Legendes sur le thème : Mer (8 légendes)

Le roi Tuohea
- Le roi Tuohea
[Hao (Îles Tuamotu / French Polynesia)]
By Caillot, Eugène in 1914 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/07/26.
Themes: Abandon Bateau Cannibalisme Découvrir le secret Difformité Enterrement Esprit Frère et sœur Frères Grotte Ile Interdit Jeter un sort Jeune fille Mer Mort Pluie Poison Poisson Requin Roi | Empereur Ruse Séduction Soleil Souterrain Vent Vol

Tuohea was the king of southern Hao. A very long time after Munanui, the king of southern Hao was born. He first saw the light of day in the northern part of the island of Hao. His father’s name appears in the history of certain ancestors of the island. When … Read more
Le roi Tuohea
- Le roi Tuohea

The Legend of Tuohea, King of Southern Hao

[Hao (Îles Tuamotu / French Polynesia)]
By Caillot, Eugène in 1914 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/07/26.
Themes: Abandon Bateau Cannibalisme Découvrir le secret Difformité Enterrement Esprit Frère et sœur Frères Grotte Ile Interdit Jeter un sort Jeune fille Mer Mort Pluie Poison Poisson Requin Roi | Empereur Ruse Séduction Soleil Souterrain Vent Vol

Tuohea was the king of southern Hao. A very long time after Munanui, the king of southern Hao was born. He first saw the light of day in the northern part of the island of Hao. His father’s name appears in the history of certain ancestors of the island. When … Read more

[Rhossili (Swansea / Royaume-Uni)]
By Hilton, Agnes Aubrey in 1908 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 07/05/26.
Themes:

[...] Now you shall be told about some birds being kind to a Saint. These birds were the seagulls—those gulls which are to be seen flying round the coast crying, “hyuk-kak-kah,” or hovering over the newly made furrows, as they follow the plough, seeking for worms in the fresh brown … Read more

The Legend of Saint Kenneth and the Seagulls

[Rhossili (Swansea / Royaume-Uni)]
By Hilton, Agnes Aubrey in 1908 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 07/05/26.
Themes:

[...] Now you shall be told about some birds being kind to a Saint. These birds were the seagulls—those gulls which are to be seen flying round the coast crying, “hyuk-kak-kah,” or hovering over the newly made furrows, as they follow the plough, seeking for worms in the fresh brown … Read more

Pele and Her Lovers
- Pele and Her Lovers
[Discovery Harbor (Hawaii County / United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/04/26.
Themes:

Kahuku, the land now under past and present lava flows, was at one time luxuriant and beautiful. The sugar-cane and taro beds were bordered by flowers and shaded by long-branching trees. Villages here and there marked the population which supported the chiefs of Kahuku. Two of the young chiefs were … Read more
Pele and Her Lovers
- Pele and Her Lovers

The Legend of the Death of Pele’s Lovers

[Discovery Harbor (Hawaii County / United States)]
By Westervelt, William Drake in 1916 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 11/04/26.
Themes:

Kahuku, the land now under past and present lava flows, was at one time luxuriant and beautiful. The sugar-cane and taro beds were bordered by flowers and shaded by long-branching trees. Villages here and there marked the population which supported the chiefs of Kahuku. Two of the young chiefs were … Read more

[Stamullin (Meath / Irlande)]
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 19/03/26.
Themes:

A Great repertory of Irish folk-lore is the Dinnsheanchus, which professes to account for the origin of names applied to various celebrated places in Ireland. Doubtless it furnishes a record of the most ancient traditions still preserved. It usually asserts, that the compiler never found it difficult to solve the … Read more

The Legend of the Origin of the Name of the River Oillbine (Delvin)

[Stamullin (Meath / Irlande)]
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 19/03/26.
Themes:

A Great repertory of Irish folk-lore is the Dinnsheanchus, which professes to account for the origin of names applied to various celebrated places in Ireland. Doubtless it furnishes a record of the most ancient traditions still preserved. It usually asserts, that the compiler never found it difficult to solve the … Read more

Ve Skerries
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[Helligoblo (Shetland Islands / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 05/02/26.
Themes:

Of mermen and merwomen many strange stories are told in the Shetland Isles. Beneath the depths of the ocean, according to these stories, an atmosphere exists adapted to the respiratory organs of certain beings, resembling, in form, the human race, possessed of surpassing beauty, of limited supernatural powers, and liable … Read more
Ve Skerries
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The Legend of the Fisherman and the Mermaid of the Shetland Islands

[Helligoblo (Shetland Islands / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 05/02/26.
Themes:

Of mermen and merwomen many strange stories are told in the Shetland Isles. Beneath the depths of the ocean, according to these stories, an atmosphere exists adapted to the respiratory organs of certain beings, resembling, in form, the human race, possessed of surpassing beauty, of limited supernatural powers, and liable … Read more

[Swordle Farm (Highland Council / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 24/01/26.
Themes:

Within a short distance of the Bay of Cells there is a cave very remarkable in its appearance, and still more so from the purposes to which it has been appropriated. Saint Columba, on one of his many voyages among the Hebrides, was benighted on this rocky coast, and the … Read more

The legend of St Columba's Cave

[Swordle Farm (Highland Council / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 24/01/26.
Themes:

Within a short distance of the Bay of Cells there is a cave very remarkable in its appearance, and still more so from the purposes to which it has been appropriated. Saint Columba, on one of his many voyages among the Hebrides, was benighted on this rocky coast, and the … Read more

[Baltasound (Shetland Islands / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/01/26.
Themes:

A Story is told of an inhabitant of Unst, who, in walking on the sandy margin of a voe, saw a number of mermen and mermaids dancing by moonlight, and several seal-skins strewed beside them on the ground. At his approach they immediately fled to secure their garbs; and, taking … Read more

The Legend of the Mermaid Married to a Man from the Isle of Unst

[Baltasound (Shetland Islands / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 21/01/26.
Themes:

A Story is told of an inhabitant of Unst, who, in walking on the sandy margin of a voe, saw a number of mermen and mermaids dancing by moonlight, and several seal-skins strewed beside them on the ground. At his approach they immediately fled to secure their garbs; and, taking … Read more

The Funeral Dance
- The Funeral Dance
[Badu Island, Moa Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 27/11/25.
Themes:

On a small sand-beach named Boigu, amongst the mangrove swamps on the western side of Moa, lived a married woman named Aukwiim, and Wauwa, her unmarried sister. One day Aukwiim put her baby boy, Tiai, into a basket and hung him up on a tree outside her house whilst she … Read more

The Legend of Tiai’s Funeral

[Badu Island, Moa Island (Torres Strait Island Regional / Australia)]
By Haddon, Alfred C. in 1890 (4 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 27/11/25.
Themes:

On a small sand-beach named Boigu, amongst the mangrove swamps on the western side of Moa, lived a married woman named Aukwiim, and Wauwa, her unmarried sister. One day Aukwiim put her baby boy, Tiai, into a basket and hung him up on a tree outside her house whilst she … Read more
The Funeral Dance
- The Funeral Dance