attracted by the continual crying, a Dorgai came out from the bush, entered the … Read more
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 12/11/25.
Themes: A long time ago, in a village on the lee side of Mabuiag, a young girl cried in the night for food, but her mother either would not or could not give her anything to eat. Attracted by the continual crying, a Dorgai came out from the bush, entered the … Read more
[Mabuiag Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 12/11/25.
Themes: A long time ago, in a village on the lee side of Mabuiag, a young girl cried in the night for food, but her mother either would not or could not give her anything to eat. Attracted by the continual crying, a Dorgai came out from the bush, entered the … Read more
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 12/11/25.
Themes: A long time ago, in a village on the lee side of Mabuiag, a young girl cried in the night for food, but her mother either would not or could not give her anything to eat. Attracted by the continual crying, a Dorgai came out from the bush, entered the … Read more
- Battle versus Dorgai
- The Dorgai
[Boigu Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 09/11/25.
Themes: A man named Nadai, living on the island of Boigu, went once into the bush to collect eggs of the mound-bird (sitrkd) (brush-turkeys); he found a large mound, and dug into it till he came to what he took to be an egg; he tried to pull it up, but … Read more
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 09/11/25.
Themes: A man named Nadai, living on the island of Boigu, went once into the bush to collect eggs of the mound-bird (sitrkd) (brush-turkeys); he found a large mound, and dug into it till he came to what he took to be an egg; he tried to pull it up, but … Read more
- The Dorgai
[Boigu Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 09/11/25.
Themes: A man named Nadai, living on the island of Boigu, went once into the bush to collect eggs of the mound-bird (sitrkd) (brush-turkeys); he found a large mound, and dug into it till he came to what he took to be an egg; he tried to pull it up, but … Read more
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 09/11/25.
Themes: A man named Nadai, living on the island of Boigu, went once into the bush to collect eggs of the mound-bird (sitrkd) (brush-turkeys); he found a large mound, and dug into it till he came to what he took to be an egg; he tried to pull it up, but … Read more
- Kwoberkelbai and the Dorgai
[Badu Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 05/11/25.
Themes: On the southern side of Badu there are two islands, Zurat and Kwoberkelbai, much resorted to by turtle, great numbers of which were caught by the inhabitants. On Kwoberkelbai lived a man named Gabakwoikai, and one morning the men at the village told him they had seen turtle-tracks on the … Read more
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 05/11/25.
Themes: On the southern side of Badu there are two islands, Zurat and Kwoberkelbai, much resorted to by turtle, great numbers of which were caught by the inhabitants. On Kwoberkelbai lived a man named Gabakwoikai, and one morning the men at the village told him they had seen turtle-tracks on the … Read more
[Badu Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 05/11/25.
Themes: On the southern side of Badu there are two islands, Zurat and Kwoberkelbai, much resorted to by turtle, great numbers of which were caught by the inhabitants. On Kwoberkelbai lived a man named Gabakwoikai, and one morning the men at the village told him they had seen turtle-tracks on the … Read more
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 05/11/25.
Themes: On the southern side of Badu there are two islands, Zurat and Kwoberkelbai, much resorted to by turtle, great numbers of which were caught by the inhabitants. On Kwoberkelbai lived a man named Gabakwoikai, and one morning the men at the village told him they had seen turtle-tracks on the … Read more
- Kwoberkelbai and the Dorgai
- The witch and the mirror
[Firenze (Città Metropolitana di Firenze / Italie)]
By Leland, Charles Godfrey in 1896 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 09/10/25.
Themes: There once lived in Florence, in the *Via dei Velluti*, a lady young and beautiful, yet who was for all that a witch, who knew many strange and curious things, which she kept to herself, for truly the cleverest witches and wizards are those who are the least suspected. However, … Read more
By Leland, Charles Godfrey in 1896 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 09/10/25.
Themes: There once lived in Florence, in the *Via dei Velluti*, a lady young and beautiful, yet who was for all that a witch, who knew many strange and curious things, which she kept to herself, for truly the cleverest witches and wizards are those who are the least suspected. However, … Read more
- The witch and the mirror
[Firenze (Città Metropolitana di Firenze / Italie)]
By Leland, Charles Godfrey in 1896 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 09/10/25.
Themes: There once lived in Florence, in the *Via dei Velluti*, a lady young and beautiful, yet who was for all that a witch, who knew many strange and curious things, which she kept to herself, for truly the cleverest witches and wizards are those who are the least suspected. However, … Read more
By Leland, Charles Godfrey in 1896 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 09/10/25.
Themes: There once lived in Florence, in the *Via dei Velluti*, a lady young and beautiful, yet who was for all that a witch, who knew many strange and curious things, which she kept to herself, for truly the cleverest witches and wizards are those who are the least suspected. However, … Read more